I became familiar with John Pata’s work after reviewing his film DEAD WEIGHT last year, which remains one of my favorites. During an interview with Pata and his DW co-director Adam Bartlett, he mentioned that BETTER OFF UNDEAD was actually his first attempt at a zombie movie. So I decided to showcase it for Halloween Horror 2013. To be upfront: this is a very low-budget film. It’s the kind of project made with fri…