Cockneys vs Zombies is a 2012 British zombie comedy film directed by Matthias Hoene and written by James Moran and Lucas Roche. The plot centres on a group of Cockneys who arm themselves to rescue their grandfather and his friends from their retirement home as a zombie apocalypse takes place in the East End of London.
Director, Matthias Hoene and writer James Moran originally approached Alan Ford to play the character of Ray because "whoever this person is, he needed to symbolise what a cockney is -- he needed to be as cockney as you can be." After reading the script Ford had joked that he felt like the script had been written for him, and accepted the role because "It's an exciting action hero role. He's got a big, heroic arc in this film."[3]
The film premiered at the 2012 London FrightFest Film Festival. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on 3 September 2013 by Shout Factory! as part of their Scream Factory line up. It has a 20-minute behind-the-scenes featurette, a video to teach the extras how to act like a zombie, and the trailer. Info courtesy of Cockneys Vs Zombies wiki page
Publicity images, posters and DVD artwork.
Cast
Rasmus Hardiker as Terry
Harry Treadaway as Andy
Michelle Ryan as Katy
Alan Ford as Ray
Georgia King as Emma
Jack Doolan as Davey Tuppence
Ashley Thomas as Mental Mickey
Tony Gardner as Clive
Tony Selby as Daryl
Georgina Hale as Doreen
Dudley Sutton as Eric
Richard Briers as Hamish
Honor Blackman as Peggy
Elizabeth Webster as Natasha
Cockneys vs Zombies is Richard Briers's final acting credit as he died the following year, and the final film appearance of Honor Blackman who died on 5 April 2020.
Behind The Scenes clips from the home video release
Script pages
Cover and menus from the German 3-disc Zombie Mania compilation, including 'Cockneys Vs Zombies', the French movie 'The Horde'(2009 and definitely recommended) and 2010 remake of `1973 George A Romero classic, 'The Crazies'