i did a search for this one and didn't get any recent hits.
i picked this up at suncoast video on dvd for $9.99. i had fond memories of watching this back in the day on tv on the local uhf stations(added alot to it's character).
anyways, i think it's a well done little zombie movie and it's pretty creepy. i couldn't believe "bob clark" of "a christmas story" fame actually did this movie too. so that was a cool bonus.
as for a quick run down of the plot, a group of teenagers(though they all look more in their 20's) go to a remote island to film some movie or something. they end up digging up a corpse and then recite some satanic prayers that end up raising the island's dead who happen to be the worst of the worst-murderers, rapists, the gang's all there for sure.
we get some really cool "zombies rising" shots from the graves as they start their attack on our distressed group of walking meat.
they end up making their final stand in an abandoned cabin. btw, did i tell you that earlier in the film, one of the guys brings the corpse in the house and marries it?
sorry about not getting the names down as i watched it last night but really didn't take in the names(just watched the zombie action).
for a "pg" rated movie, this one is surprisingly bloody. back when this movie was shot, there still wasn't pg-13 and it wasn't bloody/gory enough to garner the "r" rating i presume so they stuck it with a pg. if this was released today, it would *easily* get the pg-13 rating.
these zombies are slow and mean with a healthy appetite. no running zombies here. most of them look crusty. the effects team did some great work on the zombie makeup imho.
we get some good zombie chowing on humans scenes but they're pretty clean(bloody) but not gory.
clark's directing style gets the job done. it has a "documentary" type feel to it but i don't think it was intentional.
the actual dvd presentation is well done. seems like they've cleaned up the print a bit. though admittedly it had been ages since i last saw it. there's a menu with scene selections, the biography of the lead actor and bob clark the director along with the movie's trailer.
a fun little zombie movie, it's only $9 on dvd, has the same director as "a christmas story" and is a million times better than "house of the dead". in other words-go buy it now if you don't have this little gem.
i picked this up at suncoast video on dvd for $9.99. i had fond memories of watching this back in the day on tv on the local uhf stations(added alot to it's character).
anyways, i think it's a well done little zombie movie and it's pretty creepy. i couldn't believe "bob clark" of "a christmas story" fame actually did this movie too. so that was a cool bonus.
as for a quick run down of the plot, a group of teenagers(though they all look more in their 20's) go to a remote island to film some movie or something. they end up digging up a corpse and then recite some satanic prayers that end up raising the island's dead who happen to be the worst of the worst-murderers, rapists, the gang's all there for sure.
we get some really cool "zombies rising" shots from the graves as they start their attack on our distressed group of walking meat.
they end up making their final stand in an abandoned cabin. btw, did i tell you that earlier in the film, one of the guys brings the corpse in the house and marries it?
sorry about not getting the names down as i watched it last night but really didn't take in the names(just watched the zombie action).
for a "pg" rated movie, this one is surprisingly bloody. back when this movie was shot, there still wasn't pg-13 and it wasn't bloody/gory enough to garner the "r" rating i presume so they stuck it with a pg. if this was released today, it would *easily* get the pg-13 rating.
these zombies are slow and mean with a healthy appetite. no running zombies here. most of them look crusty. the effects team did some great work on the zombie makeup imho.
we get some good zombie chowing on humans scenes but they're pretty clean(bloody) but not gory.
clark's directing style gets the job done. it has a "documentary" type feel to it but i don't think it was intentional.
the actual dvd presentation is well done. seems like they've cleaned up the print a bit. though admittedly it had been ages since i last saw it. there's a menu with scene selections, the biography of the lead actor and bob clark the director along with the movie's trailer.
a fun little zombie movie, it's only $9 on dvd, has the same director as "a christmas story" and is a million times better than "house of the dead". in other words-go buy it now if you don't have this little gem.
so that's why i sing the movie's praises.
