Rush Limbaugh vs naked zombies: 'Hive Mind' a conservative horror film

November 27, 4:48 PMConservative Politics ExaminerKathy Shaidle

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Doug Trench, the fictional rightwing talk radio host in Hive Mind

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What if a conservative talk show host like Rush Limbaugh were the last man on earth, and everyone else had been transformed into liberal nudist zombies?

That's the premise of independent filmmaker Ladd Ehlinger Jr.'s latest feature film Hive Mind. Released on DVD and in limited theatrical release November 21, the scifi horror film explores the horrors of techno-collectivism, eco-nudism, and cell-phone induced telepathy with a cast of billions.

So what's the plot? Doug Trench, heir to the kingdoms of Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin, Boortz and Beck, is now the last man on earth. The rest of humanity has been assimilated by the Hive Mind. Now, driven half-mad from twenty years of isolation in his undisclosed broadcast bunker, Trench fires up his radio show one last time to fight the Hive Mind.

With half his brain tied behind his back.

"When our own President said we're too individualistic and need to think collectively, naturally as a filmmaker I thought: scifi-horror film! Eco-friendly nudist Borg-like zombies!" said Ehlinger.

In Hive Mind, zombies have created by a nanotech cell phone that merges with your brain. Dubbed the "I-Mind," the phone lets you Twitter telepathically, download movies straight to your brain, and keep your contacts forever. Britney, J-Lo, Pamela and Paris all love their I-Minds. But there's a sinister side-effect: loss of free will to the collective Hive consciousness. Everyone is either assimilated or killed in Hive's eco-friendly efforts to reduce the population.

"I'm sort of a one-man-band filmmaker," explains Ladd. "Which means lots of solitary hours at the computer. Talk radio helped me endure those hours and this is my thanks." He cautioned that "while I don't glorify my main character -- he's human after all, with flaws and foibles -- I certainly believe his soul, and the souls of those he was modeled after, are in the right place."

Like Ladd's previous effort Flatland, Hive Mind will be sold directly to the public.

"Given my views and past work as a military multimedia artist," said Ladd, "I'm happy being an indie rabble-rouser versus Hollywood drone. I'll never join the Hive."