Reviews

This is not a great film, but it is very entertaining. It's a first effort from a new indie film maker and as such, is far from perfect. Having said that, I have to say that I was very impressed with the acting of the two principals. Both were very good at what must have been difficult roles for them, and neither are greatly experienced actors. I also liked that the story was not fully explained. A plague, zombies, horrible deaths, something weird happening and that's about all the explanation you get. You never really know what's going on or why these two, and a few others, were immune to whatever it is. A first film, or novel, or short story, is always more of a learning experience than a fully realized endeavor. I know that well from my own writing and my own music as well. This is an excellent first film, and I'm sure that the filmmakers will take what they learned from this, and both positive and negative reviews, and the next film will be even better. For what it is, I do recommend this film. It has heart and it does drag you into the action.

This is not a major film, but for what it is, it's very good. The characters are well thought out and well acted by all of the actors, and the story is one that will appeal to most people who just like a feel good movie. I will not do any spoilers with this review so I won't go on for much longer. Just watch this film if you have the chance. You will have a smile on your face when it's over. Since I do have to have 4 more lines in this review before it can be posted, I will also say that Mel Harris looks lovely although I really don't see how our hero ended up with dreadlocks after sleeping for 10 years. I guess that's just a question we'll never have answered.

This is really quite a good movie. A horror film that does not depend on spewing entrails and vomiting pea soup. In fact, nothing really happens on stage. The acting is good, the writing very good and the story line excellent. One other reviewer said he hated it because it had no ending, but actually it has several endings. You just have to have the smarts and imagination to decide which one works for you. Yeah, this film actually demands that you think, and a lot of movie viewers can't think for themselves, they have to have the movie writers do their thinking for them. Personally, I think it was the birds, but that's just me. You decide when you watch the film.

Finally, a horror movie without "good guys" that are nearly superhuman. There are two marshals, but they are merely human. No spoilers, but this is really a very good movie considering their entire budget was probably $13.85. For that little money, the acting is really rather good. Certainly far better than the acting on most TV series shows. The main thing to watch for, though, is Jaime Kalman. She is a classic beauty in the old Hollywood sense, and also possesses by far the best figure in the movie. She is not a bad actress, either, and her cat fight with the biker chick is classic. The rest of the actors and actresses are at least competent. Again, I would much rather watch this than 90210 or Charmed. The writing is also at least competent. Again, though, if you are male (or a female lover of feminine beauty), you will be astonished by Jaime Kalman. Why is she not much much more well known?

Sean Cassidy did something wonderful when he created this series. It was dark, scary, interesting, frustrating and all together great to watch. I'm not a huge fan of Gary Cole, but he did a wonderful job as Sheriff Lucas Buck, who may or may not be human. Paige Turco was innocently lovely as the "good" girl, Brenda Bakke was sexy as the schoolteacher Selina, and every actor was at least competent. Marly was really creepy, and I can't hear the phrase "someone's at the door" without getting serious goose flesh. Yes, Marly is the girl who was killed in the first episode, and keeps turning up in later episodes. The TV people were really stupid with this show, though, and canceled it after on 27 episodes. All of those episodes are available now in a boxed set, and if you want a good creep out, get this set. It is well worth watching.

A very novel idea, with even more novel details. Watch out for accordians. This is a very well done movie, and it's done so seriously even though it's really a funny movie. It won't help you pass calculus, or balance your checkbook, or even provide you with useful information, but for a wonderful way to spend an hour and a half, this one is well worth watching. It even has some really fine actors, like Rod Steiger and Jill St John. The rest of the cast is equally good, though. You will never be able to look at a trailer park, or a portapotty, in the same way again. This movie also tells you where all that damned packing popcorn comes from, too.