I'm not being mean calling the director, Thomas Gleba, a nerd. He writes for a website NerdRemix.com, so I'm thinking he proudly considers himself a film nerd. And it shows in this movie.
For anybody who ever said, "You can't make a movie for under $100", this movie is a slap in the face. It proves you CAN make a movie for under $100, get change and get the movie festival play.
Okay, so if you're looking for a technical masterpiece, move on. This has a lot of the no-budget movie pitfalls. No budget means: no lights, no audio guy and very few experience actors. Gleba was smart enough to shoot most of his horror movie during the day, using wooded areas, a great old barn or wooden shed and a cemetery to create atmosphere rather than moody lighting he couldn't have achieved with the equipment he had. Although one shot does sport a great overexposure that's used to good effect.
There's a story here too. A pretty cool plot line about a crack addict and radioactive meteors she gets a hold of instead of drugs. Some cameo performances done with an ingenious video chat plot device help to round out the story and bring us some important plot points. What are those plot points? Watch the movie! Seriously, you know, the basics, like where the Zombitch came from, how to kill her. Stuff like that.
There's some real humor in the movie, including one rant by the other host of NerdRemix, Derek Huey.
You may notice, I didn't give the movie a "Star Number" review. A movie with technical limitations shouldn't suffer from a low number review when it still manages to be entertaining and show heart. So, that's the review I wrote. Just for a few of the lines alone it's worth a watch. If you're a fan of the zombie sub-genre I think you'll enjoy it even more.
For anybody who ever said, "You can't make a movie for under $100", this movie is a slap in the face. It proves you CAN make a movie for under $100, get change and get the movie festival play.
Okay, so if you're looking for a technical masterpiece, move on. This has a lot of the no-budget movie pitfalls. No budget means: no lights, no audio guy and very few experience actors. Gleba was smart enough to shoot most of his horror movie during the day, using wooded areas, a great old barn or wooden shed and a cemetery to create atmosphere rather than moody lighting he couldn't have achieved with the equipment he had. Although one shot does sport a great overexposure that's used to good effect.
There's a story here too. A pretty cool plot line about a crack addict and radioactive meteors she gets a hold of instead of drugs. Some cameo performances done with an ingenious video chat plot device help to round out the story and bring us some important plot points. What are those plot points? Watch the movie! Seriously, you know, the basics, like where the Zombitch came from, how to kill her. Stuff like that.
There's some real humor in the movie, including one rant by the other host of NerdRemix, Derek Huey.
You may notice, I didn't give the movie a "Star Number" review. A movie with technical limitations shouldn't suffer from a low number review when it still manages to be entertaining and show heart. So, that's the review I wrote. Just for a few of the lines alone it's worth a watch. If you're a fan of the zombie sub-genre I think you'll enjoy it even more.