I was given the opportunity to watch a screener of this film, and being a huge fan on the original Dead series from the master George A Romero, I was looking forward to seeing what these guys had done
Now, lets start of by saying this is a low budget film, its not a blockbuster by any means, but I feel there was a passion behind this, and a great idea, which comes through. So going into this with that knowledge, I had a good idea of what to expect, so lets get into it...
The Acting:
Its hit and miss, some of the acting is good, some is not that good. Its not terrible, mind you, but some of it is just a bit bland, with no passion or emotion behind it. And some of it, is overacted!
The story:
This is one thing I liked a lot about this. Reminiscent of the background for Return Of The Living Dead where the original tale was based on real events. With an interesting premise, and some solid character development to start with, it starts out well, but the premise doesn't hold the pacing throughout.
Filming/editing:
This was something that might be due to a screener version or maybe not, time will tell, but the hue, or saturation was so bright! It made everything seemed washed out, and there seemed to be a filter used (not sure the name of it) but dark around the edges! There was also a part about 30 minutes in you hear the director say "cut"... But this may be due to it being a screener, time will tell!
Effects:
Little special effects, but the ones used, mainly to make the eyes have that sunken in effect, were done well, and probably helped by the way it was filmed. Hard to say, but if the movie was in full colour, it may not have looked as good.
Overall... This is a fairly decent effort, with a good story and writing, but the filming quality, at least in the screener was what let it down.
