2007-2009
At least only one day was stolen from us...
My lovely friend Devon King (who at the time was working for the calling service to which I subscribe), called and asked if I'd be open, interested and available to playing a flesh-eating zombie for an independent short titled Bad Blood Days. As such would obviously be Way Cool, I accepted, and it was shot within a single Saturday.
[I am aware of the distinction between zombies and flesh-eating ghouls, but the term zombie for movie flesh-eating ghouls is what has stuck as vernacular.]
I arrived and the special effects make-up was applied. They neglected to prepare me that my prosthetic latex partial-face would cover one of my eyes (giving the impression the eye had been removed), but once I was sure it didn't hamper or annoy my real eye my concerns were allayed.
The storyline is that it seems a young man murders his family, when it turns out he is aware they are already dead and become zombies. There were quite a number of us done up; and several were given good screen time (eventual editing notwithstanding), and as payment we were to get copy and credit.
The film was done and scheduled for a screening, which "got rescheduled" to (based on results), never.
None of us ever heard anything else on the film, and to my knowledge, no one ever received their contractually owed copy.
A quick check while updating the site and this page, according to the short's imdb entry, it turns out the film was at least screened October 10 2008 at the Sitges Film Festival: I emailed Devon with this information, inquiring if she can still contact the foot-dragging film makers regarding our DVD copies...

Monday May 10, 2010
Uncovered
While I cannot connect as to what triggered me to do another online check, I did a quick search and found Bad Blood Days was viewable online via YouTube, as well as the film having its own website. It turned out he only slays his girlfriend, who accepts her death at his hand, as she's been bitten, which is always fatal.
There are a few close-ups at the window, one of which is me. I downloaded it so I could frame-grab from it, considering the film makers reneged on their copy/credit promise. On the imdb as well as in the short, only the two principals are listed. No performer playing a zombie received even so much as a thanks.