Living with a deadly disease is hard, not only for the person, but for the ones they love. That premise is at the heart of Zombie With A Shotgun, the web series developed by Hilton Ariel Ruiz.

The idea for the series grew from his experiences as a New Yorker living in the fear and uncertainty of the early days of America’s AIDS epidemic. In the series, the lead character is bitten by a zombie and he and his girlfriend must deal with his slow transformation into a member of living dead.

The web series, of which there are five episodes, is the precursor to a feature film. In preparation for the expanded project, Ruiz has released the following film poster.