'Juan of the Dead', Cuba's first horror film, to debut in 2011

With a mixture of social commentary and decaying flesh, writer and director Alejandro Brugues released an official trailer for Cuba’s first contribution to the zombie genre, which will premiere later this year.

The film follows hero Juan (portrayed by Cuban actor Alexis Diaz de Villegas) as he attempts to cash in on the zombie outbreak in Havana by killing the walking dead for money.

In the film, Cuba’s government officials initially attribute the zombie outbreak to U.S.-funded dissenters.

"It's a zombie film but it's about Cubans and how we react in the face of a crisis because we've had a lot of them here over the last 50 years," 34-year-old Brugues told BBC World Service's The Strand.

"It is a social comedy, it has a bit of everything. It has horror, it has action and it pretty much laughs in the face of problems," he continued.

Brugues' second film is the latest attempt to revive Cuba’s sparsely-funded independent cinema industry.