Not since Day of the Dead have I seen a zombie film with creepy, slow- moving zombies. In fact, these zombies are even slower than the ones we saw in the Romero era. These are more like the Fulci zombies from the classic 'Zombi'. After seeing this alongside several other horrors back-to-back, this one really stood out, due to its eerie mood and fantastic visuals of a desolate, post-apocalypse African landscape.
It is somewhat less gory than the average zombie flick but more than makes up for that simply because slow zombies are the real deal. I've often asked myself why I feel that the fast-moving dead, of Dawn of the Dead remake and other more recent offerings seem to lack something. Simply put, there's something terribly menacing about the shuffling feet and unflinching white-eyed stare of the zombie who, whilst can be outrun, will creep up on you whilst you pause for breath, rest for a moment or sleep.
The story and acting are perhaps a bit weak and the ending a typical one, for a film of this kind (nods to Lucio Fulci again) but for a zombie fan, like me, it's just not an issue.
The experimental era of the fast zombie is well and truly over. There'll probably be more soul-less speed-zombie flicks from greedy big- budget productions but the love affair with the real undead is alive and munching.
It is somewhat less gory than the average zombie flick but more than makes up for that simply because slow zombies are the real deal. I've often asked myself why I feel that the fast-moving dead, of Dawn of the Dead remake and other more recent offerings seem to lack something. Simply put, there's something terribly menacing about the shuffling feet and unflinching white-eyed stare of the zombie who, whilst can be outrun, will creep up on you whilst you pause for breath, rest for a moment or sleep.
The story and acting are perhaps a bit weak and the ending a typical one, for a film of this kind (nods to Lucio Fulci again) but for a zombie fan, like me, it's just not an issue.
The experimental era of the fast zombie is well and truly over. There'll probably be more soul-less speed-zombie flicks from greedy big- budget productions but the love affair with the real undead is alive and munching.