Less is more - My favorite horror/genre film at the Sydney Film In an age of overblown Hollywood CGI wankfests (Terminator Desperation, Transformers etc)and mostly shoddy remakes (My Bloody Valentine)it's nice to see a horror film that makes you think and still entertains whilst delivering the shocks.
Director Bruce McDonald and screenwriter Tony Burgess do a fine job building suspense in this zombie/virus thriller with only a handful of actors, lots of dialogue and a mostly interior setting.
The refreshing change here is that the zombie/virus infection is contacted through the English language rather than by being bitten. Most of film is set inside a small community radio station in a rural Ontario town.
The lead actors need to be commended for making something that not only sounds ridiculous and very limited on paper seem so real and pulse pounding that it might actually be real (especially with the spread worldwide of pig flu).
Although I had trouble working out the ending and what the 'cure' actually was, I was quite buzzed after the screening and the film gets you thinking on many levels.
I only wished I'd seen the film with a friend as I really wanted to discuss it with someone after the credits rolled.
Director Bruce McDonald and screenwriter Tony Burgess do a fine job building suspense in this zombie/virus thriller with only a handful of actors, lots of dialogue and a mostly interior setting.
The refreshing change here is that the zombie/virus infection is contacted through the English language rather than by being bitten. Most of film is set inside a small community radio station in a rural Ontario town.
The lead actors need to be commended for making something that not only sounds ridiculous and very limited on paper seem so real and pulse pounding that it might actually be real (especially with the spread worldwide of pig flu).
Although I had trouble working out the ending and what the 'cure' actually was, I was quite buzzed after the screening and the film gets you thinking on many levels.
I only wished I'd seen the film with a friend as I really wanted to discuss it with someone after the credits rolled.