Tribute to classic B film flicks.

Rating: 6/10 (19 August 2004)

This movie is a pretty good tribute to the g(l)ory of old Zombie flicks. I'm no expert, but chainsaws, shotguns, gasoline fires, and stakes seem spot on. Off course, this movie did spend a lot more money than the 70' or 80' horror flicks (counting for inflation). So there is a lot more of everything.
As always, I was annoyed by the sub fifties IQ level of the main characters, but that is what these movies are all about. Screaming at the screen, WHY, oh why don't you try something else? Like what I just thought about... Oh well, I guess they're not especially fit for survival.
What amazes me is the utterly hostile reaction all characters meet each other with once they first meet. Is this how Americans greet each other? In a disaster area? They kind of grow and become more humane during the movie, but no reason is given for their ape like behavior in the first place. Well, it is a splatter movie, who needs character development anyway?
But still, I feel there is some attempt of character development in there somewhere. It feels wrong, it is disturbing. It just fails