NEW DELHI: The Dead 2: India a zombie film shot in India and starring Indian actors will open the 14th edition of Frightfest, a genre festival in the UK.

The Dead 2: India by the Ford Brothers is the sequel to the hugely successful zombie horror The Dead. The film is set in Rajasthan.

The film follows the story of India-based American engineer Nicholas Burton (Joseph Millson) in a race against time to reach his pregnant girlfriend Ishani Sharma (Meenu). Burton enlists the help of an orphan street kid Javed (Anand Goyal) and together they make a perilous 300 mile journey across deadly landscapes as a zombie apocalypse threatens to engulf the entire nation.

Howard and Jon Ford, the British director, writer and producer team behind the film said: "It‘s truly an honour to be the opening film - mind-blowing! Being at FrightFest for The Dead was such an incredible experience for us and one of the highlights of our whole journey with the film. It is an awesome event with a brilliant crowd and we both sincerely cannot wait to see you all there."

FrightFest will open from 22 August and continue till 26 August at the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square, in London.