Survival of the Dead review

Survival of the Dead

Directed by George A. Romero

Starring: Alan van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, Kathleen Munroe, Richard Fitzpatrick, Athena Karkanis,

I'm not the biggest Zombie fan, but I've enjoyed such Zombie flicks as 28 Days Later, Zombieland, Shaun of the Dead and the Dawn Of The Dead remake, which is kind of a crime since I've not seen the original Dawn Of The Dead. The only films I've seen from George A. Romero has been Land Of The Dead and Diary of the Dead. I can't say I was impressed by these two. I don't know why I even rented Survival of the Dead...I guess I just wanted some good goring entertainment.

Plot

The Zombie apocalypse has begun and people are doing whatever they can to survive. A group of survivors discover a place of refuge called Plum Island. This island is inhabited by two rival families called the O'Flynns and the Muldoon's. O'Flynns want the walking dead to be rid of, while the Muldoon's believe they can train the dead to eat animal meat over human. The survivors who take refuge on this Island get caught in the middle of this family war.

The good

Some of the Zombie deaths were kinda fun and even though a lot of them were cheesy, it felt like I was watching an 80's flick, especially when the practical effects were used. All this was accompanied by some goofy parts mixed with some one liners that blended into the cheesiness nicely.

The Bad

Let's talk about the main attraction to this film, the Zombies. What can I say, they were a complete joke. I understand that Survival of the Dead was a comedy/horror, but so was Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland, but the Zombies looked amazing in those. The make-up here looked like no one bothered to be creative with it. To make things even worse, they sounded terrible. I'm not kidding, remember that scene in Shaun of the Dead where everyone must act like a Zombie to get to the Winchester? Well, that's basically how the Zombies acted in this.

Some of the deaths looked good because of practical effects used and I appreciate horror more when they use these types of effects, but for some reason awful CGI was used in parts were practical effects should've been used.

Hey, maybe the acting was good, right? No. What about the script? No. I really felt like I was watching a film made by amateur film school students that got nice bit of money to spend.

Overall

This is the type of film you might really enjoy if you're drunk with some friends. But I wasn't drunk or with friends so I can't say I had too much fun. I don't know what Romero was doing in the past to have gotten the title ''Grandfather of the Zombie'', but whatever he was doing then, he needs to return to that.

Score

4/10

Post by Rob