The first thing that struck me was the the very old school approach & atmosphere this Excellent zombie film has. The Ford bros "The Dead" totally feels & looks like those old types like Lucio Fulci's Zombie or Romero's Day of the Dead as it has that Tropical feel & setting with it's beautiful African setting that yes looks gorgeous but also adds a sense of dread for the survival aspect.
I even felt it was abit Mad Max whilst watching this with the blistering sun on the desert & that only added to it's retro vibe.
The Dead has a beautifully creepy exotic location that's got a sweaty & raw old school feel & lovely Cinematography that was shot on actual film!!! Great movie making by the Ford brothers & on a tiny budget it knocks out that big budget studio crap like the horrendous "World War Z" & "Army of the Dead" & "The Dead Don't Die"
I love the fast running infected/zombies like 28 days later but these slow-moving ones here are just as terrifying as they slowly creep up on people & then ferociously bite their victims & the gore is proper old school & in camera real looking effects, so Awesome in other words!!!!
The story is about an Outbreak in Africa that no one understands & it quickly spreads accross the beautiful land & peaceful villages are then turned into bloody feasts for the zombies & our main hero/lead is an American Mercenary/engineer who is the only survivor of a plane crash that was escaping this horrific event from Africa but didn't get far become of an infected passenger. Now what i liked was the casting of such an ordinary guy as our main lead in this horrific situation, we have engineer lieutenant Brian Murphy played intensely & believable by Rob Freeman, a guy I've never seen or heard of before & I'm glad of because it added to the overall sense of dread. Rob Freeman is a fine actor & has a face like that of Jeff Fahey (Machete, Planet Terror) & a voice like Clint Eastwood & a very believable presence. Freeman is on foot & in dangerous territory as he wonders the wasteland like location to find anyone alive or water or food or a car or anything that he can use to survive & he eventually meets a lone tough African soldier searching for his little boy. The African soldier is Sergeant Daniel Dumbele played greatly by Prince David Osei, another actor I've never heard of but equally gives a decent performance & has a tough presence on screen. The two men team up & start accross the hostile territory to get out alive & many dangerous situations fall upon them.
There's a nice respect & even buddy friendship between these two desperate men & their bond grows as the danger rises but it never gets bogged down by being all mushy & sad, this is a survival zombie Horror movie & it's a damn good one too.
This little low-budget old fashioned zombie flick a million times better than the crappy Mega budget Zack Snyder mess "Army of the Dead" the ford bros definitely pulled it off crafting this beautiful Looking but deadly survival tale.
The Zombie's look scary & the gore is perfect!!!
I loved it's old retro feel & atmosphere & honestly felt like a film that could've come out in like 1980 or something & that's a huge compliment.
I even felt it was abit Mad Max whilst watching this with the blistering sun on the desert & that only added to it's retro vibe.
The Dead has a beautifully creepy exotic location that's got a sweaty & raw old school feel & lovely Cinematography that was shot on actual film!!! Great movie making by the Ford brothers & on a tiny budget it knocks out that big budget studio crap like the horrendous "World War Z" & "Army of the Dead" & "The Dead Don't Die"
I love the fast running infected/zombies like 28 days later but these slow-moving ones here are just as terrifying as they slowly creep up on people & then ferociously bite their victims & the gore is proper old school & in camera real looking effects, so Awesome in other words!!!!
The story is about an Outbreak in Africa that no one understands & it quickly spreads accross the beautiful land & peaceful villages are then turned into bloody feasts for the zombies & our main hero/lead is an American Mercenary/engineer who is the only survivor of a plane crash that was escaping this horrific event from Africa but didn't get far become of an infected passenger. Now what i liked was the casting of such an ordinary guy as our main lead in this horrific situation, we have engineer lieutenant Brian Murphy played intensely & believable by Rob Freeman, a guy I've never seen or heard of before & I'm glad of because it added to the overall sense of dread. Rob Freeman is a fine actor & has a face like that of Jeff Fahey (Machete, Planet Terror) & a voice like Clint Eastwood & a very believable presence. Freeman is on foot & in dangerous territory as he wonders the wasteland like location to find anyone alive or water or food or a car or anything that he can use to survive & he eventually meets a lone tough African soldier searching for his little boy. The African soldier is Sergeant Daniel Dumbele played greatly by Prince David Osei, another actor I've never heard of but equally gives a decent performance & has a tough presence on screen. The two men team up & start accross the hostile territory to get out alive & many dangerous situations fall upon them.
There's a nice respect & even buddy friendship between these two desperate men & their bond grows as the danger rises but it never gets bogged down by being all mushy & sad, this is a survival zombie Horror movie & it's a damn good one too.
This little low-budget old fashioned zombie flick a million times better than the crappy Mega budget Zack Snyder mess "Army of the Dead" the ford bros definitely pulled it off crafting this beautiful Looking but deadly survival tale.
The Zombie's look scary & the gore is perfect!!!
I loved it's old retro feel & atmosphere & honestly felt like a film that could've come out in like 1980 or something & that's a huge compliment.