Cast and crew on the set of Boondock Alley.
A new web series from WA began when actors Leon Grey, Catriona Coe and Anita Barnes were brainstorming ideas over coffee.
Deciding to create their own work, they met with Perth writer Richard Hyde, who was adamant about one thing:
No more zombies.
He didn't quite get his wish, but Boondock Alley is an unconventional take on the genre: a series about a doctor's surgery for the undead.
Hyde has written five of a mooted ten episodes, each running around seven minutes.
Grey brought on director James Pentecost, director of Broken Contract, and the first two episodes were shot at Herding Cats studios in the Perth suburb of Bassendean.
"It was a hot, sticky shoot", Barnes said.
"We were shooting afternoons for night, and papering up the windows. It's a doctor's surgery for the undead so there can't be any light in the place, and then we'd be turning on the smoke machine. So we were pretty much constantly covered in sweat and melting for the whole four days".
The story revolves around the staff at the surgery – "there's a few hidden agendas", said Barnes.
"It kicks off with a key doctor going missing, and my character Evelyn turning up unexpected as a replacement doctor".
"It's a mystery-thriller series. It's not about the gore or the creatures but how society has evolved to get to a point where we've actually got undead patients needing medical attention" (laughs).
The filmmakers are in the middle of the grade, and looking to release the first two episodes in May/June.
They're also hoping for festival play, after which the team hopes to crowdfund the remaining episodes off the back of a positive reception.