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"It was like my dream was taking form," Avendano told the San Antonio Current in one of several interviews in February.Ī pause and a sigh later, his next words foreshadowed the debacle of his high-stakes project - as well as his cinematic career.
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He dug up a short story he had written back in high school to try to develop it into a full-fledged movie script. I don't think he's ever changed."Įventually, Avendano finally decided to make a go of his filmmaker career. "He was the type of person that would steal tips off the table when we would go out to eat so he wouldn't have to pay for his food. "I always knew what kind of character Henry was," Lopez said, using Avendano's childhood nickname. Or perhaps more like he's come to accept his troublemaking ways. Not that Lopez seems to think particularly highly of his lifetime buddy. They still see each other occasionally when Avendano goes back to visit. They went to Las Vegas High together in the late '80s. John Lopez has known Avendano since they were 12. Years later, after several moves back and forth between SA and Vegas and limited by a lack of a college degree, he remained unsure what he wanted to do with his life. The ambitious horror flick, seven years in the making, is unlikely to ever see the light of day and has left Avendano fending off accusations of engaging in unethical, unprofessional and possibly illegal actions.Īvendano was born in San Antonio in 1970, but he moved with his mother when he was still a baby to Las Vegas, where most of his relatives lived. Instead of launching him into a directing career culminating with a shot at Hollywood, Avendano's Zombie Reign ended up dead on arrival.
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A film project he spearheaded has created deep-seated controversy and animosity among his peers. "We would build model spaceships and play Star Wars and pretend we were the heroes."īut to many members of the San Antonio film community, he's turned out to be the villain of his own story.
Reign of the undead free#
"We made movies on our free time," Avendano recalled. He found his own creative outlet when he started making short films with his friends with his family's clunky video camera. For young Ramiro Avendano, those Sunday afternoons with his grandmother, huddled inside a movie theater taking in double features, was when he began falling in love with film.Īvendano's enthusiasm for cinema grew as he grew up.