Silent Night, Zombie Night

Sean Cain, know as actor from "Someone's Knocking At The Door as Officer O'Malley" wrote and directed this gory flick. But there is more to see than only gore. When it started I thought, well, this is going to be splatter all around the clock but after a while we start to know the characters and you really get into them because they all acted really well.

The fact that it isn't really all about zombies is shown when we see that the two friends (Frank and Nash) are in love with the same woman, sadly it's the wife of Frank. We really go very deep into that part but we are relieved sometimes by another gory zombie attack. And just when you think, hell, I don't give a sh*t about the two friends things go wrong between the two when they are out to kill some zombies.

The zombies looked believable and when they are killed it's all done in a gory way, the red stuff do flows frequently and it never bored me because the story has some developments, something we don't see often in zombie flicks. Yes, you get it, I'm not a zombie buff but this flick I liked a lot. And let me finish with the score, it is excellent done by Mario Salvucci but the best part is the use of score and editing with Edward Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No 1, a must see.

Gore 4/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 4/5 Story 4/5 Comedy 0/5

This was all around rubbish. Writing, acting, SFX, filming, just so D grade.

Another movie where the acting, SFX and story add up to drek.

Three people trapped in a house by a barely explained (hey that's original) zombie epidemic rages outside. The usual bad acting, bad sfx and poor storytelling and editing takes place. What makes this really bad is the CGI gunshots and blood splatter which looks like it was done on an old Mac computer. Just a really terrible movie and a waste of time.

I first heard about this movie from listening to Gruesome Hertzogg's Zombie Movie reviews. He seems to have his finger on the pulse of movies I like, so I tune in and get his feeling and recommendations. I'm glad I did because I would have missed out on this little gem!

Imagine being trapped during the holidays with people who are at each others throats... then throw in a zombie outbreak on top of it all. REALLY being trapped. This movie is for zombie genre lovers, as well as fans of the often awkward yet entertaining holiday movies.

I thought it was a fun, original and cool movie. Low budget, yes, but over all a really surprising and cool addition to my growing zombie movie collection! I give it 7 stars!

Being a fan of all things zombie, I had to give this movie a good. I had never heard about it prior to picking it up, so I had no expectations to it, nor did I have any idea what was in store.

The story is pretty average and straight forward for a zombie movie, depicting a couple of people trapped in the middle of a chaotic outbreak of the living dead. So there is nothing new to be seen here.

Now, one thing did puzzle me about this movie, once people were bitten, they turned into rotted cadavers within minutes. Are you kidding me? That car dealer guy was bitten by a zombie, and within minutes his body was decayed and in bad decay. That was just awful to look at, and that really made the movie come off stupid in a way. And zombies climbing over fences and running around as mobile and dexterous as they were in their former lives? No, not really working for me.

The effects in the movie weren't all that bad, but they weren't super great either. But for a movie of this caliber and budget I do think it was adequate. However, I would personally have liked to seen better gore and more believable effects.

As for the cast in the movie, well I had never heard about any one here, nor seen them in other movies - or at least that I can remember. Don't expect award-winning performances here though. However, I will say that the people weren't bad, compared to other low budget movies.

"Silent Night, Zombie Night" didn't really leave a lasting impression on me, and I am a big fan of zombie movies, literature, etc. There is far better zombie movies out there available wherever you turn - even far better low budget zombie movies as well. But I have seen it now and it is another notch in the belt of watched zombie movies. However, I can honestly say that I will not be making a second trip back to this movie.