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by Fullofkittens 10/10/2015, 12:27pm PDT |
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As zombie movies go, it's pretty good. I'm sick to death of zombie movies and it didn't trigger my fuck-not-this-shit-again alarms until very late in the movie. The first half is rock solid: great setup, good dialogue, good performances. A small local radio station starts hearing reports of what seems to be some kind of zombie apocalypse where the zombieism manifests itself first by aphasia in the victims: they can't think of the right word for something or they get stuck on a word. Stuff gets creepy & fun when the zombies start mimicking baby sounds and teakettles.
Then all the air escapes from the film when a new character implausibly shows up out of the blue. It's... very dumb that this person shows up. The movie does not recover, firstly because this character's sudden appearance is so stupid and adds nothing, 2nd because the implied reason he needs to be in the film is that he "explains" the nature of the zombie virus, which is dumb as shit and basically makes no sense, and thirdly because he throws into relief that this is essentially a 3-person stage play up until he shows up. It felt claustrophobic up until that moment, but afterward it feels stagebound. Surprisingly it was adapted from a book, not a play.
It ends without having solved the typical zombie movie problem of how to properly end a movie about an apocalypse, but that doesn't bother me. It is too bad that it starts so strong and ends so meh, though. Honorable mention goes out to the three actors that mostly carry the film, especially Stephen McHattie and his amazing radio voice. |
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List of on demand horror by fabio 10/07/2015, 9:15pm PDT
Reactions by Caltrops Fact Checker 10/08/2015, 9:35am PDT
LOL by Fullofkittens 10/08/2015, 9:37am PDT
Re: Reactions by Vested Id 10/08/2015, 12:25pm PDT
Pontypool by Fullofkittens 10/10/2015, 12:27pm PDT
That was my exact opinion by Fabio 10/10/2015, 11:20pm PDT
Babdook by Fabio 10/10/2015, 11:25pm PDT
FINALLY got around to watching The Babadook (spoilers) by Fullofkittens 10/06/2018, 8:41am PDT
My notes for this film: The Babadook = PMS? NT by *hand to chin* 01/20/2024, 11:55am PST
The Prophecy isn't really a horror movie. It is a fun movie, though. NT by blackwater 10/06/2018, 4:20pm PDT
This was a good thread. by Richard Linklater 01/20/2024, 2:06pm PST
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