Reviews

This is a must see for any zombie film lover or general horror film fan. While the genre got over saturated and played out from about 2006-2014 there have been few worthwhile zombie films, but this one is a stand out gem in the rough. It is well paced with a three act story where we see the lead up to the outbreak which starts creepily with just the animal life before turning to the humans, a second part of life in a new dark age, and the final third of chaos reigning upon our characters. It bolsters great gore effects too from a zombie getting their face bashed in with a rifle butt, a chainsaw through a zombies head popping out the other side of their face, to people getting various parts of their bodies ripped out (or off in one sequence that made me winse very hard), and while yes there is CG blood used in a lot of these sequences it's not enough to distract from the practical effects used for a lot of these sequences. The acting is pretty solid too with a lot of first time actors getting time to shine in prominent roles, and offering up strong male and female action heroes that you follow throughout. And the set design is just fantastic with the post outbreak world looking as good as if not better than what we've seen done in The Walking Dead, it's grungy and beginning to show signs of overgrowth and decay. The main premise gives a look into the Mi'qmaq tribe of Red Crow as one bad day turns into a struggle for survival as suddenly they're thrown into the middle of a zombie outbreak, however by some happenstance the Red Crow tribe shows to be immune to infection when bites and scratches don't turn them into the shambling undead. However they're not immortal as a ripped out jugular or intestinal evisceration still kills them so they have to keep the dead at bay while monitoring the local survivors they take in from the nearby city. Tensions grow high as resources grow lower and hidden secrets come boiling to the surface. The only downside to the film is some cliche moments, a little stiff acting here and there, and the pacing could use a little work. The creators were planning to make a trilogy but as this is an independent low budget production it feels like they condensed the best parts into this one film. But it works pretty well and makes for a unique viewing experience. I highly recommend anybody who's interested to give it a watch, I was pleasantly surprised with the freshness this films story offered and honestly can not wait to see what these creators bring us next, or maybe even a sequel to this film.

Unfriended Dark Web is another cheap found footage horror film trying to squeeze a summer buck because Halloween isn't for horror films anymore. This flaming garbage heap is nothing more than 90 minutes of boring characters being stalked by an implausible group of cyber hackers who literally have nothing better to do, the frequent jump scare usually resulting in the death of one of the characters until they're all dead. Essentially, you can get just as much entertainment from reading a poorly written dark web creepypasta and save yourself the money since this movie is nothing more than a rehash of most of them. The plot bends over backwards to be winding and make the hackers seem like they're always 5 steps ahead of the main characters as well as conveniently all over the place whether they're in the streets or hiding in someone's closet. Also it'd be amazing to find out where these killer hackers found they're copies of live photoshop and sony vegas streaming studio. The Dark Web in real life is not a place to visit, it's namely used for government communications and sites like the silk road are for secret illegal transactions like drugs and weapons. The concept of evil hackers or high tech murderers is the equivalent of the hook handed killer or Bloody Mary, an urban legend told to scare kids. The dark web isn't full of psychopaths or evil cults looking to kill indiscriminately, and this movie is nothing more than an overlong short horror film that could've been neatly wrapped up in 10 minutes or less, otherwise avoid and don't bother, the director, producers and writers obviously aren't.

Halloween has to be one of the best movies, let alone horror, of the 1970's. In it, we are given the story of a psychotic child who kills there sister for being unclean (e.i. having sex, doing drugs, etc.). He is then locked up in a mental institution for fifteen years, in which on the fateful night of October 30, 1978, he escapes! Thus bringing upon mass hysteria and mayhem as he stalks Laurie Strode, a high school baby sitter. It is the basis for most of todays slasher flicks unfortunately, but this was the first movie to use it and do it the best. Keeping in mind, that John Carpenter actually got the idea for this movie from Bob Clark's 'Black Christmas', the first actual slasher flick, he puts atmosphere and suspense to good use, instead of just throwing gallons of blood and guts in when ever some one gets a paper cut. And the climax is very good, it has left me wanting to see the second one now. So if you're looking for a nice little horror flick this Halloween, just go to the h section of the horror area at Blockbuster and see if you can pick up a copy of it.