CANNES , France ( CNN ) -- A budding British director is enjoying success on a shoestring at Cannes with `` Colin , '' a new zombie feature that cost a scarcely believable $ 70 to make . `` Colin '' director Marc Price who spent 18 months making the film , working nights at a private car hire firm . Japanese distributors are currently in negotiations for the rights to the film and buzz around the no-budget zombie chiller has attracted interest from some major American distributors -- all of which is a very nice surprise for the team behind `` Colin . '' `` We were almost fainting at the list of people who were coming [ to the final market screening of the film ] , '' said Helen Grace of Left Films who is helping the film 's director Marc Price publicize the film in Cannes . `` Representatives from major American distributors -- some of the Hollywood studios . '' `` When we say it 's a low budget film , people presume a couple of hundred thousand [ dollars ] . People ca n't figure out how it 's possible . What Marc 's achieved has left people astonished . '' It was by advertising for volunteer zombies on social networking site Facebook , borrowing make-up from Hollywood blockbusters and teaching himself how to produce special effects that thrifty director Price was able to make the film for less than the price of a zombie DVD box set . `` The approach was to say to people , 'OK guys , we do n't have any money , so bring your own equipment , ' `` the the 30 year-old director told CNN . With help from a makeshift band of friends and volunteers , Price shot and edited the feature -- which ingeniously spins the zombie genre on its head by telling the story entirely from the zombie 's perspective -- over a period of 18 months while working nights part-time as a booker for a taxi company . Online social networking was an invaluable tool in both generating buzz and cheaply sourcing the undead : `` We went on Facebook and MySpace and said 'Who wants to be a zombie ? ' `` Price told CNN . `` We managed to get 50 brilliantly made up zombies and stuff them into a living room . '' In keeping with Price 's beg and borrow approach , most of the zombie make-up in the make-up artists ' cases was inherited from other movies . `` One of our make-up people came off ' X-Men 3 , ' so we were having the same latex that was put on Wolverine , '' he told CNN . Price says he came up with the idea to make a no-budget film because he realized that he and his friends would never be able to scrape together enough money to make even a low-budget film . `` A couple of friends were round a few years ago watching Romero 's 'Dawn of the Dead , ' recalls Price . `` And we were lamenting the fact that we could never make a zombie film -- we would n't be able to acquire a budget . '' `` Then I just woke up before everyone else -- I was probably a bit hungover -- and I wondered if a zombie movie from a zombie 's perspective had been done before . '' The end result is `` Colin , '' a zombie film `` with a heart , '' Price says , shot using production values cribbed from endless re-watching of making-of featurettes and director 's commentaries from his personal DVD collection . Zombie fan Web site zombiefriends.com called it `` as original , compelling and thought provoking as [ George ] Romero 's 'Night of the Living Dead , ' '' while horror magazine SCARS predicted it would `` revolutionize zombie cinema . '' Price hopes that the film will generate enough interest to kick-start his career and allow him to make another film . `` Hopefully we 'll be able to generate some interest and maybe try to get some kind of a budget for our next film -- maybe a bigger budget , £100 , I do n't know . '' Price 's cost-effective filmmaking may make him the envy of film executives sweating over whether their latest projects will break even , but even `` Colin '' may suffer at the market : `` In a strange way it 's kind of counter-productive . '' admits Price . `` Anyone involved in sales will say , 'Oh , it cost [ $ 70 ] , well how much do you expect us to pay for that ? ' but with the current economic climate it seems to be a great way to make movies . '' So , what exactly did Price spend the famous $ 70 on ? `` We bought a crowbar and a couple of tapes , and I think we got some tea and coffee as well -- not the expensive stuff either , the very basic kind , '' Price told CNN . `` Just to keep the zombies happy . ''
Hollywood distributors have shown interest in zombie movie made for $ 70 . Helen Grace PR for `` Colin '' on the buzz around the film : `` We were almost fainting '' Director Marc Price made film over 18 months while working at a taxi company . What Price spent $ 70 on : `` A crowbar and a couple of tapes , some tea and coffee ''