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form y separately published work icon Wyrmwood Apocalypse single work   film/TV   horror  
Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Wyrmwood Apocalypse
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'Can anyone or anything stop the march of the Aussie undead? Prepare to find out in the bigger, faster and even more action-packed continuation of the horror story where Mad Max 2 goes on a dream date with Dawn of the Dead. The magic here is a heapin’ helpin’ of big, brash, fresh new touches that keep this tale pumping and thumping all the way through. If humankind is to find a cure and have any sort of future a lot will depend on Rhys (Luke McKenzie), a special forces soldier with rebel survivor groups and human-hybrid creatures to contend with. But can he keep those pesky gut-munching monsters with stinky methane breath from his door? And what on earth is really going on in the Surgeon General’s (Nick Boshier) research laboratory? Biff. Bang. Pow. Check it out.'

Source: Sydney Film Festival.

Affiliation Notes

  • Preppers and Survivalism in the AustLit Database

    This work has been affiliated with the Preppers and Survivalism project due to its relationship to either prepping or prepper-inflected survivalism more generally, and contains one or more of the following:

    1. A strong belief in some imminent threat
    2. Taking active steps to prepare for that perceived threat

    • A range of activities not necessarily associated with ‘prepping’ take on new significance, when they are undertaken with the express purpose of preparing for and/or surviving perceived threats, e.g., gardening, abseiling.
    • The plausibility of the threat, and the relative “reasonable-ness” of the response, don’t affect this definition. E.g., if someone is worried about climate change and climate disasters, and they respond by moving from a riverbank location in Cairns, or to a highland region of New Zealand, this makes them a prepper. If someone else is worried about brainwashing rays from outer space, and they respond by making a tinfoil hat, that makes them a prepper. 

    3. A character or characters (or text) who self-identify as a ‘prepper’, or some synonymous/modified term: ‘financial preppers’, ‘weekend preppers’, ‘fitness preppers’, etc.

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Works about this Work

Zombie Splatter Bloody Good Stephen Romei , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5 February 2022; (p. 12)

— Review of Wyrmwood Apocalypse Kiah Roache-Turner , Tristan Roache-Turner , 2021 single work film/TV
Zombie Splatter Bloody Good Stephen Romei , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5 February 2022; (p. 12)

— Review of Wyrmwood Apocalypse Kiah Roache-Turner , Tristan Roache-Turner , 2021 single work film/TV
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