The Royle Family's Sue Johnston in first-look trailer for Channel 4's gory horror series
A gory first-look trailer for Channel 4 series Generation Z has been released.
The horror-comedy is set in a fictional town where care home residents are zombified after a chemical leak, and face off against the local teenagers.
The creepy first teaser follows the camera from the point of view of a dinner plate as The Royle Family star Sue Johnston’s character prepares a meal.
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After putting it down, we catch a glimpse of her slightly zombified face, and later we finally see what’s on the dish – a severed head.
The show is set in the town of Dambury, which has “stark opportunities and not much to do”, and is “the last place you'd expect the apocalypse to begin”.
“When an army convoy overturns outside a care home, a chemical leak starts to have an adverse effect on the residents there,” the synopsis adds. “The OAPs, led by Cecily and Frank, escape the grasp of the army looking to contain their angry, violent, insatiable hunger for raw flesh.
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"On the night of the outbreak, teenagers – Charlie, Kelly, Steff and Finn, are living normal teenage lives: tinnies, messy feelings, complex relationships and ignoring their A-Level prep. But the gang abruptly find themselves at the centre of the virus when Kelly's nan Janine becomes infected and attacks her."
Generation Z comes from director Ben Wheatley, and also stars Masters of the Air’s Lewis Gribben, The Batman’s Jay Lycurgo, My Family’s Robert Lindsay, Johnny Vegas, Our House’s Buket Komur, EastEnders’ Anita Dobson and The Nevers’ Viola Prettejohn.
Speaking previously about the series, Channel 4's commissioning editor Rebecca Holdsworth said that the show “promises to have all of the unique visual flair and mischievous spirit that characterises Ben's film work”.
“It is in turn wickedly funny, deftly political, and delivers on the kind of eye-popping shocks and thrills that mean this is shaping up to be a zombie drama like no other,” she added.
Generation Z will premiere on Channel 4 on Sunday, October 27.
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