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|runtime=270 minutes |country=Argentina |language=Spanish |budget= |gross= }} ''Plaga Zombie'' is an Argentine comedy horror film series created by Pablo Parés, Berta Muñiz, and Hernán Sáez. The films follow three misfit heroes who uncover an alien-government conspiracy after a zombie outbreak occurs in their hometown. Plaga Zombie was the first-ever zombie horror film released in Argentina〔Dendle, Peter. ''The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia: 2000-2010''. Vol. 2. McFarland, 2012. (pg. 82, 131, 150-151, 210, 216, 235) ISBN 0786461632〕 and is the only zombie horror trilogy to be produced in Latin America. ''Plaga Zombie'' received mainstream coverage from ''Fangoria'' and was picked up by its horror label, Fangoria Films International, helping the series to attain a worldwide cult following. The latest installment of the series, ''Plaga Zombie: American Invasion'', began production in the summer of 2013. == History == The original Plaga Zombie film was conceived by Pablo Parés and Hernán Sáez. Using a family video camera, the two began making home movies with a group of childhood friends in high school. Several people became key personal for FARSA Productions, most notably, Berta Muñiz, Paulo Soria and Walter Cornás. At age 17, Parés and Sáez decided to start their first major film project, a horror comedy about a zombie outbreak which occurs in their hometown, which they both directed, wrote, and starred in with Muñiz. Produced on a very low budget, reportedly for only a few hundred dollars, and no formal film training,〔Melo, Filipe, Juan Cavia, and Santiago Villa. ''The Incredible Adventures of Dog Mendonca and PizzaBoy''. Dark Horse Comics, 2012. ISBN 1621154661〕 Plaga Zombie was very popular with audiences in Argentina and eventually gained an international following.〔〔〔〔〔 Although the filmmkers immediately began working on the sequel, Plaga Zombie: Zona Mutante took over four years to complete. The film had over twice the budget as the first Plaga Zombie, estimated at $3,000, significantly improving production value.〔 The filmmakers, however, claimed that the film "took its toll on everyone" and at one point production was halted to film ''Never Go to Those Kind of Parties'' (2000). There was difficulty in finding extras for the film and were confronted by angry residents and policemen during shooting. A local television station aired a special broadcast asking for people to play zombies which included giving out the director's home phone number. Several friendly police officers also visited the set to ask for cameos in the film. Post-production was also a painstaking process with literally years worth of footage to fit into a 100 min. film. Parés and Sáez did not finish editing their film until 40 minutes before its theatrical premiere requiring it to be played back on a laptop. The third and final chapter of the series, Plaga Zombie: Revolución Tóxica, was released in 2012. Unlike the first two films which used traditional special effects, the filmmakers employed computer-generated imagery for the first time. Franca Gallo and Rodrigo Guerechit of Rabbid EFX, who had previously worked on their 2011 horror short ''Daemonium'', were brought in as the main special effects artists. In addition to certain action sequences, the length of time between films meant that the stars were significantly older compared to the 1997 film. Each entry in the series covered 24 hours of the 3-day alien invasion and so it was necessary to maintain the illusion that the three had not aged. They did try to keep the film faithful to the visual style of the previous entries.〔 The Plaga Zombie trilogy was eventually released on FARSA Productions official YouTube channel with the first in November 2010, the second in September 2011, and the third in March 2012; Plaga Zombie: Zona Mutante has received over 2 million views on the website (as of September 2013).〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Plaga Zombie (film series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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