Zombie Dogs

Zombie Dogs is a 2004 Singaporean mockumentary film directed by Toh Hai Leong. It criticises aspects of Singaporean life.[1][2][3]

Zombie Dogs
Directed byToh Hai Leong
Produced byFong Cheng
Eric Khoo
Starring
  • Toh Hai Leong
CinematographyJimmy Tai
Edited byChew Tze Chuan
Release date
30 April 2004
Running time
63 minutes
CountrySingapore
LanguageEnglish

Plot

A film director films a snuff film, airing his grievances about being a Singaporean in the process.

Cast

  • Toh Hai Leong as himself[4]

Release

The film premiered on 30 April 2004 in the Singapore History Museum as part of the Singapore International Film Festival.[5][6]

Reception

Tay Yek Keak of The Straits Times gave the film four stars out of five, calling it "a surprisingly good part-documentary, part-film piece of work that starts out looking like an indictment of Singapore's artless soul but ends up harbouring the sad story of a man living on the margin of society."[5]

References

  1. Ng, Desmond (10 March 2004). "Will this make it to the censors?". The New Paper. Singapore.
  2. Tan, Dawn Wei (10 March 2004). "Don't be a Zombie". The New Paper. Singapore.
  3. Ong, Sor Fern (24 April 2004). "The home theme". The Straits Times. Singapore.
  4. "He lived and breathed film". AsiaOne. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  5. Tay, Yek Keak (17 March 2004). "Zombie Dogs has plenty of bark". The Straits Times. Singapore.
  6. Wong, Kim Hoh (18 April 2004). "Who says I'm a weirdo?". The Straits Times. Singapore.
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