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Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane
Teaser poster for the film
Directed by	Scott Thomas
Produced by	David Shoshan
Starring	David Chisum Kristen Kerr Kevin J. O'Connor Derek Webster Dale Midkiff Erick Avari Richard Tyson
Distributed by	Imageworks Entertainment Pacific Entertainment Group

Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane is a 2007 zombie film by director Scott Thomas.

Plot

On a routine flight from Los Angeles to Paris, a renegade group of scientists has smuggled aboard a secret container holding a fellow scientist infected with a deadly genetically engineered virus which reanimates the dead.

The virus is a variant of the malaria virus—an error on the part of the filmmakers as malaria is actually caused by a parasite—created by three scientists. They discovered and manufactured the virus with the intent of turning it into a biological weapon. Their goal was to produce soldiers who could continue fighting, even while mortally wounded. The virus is transmitted through bodily fluids. The infected have superhuman abilities, sprinting and leaping beyond human capabilities. The zombies become very durable, and one particular zombie survives despite being thrown into a plane's engine.

The 747 jumbo jet encounters massive thunderstorms, and the turbulence releases the scientist from the cargo hold. A guard assigned to her kills her with an G36, when she re-animates and attacks and kills him, turning him into a zombie. Two of the scientists go below to ascertain if the container has been damaged by the turbulence, and are also killed, starting a zombie outbreak. The uninfected passengers must now fight for survival aboard the flight. No government will allow the infected airliner to land, leaving the survivors stranded in the sky with their ravenous tormentors. Billy, his wife Anna, Burrows, Frank, Paul Megan, a stewardess aboard the plane are all that are left of the uninfected people. They must make their way to the cockpit and signal a fighter jet behind them that there are still living people aboard the 747 or the fighter will destroy them. After managing to get an MP-5 from the dead guard, Burrows, Frank and Billy make their way from the tail of the plane to the cockpit, while the couple stay behind. Billy is bitten but manages to kill the infected by stabbing an umbrella through its mouth and out the back of its head, but realizes he will shortly die and reawaken.

Frank and Burrows make it to the cockpit where Frank kills the zombie copilot, and the two of them try to get the plane off autopilot and signal the fighter which fires at them. They're ultimately successful and waggle the plane's wings, alerting the fighter. The fighter pilot hits the abort key and the missile explodes away from the 747, but close enough to the plane to open a hole in the side. All the zombies are apparently sucked out. Frank and Burrows try to control the plane, but hit a mountain and crash land near St. Louis, Missouri. The movie ends with Megan, Burrows, Paul, and Frank moving toward the city. However, the movie reveals that some zombies, including zombie and many others moving toward Missouri's wilderness area.

Cast

Production

The film involves a Boeing 747 airliner infested with zombies of the Dawn of the Dead remake variety, capable of moving quickly and leaping. While seemingly playing off of the concept of Snakes on a Plane, the film was in production at the very same time as Snakes on a Plane and was developed independently.

Release

The film was originally titled Plane Dead, but the title was changed at Montreal's 2007 Fantasia Festival screening. However, in spite of a successful screening there and at other festivals, the film did not gain a commercial release and was issued directly to DVD in unrated form.

Note

A graphic novel of the same name written by Scott Ewen appeared on the Internet in the beginning of 2007.^[1] While the basic premise of the film and graphic novel are similar, this is the only thing the two have in common. While there is no certainty as to when the script was completed or initial budget meetings formed, Scott Ewen's graphic novel was released to the general public under the Flight of the Living Dead title before the film was released.

References

External links

• Official Site
• Plane Dead at the Internet Movie Database
• Trailer on Youtube
• Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane at Upcominghorrormovies.com
• bloodyhorrortimetunnel.com, Flight of the Living Dead(2006) reviewed by Tony Bernardini