The sixth living dead film from George A. Romero, Survival of the Dead, has finally been giving it’s release dates from it’s distributor Magnet Releasing (a genre-specific arm of Magnolia Pictures). This will come as great news for all manner of Romero fans who are always looking forward to one of his zombie films. While not all of them have been great as in the past they’re still widely-anticipated by his long-time fans who see him as the creator of the zombie subgenre as we know of it today.

First reported by Fangoria through it’s new blog, Romero’s latest zombie offering will have an initial release this April on VOD (Video On Demand) before getting released in the theaters the following month of May. While these release dates seem a tad peculiar it’s really the beginning of a trend for indepedently-financed and produced horror and genre films. The initial VOD release date would help gauge the audience’s reaction to the film. IF the buy in numbers for VOD are high enough then the theatrical release will get more screens. This way films can better make their money back without the distributor having to cut the film at the knees just because of bad reviews from the theatrical run. Either way I’m just glad the master is back and this spring I get to see another of his zombie films either on my HDTV or a theater nearby.

Source: Fangoria News Blog