Epidemic

Competent cinematography, editing and sound, but without a proper story, dialogue, acting and direction the end result doesn't matter...

After getting together for a friends' party, a group of friends at a birthday party find that the intentions of her distant father working to reconnect has to be put on hold when a deadly pathogen is introduced to the guests and forces him to try to get her out of the party alive.

For the most part, this wasn't that enjoyable an effort. A lot of the film's problems stem from the low-budget nature that runs rampant in the film. The setting of the apartment gives off a rather obvious one-setting feel that really highlights the fact that this stripped-down, minimalist effort won't have a lot to offer. The fact that this barebones setting captures only a few locations without really venturing further or featuring extravagant work in any regard becomes rather obvious in the second half where all the dialog between him and everyone else calling the hotel room to find out what's going on with the out-of-control situation as the small cast also sticks out quite prominently here. There's also the fact that this one doesn't seem to know what it really wants to be. The first half is entirely based around the slow-building drama established with the exploits of the party and the absentee father attempting to reconnect with the family, yet then he manages to pull off the asinine maneuver of removing her from the party against her will inadvertently making the whole scene look like an abduction all without informing the authorities. This comes off as completely irrational, much like the supernatural method of dealing with whatever the things are as the full extent of the virus isn't known so the scenes of the creepy figures stalking around come off as confusing and curious. Along with the easily-spotted finale that's obvious where it's going, these here are the film's flaws. There are a few things to like about this one, mostly centered around the idea of the virus spreading through the friends. After the initial infection and then succumbing to those effects in the middle of the party where she begins to infect others in similarly graphic means, this one really works the idea of the contamination working slowly through the other victim in the motel. Knowing what's going to happen here adds a macabre bent to everything, and when added to the admittedly creepy scenes of the deformed ghost-like beings coming after her which goes hand-in-hand with the few attempted gore effects on the bodies to become the few positives. Still, even with these enjoyable factors, they're not enough to overcome the overwhelming negatives.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

Surely it does not look like a top class movie, but i must confess i have seen worse pictures from hollywood's big productions. it does not give the reason behind the mess, neither does David Lynch. Make up is basic, acting's not hardwork but still, it's a 71 minutes movie.

Well, granted with the low rating this movie have harvested on IMDb, I can't really claim that I had much of any hopes or expectations to it. So why watch it? Well, solely for the reason of it being a zombie movie.

And this 2018 movie "Epidemic" from writers Stephen Michael Giglio and Adam Romanchik wasn't exactly your average zombie movie. That would either work out in a good or bad way, now wouldn't it? Well, I can't say that what director Stephen Michael Giglio did with the script was working well in favor of the movie.

There was just too many random elements in the movie, and characters that had little or no impact on the storyline. It just felt a bit too random. Sure, the heart and spirit was there, and it showed, but the movie just wasn't a great movie.

Storywise then I wasn't impressed. Sure, I managed to sit through the entire movie to the very end. But I can't claim to be particularly entertained, nor enjoying what transpired on the screen.

The acting in the movie was mediocre, adequate for the movie in a way I would say.

What did work for "Epidemic" was actually the cosmetics and make-up. They managed to do some rather good make-up and special effects in terms of the wounds and injuries. Some of the zombies, however, well, not so great. But again, the effort and the love for the project was definitely showing.

Ultimately I found "Epidemic" to be a boring movie that offered no enjoyment and offered nothing interesting to the zombie genre at large. I am rating it a mere two out of ten stars. There was just too much of nothing going on, well aside from a lot of retching white goo from the cast.

Of course this movie is awful yet another not needed zombie movie.... makes you wonder.