{"id":15983,"date":"2015-06-09T13:16:24","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T19:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=15983"},"modified":"2015-06-09T13:16:24","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T19:16:24","slug":"five-quick-questions-with-ryan-nagata-amigo-undead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=15983","title":{"rendered":"Five Quick Questions with Ryan Nagata – Amigo Undead"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"amigo-undead\"<\/a>Amigo Undead follows the travails of Kevin Ostrowski, \u201ca straight laced financial adviser, who is invited to his ne\u2019er do well older brother Norm\u2019s 40th birthday party. Much to Kevin\u2019s dismay, the \u2018party\u2019 turns out to be a small gathering of a few of Norm\u2019s eccentric friends at a campsite. When one of the friends, the titular Jovan, chokes on a hot dog, circumstances conspire to make the group decide that an impromptu burial is the right course of action. Unbeknownst to them, they bury Jovan in cursed native American land, and he soon returns possessed by a demon hell bent on fulfilling an ancient vendetta.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Director and writer Ryan Nagata provides the audience with plenty of action, outrageous comedy, and horror in his film Amigo Undead<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 This film is highly entertaining and you will include it in your \u201cguy classics\u201d film collection.<\/p>\n

Danijel Sraka, one of the producers of Amigo Undead<\/em> praised working with Nagata and George Edelman, who also produced and co-wrote Amigo Undead<\/em>.\u00a0 Danijel said the film was a fun experience and with so many comedians on set it was a huge plus and that Amigo Undead<\/em> is a perfect example of what a low budget horror is all about.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"amigo1\"<\/a>Five Quick Questions with Ryan Nagata<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amigo Undead<\/em> is about a guys outing in the dessert that turns tragic when one of the guys dies, but you managed to spin that into an outrageous horror\/comedy.\u00a0 Can you generalize what the audience will experience and how the concept came about?<\/p>\n

RYAN: The concept came about because George and I have made a bunch of films out in the desert and we\u2019ve often joked about what would happen if someone died accidentally. And being a horror fan, we spun it into something in that genre. I think we both have an unusual sense of humor, so I hope that comes through in the movie. It\u2019s definitely not for everybody, but there is a segment of the population that I think will appreciate it. It\u2019s kind of an irreverent, pop-culture savvy humor. We just wanted to do stuff that you wouldn\u2019t see in a mainstream Hollywood movie. Like cast an Asian guy as essentially a white character. Or start the movie as an indie comedy, then veer it off into a horror film. Stuff like that just wouldn\u2019t fly in a mainstream film, but since we had no one telling us what to do, we pretty much did what we wanted. When you make a movie like that, there\u2019s a lot you sacrifice, but you end up with something unique. I\u2019m proud of the fact that we got someone to distribute it, so Gravitas Ventures deserves a big shout-out.