[paultagonist]

Buy the DVD

[Morbidfilm]

Looks good
But, I don't know, it also looks like more of the same old, same old. It's tough to get excited anymore.

[chicagowhitesox1173]

I just watched this one last night and this one was pretty bad. I think they were trying to be too political and it was pretty insulting. They acted as if they were vietnam vets going off to a brothel. In one scene and apparently the zombie girls were hookers one of the weary zombie hunters see's his wife in the brothel as a zombie hooker and kills one of his zombie hunting partners for having sex with it. Then at the end they have the journalist girl leave the group traumitized from her experiance at war with the zombies. Just a bad movie.

[SWAT Zombie]

This looks worth a watch. The chick is pretty damn cute too.

[paultagonist]

chicagowhitesox1173, on 26 February 2012 - 12:32 AM, said:

I just watched this one last night and this one was pretty bad. I think they were trying to be too political and it was pretty insulting. They acted as if they were vietnam vets going off to a brothel. In one scene and apparently the zombie girls were hookers one of the weary zombie hunters see's his wife in the brothel as a zombie hooker and kills one of his zombie hunting partners for having sex with it. Then at the end they have the journalist girl leave the group traumitized from her experiance at war with the zombies. Just a bad movie.

SWAT Zombie, on 26 February 2012 - 01:28 AM, said:

This looks worth a watch. The chick is pretty damn cute too.

I wrote this review at BuyZombie.com about it..



In a sweaty panic, a man frantically grabs a gun from the closet and nervously makes his way into the next room. He sees his wife ravenously devouring their little boy, blood and guts painting the gruesome scene. The boy is twitching, eyes glazed over, taking in sharp breaths; it’s hard to believe he’s still alive. With tears in his eyes, the man shoots his wife — not once, but three times, with the last headshot finally doing her in (the final bullet also shattering the picture frame behind her). The boy — no longer being eaten alive, but now clearly a member of the undead — sits up, his intestines spilling onto the floor, and the man, unbelievably, must shoot again..





Such is the dreadful, eye-gluing scene that is our introduction to Dead Genesis. This happens, the title card tells us, on Day 4 of, naturally, the zombie apocalypse. The first 15 minutes of the film concentrate solely on the effects it’s had on society, showing with equal glee liberal and conservative stereotypes. As a prologue to the film it’s something that not even George A. Romero has been able to match with Land, Diary, or Survival of the Dead, and I literally had goosebumps wondering if I had by chance stumbled across The Best Zombie Movie of 2011 So Far. It’s that good, bitches.



Watching on, though, it’s plain to see that all of that really is just a prologue to the more personal story of the movie: Jillian (Emily Alatalo), an almost distractingly-beautiful documentarian, goes into the thick of it, so to speak, to film a group of infamous renegade hunters called The Deadheads. These renegade hunting groups have broken out all over America and seem to be the most effective way to deal with the undead menace (so much so that they’re now sanctioned by the government). Jillian wants to make a pro-war film showing the kind of progress we’re making on the War on Dead. It reminds me a lot of the second half of Full Metal Jacket, where the Army reporter goes into “the shit” for an article.



And this is where the story comes very nearly to a screeching halt. After so much intensity and societal upheaval in the first 15 minutes, it’s a bit of a (gradual) letdown to be treated to character portraits, inter-personal conflicts, and detailed group dynamics. That’s not to say the characters are necessarily boring; each one is unique, three-dimensional, and relatable. They’re real people, and the acting is great by all. It’s just that now, it’s a group of people in the woods, talking. A lot of talking. There’s a couple distractions — like going to a bar where.. unmentionable things are taking place — but mostly it’s conversations, diatribes, and arguments in the woods. Mostly the viewer just keeps waiting for something to happen.



The characters do kill zombies here and there, and when they do, the gore and blood is top-notch. Really utterly fantastic. They don’t skimp in the slightest, although nothing compares to that first scene. There could’ve been a bit more, but this isn’t a gorefest kind of zombie movie, even if the opening scene would suggest otherwise.



Dead Genesis is a rather fantastic low-budget zombie film. It’s movies like these that keep me coming back for more. It does slow down quite a bit, which can be jarring if you’re not expecting it (obviously I wasn’t), but you do eventually get drawn back in to these characters. I was all ready to say “this is what Survival of the Dead SHOULD have been,” and that statement isn’t far off, but it just can’t ever manage to recover from the intensity of the prologue. I sincerely hope writer/director Reese Eveneshen makes another zombie flick, concentrating more on the broad societal ramifications of the zombie apocalypse. Dead Genesis gets an 8/10 from this reviewer. Right now, it’s available at IndieFlix.com as a bare-bones release, but should be more widely available with more features in the future.

[chicagowhitesox1173]

What about the part where the guy is urinating and a zombie walks up from behind him and without looking he shoots his gun perfectly where the zombie is and shoots it square in it's head. It started out pretty good but just got really dumb.

The interviews reminded me of Full Metal Jacket when the reporters are interviewing soldiers but in this movie it didnt work. Sure the girl was hot but the movie wasn't.

[Morbidfilm]

That dvd cover art kills any interest I had in it.

[paultagonist]

chicagowhitesox1173, on 26 February 2012 - 04:49 AM, said:

What about the part where the guy is urinating and a zombie walks up from behind him and without looking he shoots his gun perfectly where the zombie is and shoots it square in it's head.

LOL, yeah, that part was pretty ridiculous. It was just trying to show how badass The Deadheads are I guess.

Morbidfilm, on 26 February 2012 - 08:15 PM, said:

That dvd cover art kills any interest I had in it.

*shrug* I don't put much stock in DVD cover art. Usually the distribution company or whomever has control over that and not that actual film makers. But I think the below image is a more accurate DVD cover image (sorry it's so big; the one I posted above was more of a poster).



I got that image from The Zed Word blog, and he goes on to say this..

Four Reasons to Buy Dead Genesis: Special Edition
If you've been reading The Zed Word for any time, you've probably seen me praise the virtues of the film Dead Genesis (review). It's smart, it's gory, it's steeped in Romero-isms, and now it's available on DVD in Canada with special features.

I've reviewed the film. I've seen the special features. And I have four reasons why you should buy Dead Genesis on DVD. Right. Now.

• The first five minutes of Dead Genesis hits like a machete to the stomach that leaves you standing wide-eyed and clutching at your unspooling intestines.
  
• There is a blooper titled "The Violent Humping of Producer Justin Dmitruk" that is as funny as it sounds.
  
• It contains the zombie segment from Fright Bytes, which is itself an amazing web show hosted by Lianne Spiderbaby. The segment is directed by Dead Genesis writer/director Reese Eveneshen, and it reunites members of the Dead Genesis's cast. It's almost a mini-sequel.
  
• Both the director and producer/cast commentaries proves that director Reese Eveneshen is a zombie fan through-and-through. It's also clear that he and his team are some of the brightest and most resourceful talents in the independent film scene. You're going to learn a lot about making good indie movies just by listening to Eveneshen and his producers describe the making of Dead Genesis.

So, for the price of only $19.95 (including shipping), you get all this and a feature-length movie for less than some of the bare-bones new releases at your local Wal-Mart.

Unfortunately, the special edition is only available in Canada at this time, but if you're a fellow Canuck who loves good zombie movies, put your twoonies where your mouth is and buy your copy of Dead Genesis today.