Anybody who knows me knows that I love zombie movies so when I found out this little gem was coming to DVD I booked on down to the local Blockbuster. Once again George Romero does not fail to please.
In this one a group of college students and their raging alcoholic professor are in the woods making a horror movie when word comes over the radio that the fucking dead are rising and eating people. Needless to say they decide to leave. Then it's pretty much evading zombies while trying to get to various homes looking for survivors. Along the way they encounter some interesting characters my favorite being Samuel the totally psycho deaf Amish guy. Wish he would have had a bigger part. They also encounter a group of looters who look like Black Panther wannabes and get robbed by the National Guard (nice). They finally end up at the mansion of their wealthy friend Ridley who promptly gets zombified and goes on a homicidal murder spree. All of the characters were enjoyable but I find it interesting to note that the one I liked the least was Jason Creed the guy who was making the horror movie who then decides to film the whole experience of a zombie infestation.
Creed took every opportunity to prove what a complete dick he was by never lifting a finger to help anyone. He becomes totally obsessed with filming everything (ala Blair Witch) to the point that he not only alienates everybody including his girlfriend but manages to get his dumb ass killed.
I enjoyed this movie enough to watch it 4 times over a 2 day rental and I think you'll like it too. The acting was good, music was good and the make up and special effects were top notch. Personally I would have put in a few more zombies (like in Dawn of the Dead) and I would have tweaked the ending a bit. It does kind of leave you hanging a little but when you think about it there's no way the few survivors at the end were ever getting out of there alive. It's definitely worth a rental and you won't feel like you got cheated by Hollywood again. Enjoy!
In this one a group of college students and their raging alcoholic professor are in the woods making a horror movie when word comes over the radio that the fucking dead are rising and eating people. Needless to say they decide to leave. Then it's pretty much evading zombies while trying to get to various homes looking for survivors. Along the way they encounter some interesting characters my favorite being Samuel the totally psycho deaf Amish guy. Wish he would have had a bigger part. They also encounter a group of looters who look like Black Panther wannabes and get robbed by the National Guard (nice). They finally end up at the mansion of their wealthy friend Ridley who promptly gets zombified and goes on a homicidal murder spree. All of the characters were enjoyable but I find it interesting to note that the one I liked the least was Jason Creed the guy who was making the horror movie who then decides to film the whole experience of a zombie infestation.
Creed took every opportunity to prove what a complete dick he was by never lifting a finger to help anyone. He becomes totally obsessed with filming everything (ala Blair Witch) to the point that he not only alienates everybody including his girlfriend but manages to get his dumb ass killed.
I enjoyed this movie enough to watch it 4 times over a 2 day rental and I think you'll like it too. The acting was good, music was good and the make up and special effects were top notch. Personally I would have put in a few more zombies (like in Dawn of the Dead) and I would have tweaked the ending a bit. It does kind of leave you hanging a little but when you think about it there's no way the few survivors at the end were ever getting out of there alive. It's definitely worth a rental and you won't feel like you got cheated by Hollywood again. Enjoy!
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