To Survive They Must Cross the Quarantine Zone

July 12, 2023

Asylum’s END TIMES Zombie Film Opens July 14, Music Score by Alun Richards

Directed by Jim Towns (HOUSE OF BAD, STATE OF DESOLATION, THE BEAST INSIDE), END TIMES is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi zombie horror film about a mismatched couple trying to survive nearly fatal encounters. With more than a few touches of THE LAST OF US, we follow Claire and Freddie (Bernadette and Stark), as they try to escape a deadly pandemic that has turned Los Angeles into a zombie-infested wasteland. Claire is a privileged young suburbanite ill-equipped to survive in this hostile new landscape, until she meets Freddie, a retired soldier who lost his daughter to the virus. As they travel together to reach the perimeter, Freddie teaches Claire the skills that will enable Claire to survive, and the uneasy partnership between the two grows into something more akin to a father/daughter relationship. Before they can reach safety, the two will have to escape brutal gangs, cannibals, cults, and the undead.

Jamie Bernadette (I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE: DEJA VU, 4/20 MASSACRE) and Craig Stark (ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, THE HATEFUL EIGHT) star in the film, along with stars Dominique Swain (LOLITA), Jessica Morris (ONE LIFE TO LIVE), Kaiwi Lyman (DEN OF THIEVES, AMERICAN HORROR STORY), Dan Buran (TRUE BLOOD, GENERAL HOSPITAL), Stefanie Estes (SOFT & QUIET), Maria Olsen (PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTENING THIEF; I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE: DEJA VU), Sadie Katz (WRONG TURN 6), and Victoria De Mare (THE BEAST INSIDE). Bernadette, who also produced with Towns and Stark, said of END TIMES in a statement, “We have a heartfelt horror here that has not only scared those who have previewed the film, but has also left them in tears at the end. Perhaps the toughest acting I have ever done is in the last 20 or so minutes of this film—yes, maybe even tougher than I Spit on Your Grave if you can believe that ha ha. It tried me as an artist, pushed me as an actor, and tested me as a person.”

Composer Alun Richards (STATE OF DESOLUTION,  THE HEX, THE FURNACE, THE ALGIERS MURDERS, DISCREET) has composed the film’s score.

-via HorrorSociety, MovieWeb and other sources.

Watch the END TIMES trailer: