CineVegas 2009 Preview: ‘The Revenant’

CineVegas 2009 is right around the corner (next week to be precise), and We Are Movie Geeks are going to be there in full force. Throughout the festival, which runs from June 10th through the 15th, we are going to be bringing you all the coverage you need including reviews, interviews, party breakdowns, and red carpet premiere coverage.

One of the awesome things about film festivals, of which there are several, are all the great genre flicks we get to check out long before they are ever even thought about for release.  A lot of the time, a filmmaker will inject ample amounts of story and character into their horror/sci-fi/thriller movies to make up for the lack of budget.  At this year’s Cinevegas, ‘The Revenant’ is one film I am hoping follows that pattern.

Here’s the synopsis:

The Revenant is a story about an ancient pestilence recurring to infect modern society.

Officer First Class Bart Gregory is killed while fighting in Middle East. His body is shipped back to the United States and laid to rest, but before the lid can be put on his tomb, Bart inexplicably awakens in his coffin and climbs from his grave; confused, horrified–a moldy, putrefying living corpse–a Revenant.

Bart desperately enlists the help of his best friend, Joey Leubner, in an attempt to ease his nausea and agony. Joey is shocked–and disgusted–by his putrescent pal’s return, but he rises to the occasion and tries to find a solution. When a panicked emergency room forces the confused corpse to flee, the two friends discover that there is only one cure for Bart’s condition: Human blood.

In their quest to keep Bart from decomposing Bart and Joey stumble into a solution—a way to obtain blood without taking innocent lives, becoming “The Vigilante Gun-Slingers”. But as their macabre crusade continues, they become entwined in an ever escalating cycle of violence, mayhem and ghoulism . . . all while cruising in a 1979 Camaro.

Looks very cool.

‘The Revenant’ screens on Thursday, June 11th at 11:30 pm and Saturday, June 13th at 11:00 pm.  Also, be sure to check out the film’s official site.