Dead House

This is officially the worst movie I've ever seen. The plot made no sense at all. The characters made no sense. The one guy doesn't wanna kill or rape and then in the end he rapes and kills all of a sudden, made no sense. And a disabled grandma walked faster than these zombies, how did a zombie apocalypse even happen? Thumbs up for the good makeup on the zombies though, didn't seen low budget either, bad plot and scripts but good makeup artists.

Even for a movie entitled "dead house" this was worse than expected. I went into this expecting a b-rate typical zombie movie... but this. The very first scene I was like, hmm ok, this movie os going for the twisted thing, this could be fun ala hostel, but that quickly dissipates. Most of the movie is dialogue of one of the bad guys forcing families to say/do things. While gritty at first this gets boring after 20 minutes. The lead-up to the zombies is idiotic. There are SOOO MANY PLOT HOLES in this movie! It feels like it was written by a fifth grader and shot by a couple freshman in college film class for a project over the weekend.

This movie lured me in with its rather interesting cover art. And truth be told, I am a sucker for everything zombie. So of course, I had to sit down and watch the 2014 movie titled "Beautiful People" from writer and director Brini Amerigo.

While this is definitely a zombie movie, it was not one of the more astounding or memorable zombie movies. It was watchable, sure, but it was a slow movie, and it took a long, long time before things got interesting. In fact, it took so long that I thought this was just a home intrusion movie.

And when things finally did happen, the movie ended. So that was sort of anti-climatic.

The zombie make-up in the movie was adequate, just a shame that it was only in the last quarter of the movie that things took off and you got to see the zombies. Well, aside from the deformed face, which was so obviously just a latex mask. But hey, it worked out well enough.

The storyline in "Beautiful People" wasn't particularly impressive. And truth be told, it was actually the news footage montage as the movie ended that had the most punch and impact to it.

I am rating "Beautiful People" a four out of ten stars. While it is a zombie movie, it is one that came and went without a moan or a bite.

The cover art (both versions) is really fantastic. Props to the artists on those. In regards to Dead House/Beautiful People you may only like this if you enjoy films like Hostel, Funny Games, or A Serbian Film. The movie works hard to make you feel unpleasant, and for that reason many people will not enjoy it.

Positive notes: Effects were fairly decent. Zombies looked interesting. Practical effects always a plus Acting was acceptable, though a bit hammy (save for the soldiers at the end sounded like voice actors right out of the original Resident Evil)

Negative notes: Despite being advertised and listed on a number of sites as a zombie or monster movie, it is not. At least, not for 90% of the film.

Poor concept, badly written, terribly acted and executed. Don't waste your time.