PLOT SUMMARY
Our protagonist, Sean – a married, sticks-converted urbanite with a child soon on the way – desires to sever his rural roots and ready for his future. Following the death of his already-widowed mother, Sean returns to his childhood home. His bootstrapped parents built those four walls and a roof from the ground up on a sprawling five-acre, mid-Ohio property with little but a pond, a few scattered neighbors, and countryside for miles. Although memories in this home abound, Sean’s sole intention now is to sell it.
When he arrives, Sean is greeted by his only living blood relation: an estranged brother named Luke, who is sitting outside, drinking in the winter chill. Sean and Luke begin the overdue process of reconnecting, but shared grief, terror, and obligation catch up with the prompting of a zombie apocalypse. Every moment Sean stays, the certainty of his envisioned future wanes. The brothers are eventually forced to confront the sacrifices they are both willing to make for family.
This is (not) a zombie movie.