Adjust expectations and you'll like it
I found little about this film to be original, but it was entertaining. In fact, there were several moments when i thought it did a really good job of portraying how average people would react when zombies marched into their front yard. That includes a lot of confusion, disbelief and running from room to room...until there are no more rooms to hide in. I also liked how survivors would often hear screams and gun fire in the woods, but never actually see what was going on. Wish the ending had been a little less down beat, though. I liked the deputy.
THE OTHER BAD NEWS
This is "Andromeda Strain" plus zombies. There are a limited number of characters in this film that involves a small mountain community. I managed to like one of the characters, the deputy with a sense of humor. The rest of the characters lacked depth and dialouge. The film moves slow for the first half and I was fairly bored up until that last 20 minutes. The plot while simple was haphazard. There is plenty of blood splatter.
Not Fangoria's best film, a disappointment.
Parental Guide: F-bomb. Near sex. No nudity.
B movie that's terrific (if you like zombie movies)
This isn't really a zombie movie but a movie about people infected with an extraterrestrial germ. Of course it makes them insanely violent and cannibalistic, but it's not like Romero movies with reanimated dead.
Like I said in the title it's a 'B" movie with about a half million $ budget so don't expect The Avengers quality, but it's the best "B" zombie movie I've seen in a long time. The acting is decent throughout. The unbelievable plot is made to be believable. The heroes are the imperfect heroes we tend to love, but heroic nevertheless. And most of all it's just flat out good for a cheap movie.
I hate writing movie reviews because there are so many of you that are a whole lot better at it but I felt compelled to comment on this one. It's not on Amazon. It's not on Netflix. I had to watch it on Free HULU and watch all those commercials about things you wouldn't buy if someone was holding a gun to your head. But it was great! (for a "B" movie).
Come on Amazon. Put...
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