Colin

Colin

Year: 2008

Runtime: 97 mins

Language: English

Director: Marc Price

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Our hero Colin is bitten by a zombie; he dies and returns from the dead. We follow him as he wanders through suburbia during the throes of a cadaverous apocalypse.

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Timeline & Setting – Colin (2008)

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Time period

Set in a contemporary urban setting during the early days of a sudden zombie outbreak. The story follows small groups as they improvise weapons and shelters and face a rapid collapse of social order.

Location

London

The action unfolds across central London and its outskirts as the outbreak spreads. The city becomes a maze of deserted streets, ruined buildings, and improvised refuges. Key locations include a house party turned nightmare, a basement hideout, and a mother's home where survivors rally and falter.

📍 London 🏙️ Urban decay 🧟 Zombie apocalypse

Last Updated: October 04, 2025 at 16:21

Main Characters – Colin (2008)

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Colin (Alastair Kirton)

A wounded man who dies and reanimates as a zombie, wandering the streets of London and trying to cling to fragments of his humanity. He struggles to recognize his sister Linda and later endures brutal violence that leaves him physically scarred and emotionally fractured.

🧟 Zombie 💔 Tragic 🧭 Conflicted

Linda (Daisy Aitkens)

Colin’s sister who braves danger to rescue him from zombies. She is bitten during the rescue and dies, reanimating to haunt the living, a turning point that intensifies Colin’s already fragile struggle to survive.

👩‍👧 Family 💔 Sacrifice

Damien (Leigh Crocombe)

Colin’s roommate who becomes a zombie and attacks Colin. Colin ultimately kills him, marking a brutal turning point in the outbreak and signaling the collapse of their shared living space.

🧟 Zombie ⚔️ Violence

Laura (Leanne Pammen)

Colin’s friend who traps a zombie at her home. She is bitten and dies in Colin’s arms, then reanimates and bites him, prompting a fatal confrontation that weaves memory and forewarning into the narrative.

👭 Friend 💔 Loss

Slingshot Guy (Justin Mitchell-Davey)

Leader of a human faction deploying homemade weapons and a makeshift bomb, driving the offensive against the zombie horde and shaping the survivors’ fight for control of the streets.

🧭 Leader 🗡️ Improvised weapons

Killing Squad Lieutenant (Aiden Largey)

A ruthless member of a human group who enforces brutal discipline among survivors, illustrating the harsher side of survival ethics in a city overrun by the undead.

⚔️ Authority 💥 Violence

Bitten Guy (Dan Weekes)

One of the humans bitten during a clash who pleads to be spared before others kill him, underscoring the film’s grim calculus about turning and mortality.

🧟 Biting ⚖️ Fate

Colin's Mother (Kerry Owen)

The family anchor who provides shelter and a sense of home when Linda and Colin seek refuge at their mother's house, representing the enduring pull of family in crisis.

👵 Family 🏡 Shelter

Human (Nick Stoppani)

A nameless survivor among the group of humans who confronts danger and ultimately faces the choices and consequences of the outbreak, illustrating the ordinary person’s struggle in extraordinary circumstances.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Survivor ⚖️ Fate

Last Updated: October 04, 2025 at 16:21

Major Themes – Colin (2008)

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💔 Family Bonds

The film centers on Colin and his sister Linda, and their mother, highlighting how blood ties influence decisions in life-or-death moments. Grief, loyalty, and protection drive the survivors’ actions as they navigate a city overrun by the undead. Linda’s courage and ultimate loss push Colin to confront his own humanity amid chaos.

🧭 Moral Dilemma

Survivors must decide who to save and who to let turn, testing the limits of compassion. The brutal treatment of bitten survivors and the use of improvised weapons reveal how quickly morality frays under pressure. The film asks what people will do to stay alive when trust erodes and danger is constant.

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse

Colin’s transformation frames the story’s sense of gradual decay and persistence. The outbreak reshapes the city into dangerous terrain where quick decisions mean life or death. Memory and identity become fragile as the living and the undead clash, driving the narrative toward tragedy and revelation.

Last Updated: October 04, 2025 at 16:21

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