Film Review: The Pierce Brothers Deliver Big Laughs with Delightfully Gory Horror/Comedy ‘DeadHeads’ (2011)

 B. Harris, Comedy, Horror, Zombies  No Responses »
Feb 192012
 

deadheads One fine evening Mike awakens in unfamiliar surroundings to discover the area overrun by flesh-eating zombies on a rampage. With no other option but to run and take cover, he stumbles into a guy named Brett hanging out in the forest. As if a zombie outbreak wasn’t bad enough, it becomes abundantly clear to Mike that he and Brett share something in common…they’re both dead as well.

What else are two self-aware zombies to do with themselves when they’ve no taste for the flesh of the living? Why, hit the bar for drinks of course! During their beer buddy convo, Mike realizes that he’d never taken the opportunity to tell his high school sweetheart how he felt before he passed on and with Continue reading »

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Film Review: Nishimura’s ‘Helldriver’ (2010) Drives Levels of Splatter & Comedy to New Heights

 Action, Asian Cinema, B. Harris, Comedy, Exploitation, Extreme, Horror, Japan, Sci-Fi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Zombies  1 Response »
Nov 222011
 

helldriver After a meteorite makes impact with Japan, it sends alien spores into the atmosphere, infecting humans with a virus that mutates them into flesh-eating fiends with little horns protruding from their foreheads. Japan, as the world knows it, ceases to exist and in its place is an island nation divided into two parts by a massive wall, effectively separating the living from the infected (read: zombies). To make matters worse, the horns of the dead are being illegally harvested, dried, ground up and sold on the black market as a new drug.

Factions within the current Japanese government are intent on halting the advance of the horde by putting together a special team, lead by Kika, and sending them into the infected zone. Their mission Continue reading »

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Film Review: The Asylum’s ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ (2011) Never Misses a Bloody, Shambling Beat

 Asylum, B. Harris, Horror, Zombies  1 Response »
Nov 022011
 

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A deadly virus wipes out the majority of life on Earth, transforming mankind into undead zombies looking for the breathing meal. A small band of survivors are determined to fight their way across the country and to the California coast in the hopes of reaching Catalina Island, where there’s rumored to be a thriving population of survivors and, best of all, no undead.

I wish I could give you more to go on but, seriously, that’s about all there is to Zombie Apocalypse and, believe it or not, it works just fine for what it is. Now I know some of you out there may be turned off by the fact that this was produced by The Asylum, well known for their deceptive brand of exploitation cinema, but don’t judge this production by its producer. If you’re looking for a zombie film Continue reading »

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Film Review: The Ford Bros. Breathe New Life into The Undead with ‘The Dead’ (2010)

 B. Harris, Drama, Horror, Zombies  1 Response »
Sep 062011
 

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Like the plague sweeping across medieval Europe, the undead swarm the continent of Africa forcing American military engineer Lt. Brian Murphy and African soldier Sgt. Daniel Dembele to fight their way through the zombie hordes and an arid desert in search of Daniel’s young son and a possible way off the continent. Setting aside their differences, the two men work together to stay alive but wave after wave of flesh-eating undead slowly march forward cutting off all routes of escape.

I’ll do my best to keep from gushing but it’s hard not to be amped about a horror film that fires on all cylinders; from traditional shambling zombies and unflinching carnage to unbearable tension and breathtaking locations, Howard and Jonathan Ford have bravely crafted the kind of traditional horror film so many filmmakers promise yet so very few actually end up delivering. Featuring stunning, damn near Continue reading »

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Film Review: Long’s ‘Axed’ (2010) Redefines the Aussie Horror Short Film

 Action, B. Harris, Horror, Short Films, Zombies  No Responses »
Aug 302011
 

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A family get-together goes to hell in a hand basket when government officials crash the party, force everybody into a nearby forest and subject them to tests against their will in order to detect a dangerous viral infection. As each infected are detected and quickly executed, the the “festivities” are cut short when a horde of rampaging undead tear thru the forest, forcing the military to fend for themselves and their surviving prisoner Bruce to flee for his life.

Now on the run from the military, the ferocious infected and undead, flesh-eating shamblers, Bruce has no choice but to pick up an axe and fight for whatever time he’s got left.

Joshua Long’s Axed claims to be “The most violent Australian zombie move ever made!” which might be considered a rather bold proclamation to make but having only seen Continue reading »

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Film Review: The Undead Return with a Horrifying Twist in ‘[REC] 2′ (Revisited – 2009)

 Action, Demons, Horror, J. Felton, Spain, Zombies  No Responses »
May 082011
 

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The Spanish flick [REC] (2007) was a quite incredible movie. It seemingly came from out of nowhere and managed to achieve quite an amazing feat, it took both the Zombie and Cinema Verite sub-genre’s of horror, gave them both a firm kick in the Khyber pass and breathed some well needed life into them. Admittedly the Zombie sub-genre was the biggest culprit of the two, with a seemingly endless barrage of movies which for the most part had about as much life as their subject matter. It also managed to get itself remade in the States as Quarantine, which as remakes go wasn’t at all bad, which was partly due to the fact it was an almost shot for shot remake Continue reading »

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Film Review: Nishimura’s ‘Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl’ (Revisited – 2009) Offers Gore Galore & More

 Action, Asian Cinema, Exploitation, Extreme, Fantasy, Horror, J. Felton, Japan, Martial Arts, Sci-Fi, Zombies  No Responses »
May 082011
 

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Within seconds of this movie starting a freakish looking girl gets her head peeled by a disembodied skull. If that doesn’t make you want to see more of this then you are probably already dead. Either that or warped over the top Japanese splatter isn’t your cup of tea. This opening scene sets the tone for the entire movie which gets more and more outrageous the further it goes. But really, what do you expect from a movie from a movie with this title?

To break the plot down would take far too long to go into detail, something I try to avoid anyway, as there is so much going on at any one time. However, the general jist of it is that Japanese Continue reading »

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Film Review: A Film So Terrifying, It Will Send ‘Shock Waves’ (1977) Through Hell Itself

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Dec 282010
 

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I was under the impression that Nazi Zombies was a relatively new concept, but I have been properly schooled by classic horror. I came to my assumption due to the subject’s recent rise in popularity, but the 1977 horror film Shock Waves showed me that not only have Nazi Zombies been done before, but they’ve been done better.

Shock Waves starts out innocently enough, with a group of fun-loving people cruising the ocean under the watchful eye of John Carradine’s Captain. We’re never given his actual name, but once you see his character you’ll realize that Captain is as fitting a name as any. The cruise is going well. Some folks are complaining Continue reading »

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Film Review: ‘Wasteland Tales’ (2010) Resurrects the Post-Nuke Sub-Genre in Style

 Action, Adventure, Anthology, B. Harris, Exploitation, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Sci-Fi, Zombies  No Responses »
Dec 172010
 

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“The Last Warrior” – A deadly virus ravages the globe, killing all males on the planet. Now a desert wasteland, the world is filled with violent barbarian women all searching for one thing, The Last Warrior! One woman must defeat an entire tribe in order to free a mysterious prisoner, a prisoner that could very well be the last man on Earth! (Writer/Director: Shaky González)

“Eastern Army” – The world is in ruins after the apocalypse and there are only two kinds of survivors, the hunters and their prey. A loner wanders into a camp full of people filled with hope that he’s a member of the fabled Eastern Army, a new government Continue reading »

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Film Review: Zombies Ride the Moors on Hogs in ‘Psychomania’ (1973)

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Nov 112010
 

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All hell breaks loose (literally!) when a small-town, rabble-rousing motorcycle gang called The Living Dead, lead by a handsome devil named T0m Latham, begin offing themselves in gruesome and grandiose fashion without so much as an explanation. It all becomes terrifyingly clear though when the rebellious gang rises from their resting places and rides the streets again as the real living dead, leaving death and destruction in their wake!

With law enforcement closing in fast and an agenda of anarchy awaiting them, Tom and the gang must force the last living member of the gang to kill herself. Can Tom’s occultist Mother Continue reading »

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Film Review: Awaken The Banshee and be ‘Damned by Dawn’ (2009)

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Oct 202010
 

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Claire decides to visit the family homestead with some big news but her life is about to become increasingly difficult when her grandmother Nana informs her that a wailing woman would soon be visiting her and ushering her soul to the afterlife. That night the entire family is awoken to the sound of the agonized wail of an unseen woman coming from somewhere in the woods outside the house. The men head out to find the source while Claire and her younger sister Jen remain behind to keep an eye on Nana.

Instead of protecting her though, Claire comes face to face with the the terrifying specter The Banshee, come to take her Continue reading »

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Film Review: When Science Plays God, The World Becomes the ‘Devil’s Playground’ (2010)

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Oct 192010
 

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The Newgen Corporation is facing a media relations uproar and major public backlash when thirty thousand test subjects in its legal performance enhancing RAK-295 drug trials develop deadly a deadly mutated virus. As the virus begins spreading from test subjects to civilians, Newgen sends a mercenary to locate the only subject apparently immune to the effects of RAK-295 in hopes of being able to isolate an antidote to the virus sweeping across the UK.

Now a mercenary seeking redemption must work with the young woman immune to the virus, her disgraced police officer boyfriend and a few other survivors to make their way to a waiting Continue reading »

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