Neil Marshall's first undead baby crawls out of the Arctic ice before he even knew what a Dog Soldier was.
Three scientist at a arctic research centre find a colleague dead and discover his experiments may have caused a zombie outbreak. Early short film by Neil Marshall available on 'Tales of Halloween' blu ray.
Practical Effects
Gooey low-budget effects that age like punk rock.
Direction
Marshall's kinetic camera already fully formed.
Production
Arctic setting punched way above its budget weight.
Director
Neil Marshall
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marshall shot this as a student film at Newcastle Polytechnic, years before his breakthrough with Dog Soldiers.
The Arctic research station setting directly prefigures The Thing homage energy he'd perfect in The Descent's claustrophobia.
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