The Day of the Living Dead (2014) User Reviews

I think I killed my wife again

[nogodnomasters · 2/10 · 15 January 2018]

Most of the film is in black and white and is a flashback to 1957. A man is confessing about 1957, a man who can barely speak as he gives us details of people and places he could not have known about. An insurance detective named Lazarus is investigating a claim where a baker's dozen of people have disappeared and they all got the same illness. The film went overboard in attempting to duplicate the era and the Hitchcock spoofs were not well done. It used Biblical names such as Cain and Abel and went silly at Beelzebub.

The film opens with a Rev. 9:6 quote, something that has been done before. The lighting shadows were horrible. There was an attempt at camp, but it just wasn't funny. Notice the woman "typing" as there is typing noise, but the paper never moves.

The director's commentary was boring as Thomas J. Churchill speaks in a dull boring monotone. He definitely enjoyed the scenes far more than I did and his constant comparison to PSYCHO would have been funny if it wasn't so sad. No, this sound track isn't the second best horror film soundtrack out there. It wouldn't make the top 100. Churchill created a film with all the elements of a good movie, but it didn't come together. It was like listening to a great joke told by someone who can't tell a joke. It was better on paper.

I predict this film will quickly be on a multi-pack. The film the director refers to is "Lazarus: Day of the Living Dead." They didn't even bother to change that when they settled on "Lazarus Apocalypse" as the title.

Guide: No sex. Nudity (Nichole Moseman, Taylor-Morgan Lewis-Daughter of the lead guitarist Kenny Lee Lewis of the Steve Miller Band.)

No. Just no...

[paul_haakonsen · 1/10 · 4 February 2021]

Granted, I went to IMDb to check the rating of this 2020 movie as soon as I stumbled upon it. I hadn't even heard about the movie prior to getting the chance to watch it, and with its obscurity and low score, I must admit that I was not overly keen on the viewing. But still, it is a zombie movie, so of course I found the time to watch it. And I must confess the shameless cash in on the George A. Romero classic definitely was a selling point that also caught my attention. A mistake on my behalf, believe you me.

Or at least about 50 minutes of it and then I just gave up. This was, and pardon my French here, rubbish. Just utter rubbish. It is without a doubt among the top five of worst zombie features I have stumbled upon and sat through - more or less to the end.

The storyline in "The Day of the Living Dead" had the appeal as if it was written by a middle-schooler for a school test. It was just such a bad script that the story was halted, staggering and just unappealing. And it didn't help much that the characters in the movie had zero personality.

And while we are on the characters; the actors and actresses portraying the characters put on what could best be described as laughable and mediocre performances. Some of the performances and delivery of dialogue was just so atrociously bad that I was literally laughing.

The whole movie had a very wobbly low production and homemade movie feel to it. And that was definitely not what I was getting myself into. Hence, I just gave up on the movie out of sheer boredom.

The movie was shot in black and white, sure, that is something I can live with and something that could potentially work, given the movie was set to take place in 1957. But, and yeah there is a but here, every time there was some gore and zombie action on the screen, then the movie changed to color. No. Just no. It didn't work. You either go all out and keep the movie in black and white, or keep it in full color. Switching between the two didn't work in favor of the movie. In fact, it just cluttered up everything.

And with "The Day of the Living Dead" being a zombie movie, of course you need zombie make-up and prosthetics. They did have it here, thankfully, and the make-up wasn't actually as bad as the rest of the movie, so that counted for something. But adequate zombie make-up can only do so much to salvage a train wreck. Mind you, this wasn't spectacular zombie make-up, it was adequate.

The synopsis for "The Day of the Living Dead" brandishes this: "For fans who love The Walking Dead, THE DAY OF THE LIVING DEAD is another great zombie origin story." No. No. No. No! This is definitely not for fans of The Walking Dead. And no, it is not another great origin story. There is nothing great about this movie. Well, aside from the fact that something like this actually got funded and get to see the light of day.

If you enjoy the zombie genre, take heed and do yourself a favor, and stay well clear of "The Day of the Living Dead". It is not worth the time, effort or money.

Awful garbage

[arfdawg-1 · 1/10 · 17 March 2015]

The plot:

George A. Lazarus is an insurance investigator who schedules routine interviews with twelve employees and owner Mammon Beelzebub of the Deadly Sin Cigarette Company upon the receipt of a rather suspicious insurance claim. In the process, he learns that all twelve had recently been fired for being sick at the job,then subsequently and without a trace, they disappeared.

Later, with Lazarus now a missing person, his heart-sick fiancée Bethany Loomis and Chip undertake the task of finding him.

While retracing his steps, they learn that what was initially regarded as a simple fraud investigation case may actually be the beginning of the end of the human race in Lazarus: Day of the Living Dead.

It's unwatchable. Horrible acting. No really story line. Just a bunch of seemingly unrelated stories and for some reason it switches from color to B&W with no reason.

There is one semi nude scene with a fat dominatrix that i really didn't need to see. And it goes on forever.

Just like the movie -- which is 90 minutes long and feels like 90 days.

Day of the living dead

[nodallascowboyfan · 1/10 · 30 April 2021]

Bad acting, especially the insurance lady, my cat can act better.

Giving Ed Wood a run for his money...

[MrGKB · 2/10 · 9 December 2016]

...and then some, "Lazarus: Apocalypse" aka "Lazarus: Day of the Living Dead" easily vies for worst film I've seen in quite a long time. The lack of a single external review is utterly unsurprising; this cinematic misfire hasn't got a single thing going for it, by any stretch of the imagination. Stiff and/or non-existent acting, risible dialog, misguided production design, you name it; "Lazarus..." is mediocre at best and a stultifying bore otherwise. Ostensibly the first of an intended trilogy, "Lazarus..." attempts to...well, it's damn hard to tell exactly what this poor, crippled thing is attempting. Even the auteur writer/director's self-important and hilariously oblivious DVD commentary sheds no discernible light on the nearly incomprehensible script beyond its obvious illustration of Sturgeon's Revelation. A footnote appearance by Stephen "Fright Night" Geoffreys remains the barest of reasons this piece will ever be historically noted. Recommended only to fans of wretched cinema, and even then be prepared to bitterly regret the waste of your time.

Some really good stuff lost in poor execution

[guse23 · 4/10 · 11 July 2021]

I liked the vibe and style of this film and always try to give leniency when it comes to low budget films. But due to poor execution some great story was lost. Combining both fictional horror and the horror of every day society grabbed me. As did some of the performances with notable appearances by some of my favorites James Duval and Brooke Bellas Lewis who I thought was awesome in her cameo.

Only good part was Natalie Victoria.

[miahveronee · 1/10 · 23 March 2021]

Movie a plot that didn't make any real sense. They couldn't decide if it was a black and white movie or in color I can kinda see how this is all sorta a big reference to older movies in the 50s with dumb characters but with zombies thrown in. That movies has been made and it was FIDO. Which was good.

Don't Watch

[wandasomrajit · 5 October 2021]

Save yourself some time. Don't watch this. This movie was horrible.

Very Bad Acting

[anluve · 1/10 · 24 February 2024]

It has a lot of Bad Acting.

It is Great if you love cheesy zombie flicks.

Most of the movie is in black and white except for the so called biting and blood scenes, so if u hate Black and white movie flicks, this isn't for you.

I prefer the walking dead.

Has way more zombies and the show actually makes more sense than this movie.

Not going to spoil anything just in case anyone wants to watch it.

Even tho I highly recommend skipping it.

It is totally Up to you.

Watch world war Z, army of the dead, zombie land 1 and 2, Warm Bodies, return of the living dead, etc.

I don't know, anything but this 😂

Loved This!

[smoothpistolzo · 8/10 · 7 February 2021]

I am a zombie movie fan and have watched Night of the Living Dead about 30 times. I am also a fan of actress Brooke Lewis Bellas and she is one of my favorite Scream Queens. I saw her Twitter post that The Day of the Living Dead was released for women in horror month, so I watched it. I did not know what to expect, but it was scary, mysterious, campy and had some good FX. It was worth the purchase on Amazon and I will watch anything Brooke Lewis Bellas is in.

Low Budget with Style

[shanksfilmmaker · 7/10 · 7 February 2021]

I read poor reviews here and disagree. For a low budget film I thought it had style beyond many horror films I have watched. The black and white 50's scenes were believable in that Hollywood era.

I was happy to see gorgeous Brooke Lewis Bellas in a role like that as I think she has some real acting chops that we do not get to see enough in these horror films. I saw Thomas J. Churchill directed this but I did not know he acted too and he did a really cool character. With all the crap horror films streaming right now I really liked this one.