Zombies, U.K. Style on IFC - Deadset, back-to-back

FLESH-EATING ZOMBIES DEVOUR REALITY TV. WHO WILL SURVIVE? DEAD SET
5-PART APOCALYPTIC GORE FEST PREMIERES ON IFC OCTOBER 25, 2010 AT MIDNIGHT ET/PT
 
SPECIAL HALLOWEEN MARATHON EVENT FEATURING ALL 5 PARTS BACK-TO-BACK ON OCTOBER 31 FROM 8-11PM ET/PT

Flesh eating zombies have taken over Britain and are multiplying as quickly as they kill. Survivors must rapidly find ways to endure in a world that offers little refuge. Cocooned in the safety of their "Big Brother" house, fame-seeking contestants of this hit reality TV game show are safe and blissfully unaware-until "eviction night," when all hell breaks loose.
 
Written and executive produced by acclaimed writer and media critic Charlie Brooker (The Guardian), DEAD SET is a pitch-black 5-part zombie-horror-comedy set in Britain's "Big Brother" house. DEAD SET is partially filmed at the real UK "Big Brother" set and features the show's host, Divina McCall, in front of an actual eviction night audience - with cameos by former contestants.
 
A must-see for horror fans, reality TV junkies, or anyone horrified by reality TV, DEAD SET stars Jaime Winstone (Boogie Woogie),  Andy Nyman (Death at a Funeral) and Riz Ahmed (Rage) and makes it's U.S. television premiere on IFC on Monday, October 25 through Friday, October 29,  2010, airing at 12:00 midnight ET/PTover five consecutive nights.  Special marathon event featuring all 5 parts back-to-back on Halloween day beginning at 8pm ET/PT.

"The 'Big Brother' house seemed fitting for a TV zombie epic set in the 21st century," says Brooker. "DEAD SET is an unashamedly populist horror-thriller with darkly comic undertones. Think '24' with zombies. And housemates. And gore."
 
They're Coming to Get You, Barbara.

From its well-received overseas premiere last year, the master of horror, Stephen King, called DEAD SET, "One of the ten best things I saw on TV."  Produced by Zeppotron, an Endemol company (producers of "Big Brother"), the series received a 2009 BAFTA Award nomination for Best Drama Serial. Aficionados of the undead will have fun spotting inside jokes and classic horror movie quotes in DEAD SET.