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Bubba's Chili Parlor is a 2005 feature film of the "zombie
" genre. It takes place in Wills Point, Texas
where Bubba's Chili Parlor becomes ground zero of a worldwide zombie epidemic after Bubba accidentally serves chili with a mutated strain of Mad Cow Disease.
The film has gone through numerous titles including The Dead Season and Lord of the Dead
. It was written by Chris Daly
(who played a Zombie Lord) and Joey Evans (who directed the film.) It was produced by S. Mike Davis, who also starred as Bubba, the title character.
The film cost $13,000 to produce, and cast provided their own costumes. The film was shot three days a week for seven weeks. This enabled the cast and crew to maintain their jobs, most as restaurant servers and bartenders, during the shoot.
The film features a "Lord Of The Flies
" metaphoric subtext. Instead of a pig's head, though, a zombie's head rules the descent into anarchy from the Parlor parking lot, perched on his 'throne' (a toilet stool).
Zombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
" genre. It takes place in Wills Point, Texas
Wills Point, Texas
Wills Point is a city in Van Zandt County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,496 at the 2000 census.-History:Founded in 1873, Wills Point gets its name from an early American settler, William Wills, who had arrived in the area in about 1848. Wills eventually purchased a cabin from Adam...
where Bubba's Chili Parlor becomes ground zero of a worldwide zombie epidemic after Bubba accidentally serves chili with a mutated strain of Mad Cow Disease.
The film has gone through numerous titles including The Dead Season and Lord of the Dead
Lord of the Dead
Lord of the Dead is a collection of crime short stories by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 1981 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,250 copies. The stories are pastiches of Sax Rohmer.-Contents:...
. It was written by Chris Daly
Chris Daly
Chris Daly is a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He represented District 6, on which he served from 2000 to 2010...
(who played a Zombie Lord) and Joey Evans (who directed the film.) It was produced by S. Mike Davis, who also starred as Bubba, the title character.
The film cost $13,000 to produce, and cast provided their own costumes. The film was shot three days a week for seven weeks. This enabled the cast and crew to maintain their jobs, most as restaurant servers and bartenders, during the shoot.
The film features a "Lord Of The Flies
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding about a group of British boys stuck on a deserted island who try to govern themselves, with disastrous results...
" metaphoric subtext. Instead of a pig's head, though, a zombie's head rules the descent into anarchy from the Parlor parking lot, perched on his 'throne' (a toilet stool).