TwinCrows Zombie Movie List
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- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDavid EmgeKen ForeeScott H. ReinigerDuring an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.THE classic zombie movie.
This film set the model for zombie films. The apocalypse, the sanctuary, the world after.
It made 'the mall' the most iconic setting for a zombie film. There couldn't be a better setting.
The barricades and looting of the mall are so delicious for fans of 'realistic' zombie films. - DirectorDan O'BannonStarsClu GulagerJames KarenDon CalfaWhen two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.The most fun Zom-Com of the 80's. A gang of misfits faces the apocalypse.
Cartoon-ish, frantic terror with great costumes and FX.
"More brains!" - DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostKate AshfieldThe uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.Zom-Com that goes through the 'first day' of collapse with a band of bumbling idiots.
"Get to the Winchester, pour ourselves a pint, and wait for all this to blow over."
Scene after scene of witty, coordinated comedy. - DirectorZack SnyderStarsSarah PolleyVing RhamesMekhi PhiferA nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.Faster, more intense re-make of the classic Romero mall zombie film. Builds on the 'strategic survival' elements of what began in Romero's films.
Can't be overstated how influential this film was to zombie culture. Reinvented the model.
Hidden gem: 'Andy's Gun Works' series, a video diary of his lone survival. Bonus feature.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmsGNDT86Uo - DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsJohn LeguizamoAsia ArgentoSimon BakerThe living dead have taken over the world, and the last humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they come to grips with the situation.Deserves way more than it's been given.
The masterwork of a Romero's crew, who had spent the peak of their careers making the best American zombie movies. - DirectorDanny BoyleStarsCillian MurphyNaomie HarrisChristopher EcclestonFour weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.Classic of the 2000's. Bloody, gritty, violent survival. With hope at the end.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsLori CardilleTerry AlexanderJoseph PilatoAs the world is overrun by zombies, a group of scientists and military personnel sheltering in an underground bunker in Florida must decide on how they should deal with the undead horde.Classic, grim zombie movie.
This film has the best, most authentic 'practical effects' of Romero's zombie films.
"Hello? Is anybody out there?" - DirectorJuan Carlos FresnadilloStarsJeremy RennerRose ByrneRobert CarlyleSix months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes according to plan.Tense, adrenaline-filled zombie film involving the re-settling of London.
It's bleak. - DirectorTetsuro TakeuchiStarsGuitar WolfDrum WolfBass WolfOnly legendary Japanese garage rock band Guitar Wolf can stand between a race of aliens from destroying earth with an army of zombies.This movie oozes with cool. You've got a dreamlike plot, with a rock fan who summons his favorite band to headshot zombies and give him life advice. Simple, effective.
- DirectorWilson YipStarsJordan ChanEmotion CheungSam LeeA group of young shoppers and employees must band together when a zombie outbreak over runs their Hong Kong shopping center in the middle of the shopping day.Mall criminals fight zombies in Hong Kong. The English dub adds even more to the comedy.
- DirectorJeff BarnabyStarsMichael GreyeyesElle-Máijá TailfeathersForrest GoodluckThe dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi'kmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague.Ranks extremely high on realism factor, this is a zombie movie that draws from Dawn of the Dead.
The characters are insanely well put-together. - DirectorKiah Roache-TurnerStarsJay GallagherBianca BradeyLeon BurchillA talented mechanic prepares to battle his way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters after his sister is kidnapped on the eve of a zombie apocalypse.Cool and bloody zombie action. The vehicles, armor, and sets are top-notch.
Excellent fight scenes. - DirectorPeter JacksonStarsTimothy BalmeDiana PeñalverElizabeth MoodyA young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.Manic splatter-fest Zom-Rom-Com.
As it progresses, the gore becomes exponentially, comically depraved. This one is just so enjoyably disgusting. - DirectorStuart GordonStarsJeffrey CombsBruce AbbottBarbara CramptonAfter an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.Based on a Lovecraft story.
Hilarious, frantic collapse. As the invention gets out of hand, it gets more and more insane.
Like other Zom-Coms, the fun is in watching everything fall apart amid comedic screams and manic action. - DirectorDominique RocherStarsAnders Danielsen LieGolshifteh FarahaniDenis LavantThe morning after a party, a young man wakes up to find Paris invaded by zombies.Grim, solo survival in an urban studio apartment. Numerous perfectly-executed scenes. However it is totally humourless.
This one is enjoyable if you are looking for a very intense look at individual survival. It's certainly much more grim than other zombie stories. - DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsMarilyn ChambersFrank MooreTerry SchonblumA young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into blood-thirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic.It's hard to believe this came out a year before Dawn of the Dead!
A genuinely unique zombie outbreak with a twist.
We see the government and military contain an outbreak from the perspective of the boyfriend of 'Patient Zero'. - CreatorFrank DarabontStarsAndrew LincolnNorman ReedusMelissa McBrideSheriff Deputy Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to learn the world is in ruins and must lead a group of survivors to stay alive.The characters are phenomenal. A gigantic range of stories. 131 hours of them.
Favorite Character: The Governor - DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellSarah BerryDan HicksAsh Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.Surreal, freaky-funny masterpiece. The costumes and FX are awesome.
Bruce Campbell makes his legendary 'Ash' character persona here. - CreatorDave EricksonRobert KirkmanStarsKim DickensFrank DillaneCliff CurtisA Walking Dead spinoff set in Los Angeles, California. Follows two families who must band together to survive the undead apocalypse.I found it interesting and fresh.
It is like a blend between Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead. It focuses more on gangs and 'family drama'.
Compared to The Walking Dead, it is more unpredictable. Here, characters are at higher risk of death which makes it more exciting to watch.
I've seen up to Season 3. - DirectorUmberto LenziStarsHugo StiglitzLaura TrotterMaria Rosaria OmaggioAn airplane exposed to radiation lands, and blood drinking zombies emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! They go on a rampage slicing, dicing, and biting their way across the Italian countryside.The Italian directors of this era really got the most out of the basic gore they had, and the unskilled make-up.
I really enjoy this movie, despite its crummy quality. Sometimes you just want a unique zombie B-movie.
We see a single city being taken over by zombies, as the military attempts to contain the outbreak. - DirectorIl ChoJo Il HyungMadeleine MartinStarsYoo Ah-inPark Shin-hyeJeon Bae-sooThe rapid spread of an unknown infection has left an entire city in ungovernable chaos, but one survivor remains alive in isolation. It is his story.Korean zombie survival set in an apartment building.
The character helplessly witnesses the carnage down on street level as they ration their food.
The character's attempts largely fail until they truly find a reason to live.
There is also a message of mental health solidarity, which I think is very well-fitting and heartwarming for a zombie apocalypse movie. - DirectorBruce McDonaldStarsStephen McHattieLisa HouleGeorgina ReillyA radio host interprets the possible outbreak of a deadly virus which infects the small Ontario town he is stationed in.A zombie film set in a radio station, with a unique premise where the zombie phenomenon is transmitted (or unlocked?) by hearing a certain trigger word.
More terrifying still is the way that the zombies in this film are — they are capable of cognition, but their brains are all messed up, and they become easily violent.
I really love the execution of this movie. There's a phenomenon going on outside, and then it gets inside and we see it firsthand.
Psychological zombie horror. - DirectorMarvin KrenStarsMichael FuithTheo TrebsAnka GraczykJust when Michael arrives in Berlin to visit his ex-girlfriend Gabi, a terrible virus starts spreading across the city at a rapid pace, turning people into mindless homicidal maniacs. Much to Michael's concern, Gabi's not home; instead, he meets Harper, a teenage plumber's apprentice at work in her apartment block. Together, they manage to barricade themselves when raging hordes of infected people swarm the building. Surrounded by these thirsty zombies, Michael and Harper have their hands full to survive - and it will take all of their ingenuity to make their way out to try and find Gabi.Realistic German apartment survival. This one is a treat for people who like the 'strategic' aspect of zombie survival films.
Wonderfully "dumpy" main character. It's an antithesis to the usual power fantasy, he's practically emasculated at every opportunity.
There's a trope in zombie films where zombies are somehow allergic to bright light, which I personally don't like.
There are many scenes here involving climbing around/navigating the apartment building which are really good! - DirectorClint EilertsTennyson TannerStarsMichael RookerIn a post apocalyptic Illinois, tough men survive against zombies utilizing an ingeniously put- together vehicle to move, explore, defend and fight. Prepared with rotating machine guns and a tank like structure, this thing is not for sissies. And don't forget to fasten your seat belt!This is a drunk-driving awareness campaign video series that uses The Walking Dead setting.
They're short and funny. The character 'Merle' features in it. Each one sets out as a serious, action-survival moment, but as soon as they step into a car, it reveals itself as a drunk driving ad and the characters start being cheeky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1J92Tn982M - DirectorSpencer SusserStarsBrad AshbyMia WasikowskaVladimir MatovicJimbo is 13 and can think of only one girl -- Sarah Jane. And no matter what stands in his way-bullies, violence, chaos, or zombies-nothing will stop him from finding a way into her world.A short film about post-apocalyptic kids who suffer the bullying of a psychopathic teen, until he gets his just desserts.
It's one of a rare few zombie shorts that can be described as "delightful". - DirectorLucio FulciStarsTisa FarrowIan McCullochRichard JohnsonStrangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.Zombies in the tropics. The director, Lucio Fulci is the master of long, horrific shots. The writing and pacing is really well-done.
There used to be this huge buzz online about the "zombie fighting a shark scene". It's beautiful, and it's not the only good thing about this movie.
As a whole it is quite dark, with some really dreadful events. However it is very slow and ponderous compared to modern zombie films. It soaks in the terror. - DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsMilla JovovichMichelle RodriguezRyan McCluskeyA special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.The Resident Evil movies are all fun, ridiculous zombie action movies.
They focus on high-tech military and science, which are things you don't see in lower budget films. RE films have their own special area in the zombie genre.
I just enjoy them for what they are. I could be more critical of them lacking the 'survival' aspect of the zombie genre... but I don't really care. They're fun and cool! - StarsSong KangLee Jin-wookLee Si-youngHyun, a loner high school student who lost his entire family in a terrible accident, is forced to leave his home and has to face a new reality where monsters are trying to wipe out all of humanity. Now he must fight against all odds to try and race against the clock to save what is left of the human race before it's too late.It's horror survival in an apartment, based on a Korean manga that used a lot of body horror in the creative zombie designs.
I haven't watched more than 6 episodes, but I really appreciate the 'special infected' in this series. From zombie hulks, to spider-like zombies, to tongue-spear zombies. Almost every episode they introduce a new, fully-realized and well-depicted zombie variant.
The zombies in this feel very demonic, and do things at the behest of the narrative flow. You really get the sense that the survivors are totally f*cked, because these are some kind of demons ala Evil Dead.
You can make a plan against zombies you understand, but with ones like this? It's not really possible, and you're just along for the horror show.
Maybe my favourite zombie TV series this decade. - StarsElla BalinskaTamara SmartSiena AgudongNearly three decades after the discovery of the T-virus, an outbreak reveals the Umbrella Corporation's dark secrets.This is a very recent Resident Evil TV series.
If you're watching a Resident Evil series, you should know what you're getting into. Apparently not enough people know what Resident Evil films are like, because they're rating it way lower than it deserves.
Compared to other zombie TV series, this one holds up, especially as a 'Resident Evil' TV series.
Expensive FX, campy dialogue, and the story constantly surges to the next action scene. That's how it's always been with RE film adaptations! This one satisfies. - DirectorJim MickleStarsConnor PaoloNick DamiciKelly McGillisIn a world of vampires, an expert vampire hunter and his young protégé travel toward sanctuary.This is a vampire-apocalypse survival movie. But I find vampire survival movies to be a lot similar to zombie movies, so it's here too.
It's been a long time since I've seen this, but I remember it being good! It filled the void of 'not enough zombie movies out yet' when I was in my high-school years. - DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl HardmanA ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.People act like Romero invented zombies, which couldn't be more wrong. Zombies were a popular comic-book monster of the 60's. Before that, they were in horror fiction as early as the 20's.
It didn't take a stroke of genius to decide "Let's make a movie about these pop monsters". But regardless, the movie is a classic. I resist anyone who would call it inventive!
The endlessly creeping zombies, the nailed-plank barricades, and the bickering between survivors set the mould for what would be the classic 'zombie apocalypse' in movies.
But it's not what I jump to when I want to watch a zombie movie... - DirectorUbaldo RagonaSidney SalkowStarsVincent PriceFranca BettoiaEmma DanieliWhen a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.A classic, "not-zombie" zombie film.
A gentleman fends off a hostile evolution of mankind which has swept over the Earth.
You get the 'solo apocalypse survival' thing, but from the 1960's. Very unique. - DirectorDavid SladeStarsJosh HartnettMelissa GeorgeDanny HustonAfter an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.This is a vampire survival movie. But the vampires follow rules that make them a lot like zombies, so I'm including it here.
An isolated far-northern town must survive a vampire invasion on the longest night of the year.
It's been over 10 years since I've seen it. But I remember it being quite good! - DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEllen SandweissRichard DeManincorFive friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.Bruce Campbell in the original cabin-in-the-woods zombie splatterfest.
It's a bit more of a demon movie than a zombie movie.
I prefer 'The Evil Dead II' which in many ways is a perfected remake of this. - DirectorAlexander WittStarsMilla JovovichSienna GuilloryEric MabiusAlice wakes up in the Raccoon City hospital after the area has been overrun by zombies, and must now make it out of the city before a nuclear bomb is dropped.I am unrepentant in loving these action movies.
They may not have the same degree of horror that is usual for a zombie film, but they're fun. - DirectorRuben FleischerStarsJesse EisenbergEmma StoneWoody HarrelsonA shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting bruiser in search of the last Twinkie and a pair of sisters striving to get to an amusement park join forces in a trek across a zombie-filled America.This is a fun movie which came out after 'Left 4 Dead' was released, and before 'The Walking Dead' began.
That timeliness is what works best for it. As somebody who was in high-school at the time, obsessed with zombies, this felt like a movie that was made exactly for me.
In hindsight I think it's less than the buzz surrounding it. There are plenty of great scenes, but after watching other zombie movies, I realized it misses a lot of the 'horror and drama' potential in the zombie genre. - CreatorCraig EnglerKarl SchaeferStarsRussell HodgkinsonNat ZangKeith AllanThree years after the zombie virus has gutted the United States of America a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.High comedy, low horror. This is a great way to do a zombie 'series'.
Similar to Zombielands, but for an age demographic that's half a generation older. A lot of solid zombie-apocalypse situations.
Each character has a different POV and themes that they engage with. You get both more 'mature' characters and more 'comic' characters.
Some go through life like it's a videogame, others have to deal with more realistic troubles.
It's very good if you are looking for something that's not intimidating, but also has some depth. - DirectorMarc ForsterStarsBrad PittMireille EnosDaniella KerteszFormer United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itself.A big-budget disaster movie which happens to have zombies.
Part of my sour feelings towards it are because I read the book first, and it certainly didn't measure up. It's very 'ooh' and 'aah' but not much in terms of a zombie film.
The book is a masterpiece of realistic zombie fiction and would be rated a 9 or 10. - DirectorAndrew CurrieStarsKesun LoderBilly ConnollyCarrie-Anne MossIn an Earthly world resembling the 1950s, a cloud of space radiation has shrouded the planet, resulting in the dead becoming zombies that desire live human flesh. A company called Zomcon has been able to control the zombie population. Zombies can be temporarily neutralized by being shot, but can only be permanently neutralized by their brain being destroyed. Their ultimate disposal is through cremation, or burial, the latter which requires decapitation with the head being buried separately from the body. Conversely, Zomcon has created the domestication collar, when activated and placed on a zombie makes the zombie controllable, and thus an eternally productive creature within society. Because all dead initially become zombies, the elderly are viewed negatively and suspectly. And all people, adult or child, learn to shoot to kill to protect society. Zomcon is the go to organization for all things zombie. In the town of Willard, the Robinsons - father Bill (Dylan Baker), mother Helen (Carrie-Anne Moss), and adolescent son Timmy (Kesun Loder) - are one family who don't own a zombie as a domestic, since Bill is afraid of zombies, as, when he was a child, he had to shoot his own zombie father, who tried to eat him. Bill has thus become fascinated with funerals to see zombies put away permanently. But Helen feels pressured to get a zombie when Zomcon's new head of security in Willard, the officious Jonathan Bottoms (Henry Czerny), moves into the neighborhood with his family. Never having had to deal with a zombie directly, Timmy is initially wary of their zombie. But as a lonely child who has no friends and is often bullied, Timmy eventually befriends their zombie, who he names Fido (Sir Billy Connolly), as he treats the zombie much like a faithful pet dog. Timmy protects Fido at all cost, even after Fido, due to no fault of its own, is implicated in some deaths, which creates a mini-wave of loose zombies unknown to Zomcon. But Fido may play a larger role within the family as a companion for Helen, who is largely neglected by Bill, since he sees human affection as ultimately resulting in such difficult issues as what happened between him and his own father. With Timmy and Helen treating Fido with kindness, Fido, in turn, may prove that not all zombies, even when without their domestication collar, are out to kill anyone and everyone in their path.This one has layers. The zombies play the role of a security-collared underclass, after the zombie uprising changes society forever. The 50's suburban dream is back, but something inside is rotting...
It follows a kid as they are raised in an absurd and terrifying world. It's all a big metaphor for American society. - DirectorBrian YuznaStarsJ. Trevor EdmondMelinda ClarkeKent McCordHaving recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught youth performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident.Better than the 2nd film, but nowhere near as good as the original Return of the Living Dead. There are some really funny scenes to do with the girlfriend who is clinging onto her humanity, but also hungers for brains.
There is a heavy theme of 'self-harm' which I personally didn't enjoy. Her costume involves shards of glass which she shoves into her skin to repress her brain-hunger...
Towards the end, there is too much time spent staring at the zombie costumes in the laboratory. It felt like filler, as if they spent too much time on some wasted props and went "well, shoot them anyway!"
The beginning through to the middle was fantastic however! It's rare for a 3rd in a series to come back somewhat. - DirectorKen WiederhornStarsJames KarenThom MathewsMichael KenworthyCurious kids unearth the barrels that previously helped revive the dead, which proves the second time's an undead charm.Some good scenes, but altogether much worse than its original namesake. It's a zombie film that I believe was oddly targeted at ages 10-15.
We get some cool suburban 'zombie siege' scenes that are over much too soon. I would have loved to see these kids do something like Home Alone, but with zombies, but alas!
Kind of an odd cultural remnant. Big let-down from the previous movie. The ending at the power plant is pretty cool! - DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsMichelle MorganJoshua CloseShawn RobertsA group of young film students run into real-life zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.This is the Romero film where he lost the worship of his fans. It's somewhere between 'found footage' and regular cinematic film, and feels clumsy.
Part of the disappointment with this film is that George Romero really did have all the resources he could ever need to pull off more zombie films, but didn't use them well.
There are a few good scenes, but a lot of bad ones. - DirectorLucio FulciClaudio FragassoBruno MatteiStarsDeran SarafianBeatrice RingOttaviano Dell'AcquaWhen a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is cremated by the US military, a virus is unintentionally released into the atmosphere over a small island.A botched zombie story from Lucio Fulci set again in the tropics. Italian G.I.'s and tourist girls attempt to survive.
There are a lot of fight scenes with the zombies. I'm not sure if everybody who acted in it agreed on what a 'zombie' is, as towards the end they start performing martial arts. It's fun... but it loses direction.
There are a lot of scenes with Hazmat-suited goons with guns, which are spectacular.
Fulci suffered major health problems half-way through shooting. It's a miracle that this film was completed at all. - DirectorJesús FrancoPierre QuérutJean RollinStarsChristina von BlancCarmen YazaldeAnne LibertFollowing the death of her father, a young girl visits her estranged family at their sinister castle in the countryside, and comes to realize her eccentric and morbid relatives are not quite alive.Very strange zombie-ghost-vampire story. Gothic, atmospheric film about a woman who loses her sanity, and is surrounded by relatives she had never known before. Creepy, creepy.
- DirectorBruno MatteiClaudio FragassoStarsMargie NewtonFranco GarofaloSelan KarayAfter an experiment gone wrong, a virus that turns people into zombies spreads throughout New Guinea. A female reporter and her cameraman, and a team of four commandos sent to investigate try to survive the onslaught.The middle of the movie has some really uncomfortable and badly aged scenes that involve real dead animals, and indigenous people used in... exploitative ways.
The beginning and end are surprisingly good which makes this a big shame. If you choose to watch, skip through the awful parts, there's no plot you're missing.
The actors are all really quite good. - DirectorJames LeeShamaine OthmanGavin YapStarsSharifah AmaniAzman HassanPete TeoA flu infection has taken over KL city which turns into a zombie outbreak, the movie follows threes intersecting stories of the survivors fleeing for safety as KL has fallen.There are only a few decent scenes. Much of it is 'dinner table' drama, which really feels like filler. It's not well-planned. It should have been a short. Not worth sifting through.
- DirectorAlejandro BruguésStarsAlexis Díaz de VillegasJorge MolinaAndros PerugorríaA group of slackers face an army of zombies. The Cuban government and media claim the living dead are dissidents revolting against the government.The crowd scenes are visual effects are impressive, but the story lacks realism and tension. There's little drama or social conflict, and when it seems to build up to some, it tends to just dissolve away.
The premise is way better than the film itself. With such great scenes and effects, it's a real shame that the story wasn't more compelling.
It's worth a watch as something unique! - DirectorJohn HayesStarsPhilip KenneallyDuncan McLeodJohn DullaghanConvicts on a chain gang sniff experimental formaldehyde fumes to get high. They attempt a prison break, are shot down by the guards and buried in the prison garden. Soon, they rise from the dead, using shovels and hoes to kill all who get in their way on their quest to get high once more.The zombies here are formaldehyde-huffing ghouls, reanimated with a vengeance against their former prison warden.
As a zombie film from the original 'Night of the Living Dead' era, it feels very classical, but mostly unremarkable. - DirectorMichael G. BartlettKevin GatesStarsScott AinslieToby BowmanVictoria SummerAn unknown virus begins spreading and within weeks it engulfs the entire planet. Upon the death of its host, the virus would reanimate the corpse until it was no longer able to support itself. Soon, the planet was infested with the undead.This movie uses the 'found footage' technique adequately, and mostly avoids its pitfalls.
The production taps into all the ingredients of a great zombie movie, but it doesn't quite materialize.
We get half the movie building up immersive first-person footage, but then it changes to being primarily about a psychopath in the woods, with the zombies being largely irrelevant.
The sets and make-up are wholly adequate and sometimes surprisingly good. The acting ranges but holds up, for what it is. I wish it were more.