Terrible Cop Out of a Movie

Rating: 2/10 (1 November 2007)

This was a great zombie film, and I love zombie films.... Wait.. This was a vampire film? Seriously? Really? The plot line of this film is identical to just about every zombie film I've ever seen. The film makers couldn't decide whether to make a vampire film or a zombie film, so... they made both! Actually, I would give this 2 stars as a vampire film, but 7 stars as a zombie film... so... go with zombie film! When will someone convince Hollywood that shaky camera shots and split second cut scenes are disorienting, not scary. They took a premise that, in the hands of a remotely competent kindergarten teacher, could have become an incredibly horrifying terror opus. Instead, they delivered the Lost Boys meet the Dawn of the Dead. And the vampires were without a doubt the dumbest vampires I have ever seen portrayed in print, or in film. Quote: "We've spent thousands of years convincing them (humans) that we are nothing but bad a bad dream."... and this AFTER they come tearing into town with all the subtlety of a gas-fire tornado! Unbelievable. The most telling thing to me was the number of people that left our screening complaining of being cheated. But as I said earlier, as a zombie film it was pretty okay... so if you feel you must see this film, for God's sake, wait 'til it's a rental, or it's on cable!