I was in my "Watch a Crappy Movie so you can be inspired to do better"mode so I picked up this cheapie.
I guess the basic story is somehow the GATES OF HELL!!!!!!!! have been opened and zombies run around the 'oith and our hero has to figure out what's going on.He's captured by some militants and they give him a truth syrum which allows him to inhabit the memories of other people,even dead ones.
Anyway,you know how when you watch a low budget film,and you see the lead actor with virtually no acting skills but he gets the best lines,and gets to fight/do stunts,and gets to fool around with topless bimbo#1?And right there you think"I bet he's the director,or at least the screenwriter."Yep,the director and main actor are indeed the same person for this film,lucky guy.He's very thin,and has no "presence"at all,but boy he likes to show off that spinning back kick!Just watch how he takes on a dozen zombies armed with 3 months of manly facial hair growth and his deadly spinning back kick!!
My boy even plays DUAL roles!YES!I don't know why with such a low budget crappy film that he would shell out dough to put some "names"on the roster.Brinke Stevens appears,supposedly Linnea Quigley too,but I didn't recognize her,and Richard Lynch doing the obligatory"I'll just overact and collect my paycheck so I can go back to my summer home in Spain"performance.
Some of the black and white stuff and a hospital scene are shot ok,but the other scenes fail.What is it about low budget films that the SOUND always betrays the budget?It always has that large echo-y-ness to it.
Another thing that irritates me about this film is that we get yet ANOTHER Matrix inspired piece,AND the film references George Romero again.Really,why do people in genre films,especially horror,feel compelled to namecheck other directors/films?I mean fuck,leave the living dead films alone already?Can anyone try something fresh without having to kiss the feet of people who haven't made a decent fucking film in decades?
It reminds me of watching an old video with John"I'll pimp Night of the Living Dead till I die"Russo doing some cheap-ass interviews with "Dead"related performers.He got all dramatic when the guy from the first Living Dead film,ya know the "they're coming to get you Barbara."was sitting next to him and for the FIRST TIME IN DECADES,he was going to say that line!OH MY GOD!I WAS WITNESSING HISTORY!
What I am saying folks,for the 2 of you still reading,is,isn't it time we killed our heroes again?Isn't it time to stop worshipping George Romero,Tobe Hooper,etc.and be more concerned with doing new shit ourselves?It's like if you want to make a zombie film you have to check it against Grandpappy Romero's because that is the blueprint.Fuck that!Running Jumping Backflipping Zombies are coming!!
I guess the basic story is somehow the GATES OF HELL!!!!!!!! have been opened and zombies run around the 'oith and our hero has to figure out what's going on.He's captured by some militants and they give him a truth syrum which allows him to inhabit the memories of other people,even dead ones.
Anyway,you know how when you watch a low budget film,and you see the lead actor with virtually no acting skills but he gets the best lines,and gets to fight/do stunts,and gets to fool around with topless bimbo#1?And right there you think"I bet he's the director,or at least the screenwriter."Yep,the director and main actor are indeed the same person for this film,lucky guy.He's very thin,and has no "presence"at all,but boy he likes to show off that spinning back kick!Just watch how he takes on a dozen zombies armed with 3 months of manly facial hair growth and his deadly spinning back kick!!
My boy even plays DUAL roles!YES!I don't know why with such a low budget crappy film that he would shell out dough to put some "names"on the roster.Brinke Stevens appears,supposedly Linnea Quigley too,but I didn't recognize her,and Richard Lynch doing the obligatory"I'll just overact and collect my paycheck so I can go back to my summer home in Spain"performance.
Some of the black and white stuff and a hospital scene are shot ok,but the other scenes fail.What is it about low budget films that the SOUND always betrays the budget?It always has that large echo-y-ness to it.
Another thing that irritates me about this film is that we get yet ANOTHER Matrix inspired piece,AND the film references George Romero again.Really,why do people in genre films,especially horror,feel compelled to namecheck other directors/films?I mean fuck,leave the living dead films alone already?Can anyone try something fresh without having to kiss the feet of people who haven't made a decent fucking film in decades?
It reminds me of watching an old video with John"I'll pimp Night of the Living Dead till I die"Russo doing some cheap-ass interviews with "Dead"related performers.He got all dramatic when the guy from the first Living Dead film,ya know the "they're coming to get you Barbara."was sitting next to him and for the FIRST TIME IN DECADES,he was going to say that line!OH MY GOD!I WAS WITNESSING HISTORY!
What I am saying folks,for the 2 of you still reading,is,isn't it time we killed our heroes again?Isn't it time to stop worshipping George Romero,Tobe Hooper,etc.and be more concerned with doing new shit ourselves?It's like if you want to make a zombie film you have to check it against Grandpappy Romero's because that is the blueprint.Fuck that!Running Jumping Backflipping Zombies are coming!!
