George A. Romero’s daughter Tina Romero puts her own unique spin on the zombie apocalyse in Queens of the Dead, and Out Magazine has shared the new poster this week.
The film will shamble into theaters just in time for Halloween on October 24, 2025.
Upcoming festival screenings include…
BROOKLYN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL
Thursday, October 16th @ 8:35 pm / 8:50 pm / 9:05 pm
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg, Brooklyn
NEWFEST
Saturday, October 18th @ 9:00 pm
SVA Theatre, New York
In Queens of the Dead, “a zombie apocalypse breaks out in Brooklyn on the night of a giant warehouse party, where an eclectic group of drag queens, club kids, and frenemies must put aside their drama and use their unique skills to fight against the brain-thirsty undead.”
Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding), Margaret Cho (Fire Island), Brigette Lundy-Paine (I Saw The TV Glow) and Cheyenne Jackson (American Horror Story) star. The cast also includes Nina West (Drag Race), Jaquel Spivey (Mean Girls), Tomas Matos (Fire Island), Quincy Dunn-Baker (No Hard Feelings), Becca Blackwell (Bros), Shaunette Renée Wilson (Black Panther), Dominique Jackson (Pose), Riki Lindhome (Knives Out), and Eve Lindley (Bros).
“The zombie apocalypse is such a rich sandbox to play in when it comes to social commentary. I can’t be my dad’s daughter without making an attempt at saying something with zombies,” Romero recently told EW. “I did want this to be a film in which I am paying homage to the world and the monster he created, but I’m also introducing my own voice.”
Romero continued, “It’s very much not a film he would make, but it is using his vocabulary and is playing by his rules. As far as the queer element, on one hand, I just feel like the gays need a zombie film. It’s time that we get to have a big gay zombie movie.”
