Clearly frightful and quite unsettling

Rating: Null/10 (28 March 2004)

**(May include Spoilers)** After a brutal nightmare revolving around the movie, I realized I had to go see it! Last night, with a group of friends, I finally saw it. The movie makers did a sick job, because it scared the sh*t out of me. We're not sure why there are suddenly flesh-eating zombies walking around in what is implied to be every continent on earth, but there are certain suggestions as to why: Was it a plague created by terrorists? What psychologically freaked me out was it's implied purpose: Hell is full, and now the dead are walking the earth. That is horribly frightening to me, because we're all afraid of the unknown. Who knows if one of these days, hell could suddenly be too full, and look, the dead are walking the earth, infecting hundreds of people by the minute. Like any movie it had it's ups and downs. I think the downs outnumbered. Why all the characters? There were far too many. Each one was pretty shallow, including the main character, Ana. There should have been more time for us to get to know and love her, but all the terror started within the first ten minutes of the film. I appreciate that as well, because it was a different approach to a horror flick.
(SPOILERS!!!) I just don't understand something - The dead are walking the earth, correct? There is no more room in hell - but by shooting them in the head, they die for good...where do they go? Heaven?
A friend of mine who I saw the movie with caught some symbolism in one scene that I haven't seen anyone else comment on. When Andre, Luda, Anna, Ken, and Michael get on the elevator, they go upstairs and meet the three security guards, who won't let them stay. Andre tells them his girlfriend is pregnant, and they need somewhere to stay, and the three security guards won't let them - Doesn't this remind anyone of The Virgin Mary, Joseph, and the three wise men??? Hello - my girlfriend is pregnant, can we stay here? No! I don't see the purpose of that symbolism, so if anyone does, please help me understand!
Just for scare factor I'll give the movie a 7 out of 10