I created this blog to review the zombie movies I've seen. There are a ton of them!! Some that suck, some that are really good and everything in between. This list will grow slowly. You'll probably see George A. Romero's name alot in this blog. Why wouldn't you? He's the "Godfather of all Zombies." I'll probably summarize each movie and then rate it somewhere on a scale of 1 to 10. There's really no rhyme or reason to my ratings scale. I may rate something really high or really low and then rate something similar exactly opposite. There may be some small thing about a movie that I don't like that might bring a rating down. The reviews are set-up with my most recent review on top, and the oldest at the bottom. Anyway, let's get started...

The Zombie Apocalypse

This little movie that could was made in 2008 on a budget of about $5,000.  To me, that says alot.  It seems now you probably couldn't cover food or fuel on a movie set for five grand.  Anyway, let's get this started...

The movie opens with one man (Miller) being handcuffed and forced to kneel.  Another man rambles on about how he's waited so long to kill Miller.  Then, the man opens a door releasing their test-subjects (the zombies).

In the next scene, we meet Mark and Tom.  They're two college roomates that decide to go out one friday night.  By looking at these two, they must've either become roomies by fate, or they must have known each other for years.  One's a hard partier that could care less about studying, and the other is a hard studying, RPG game playing, medical student.

On the way to the bar, they meet a girl who was bitten by a "homeless man".  After running away from the hobo, the trio make it to the bar.  This is where they first meet Dwight Miller.  Miller's car is broke down, and he needs help.  The girl offers to help fix the car, while the guys just wanna drink.  Miller notices the girl's bite, and he kills her.  Shortly after this happens, the bar is surrounded by zombies.

The rest of the film follows Miller, Tom, Mark, & Raven (another girl they met along the way) as they try surviving the end of the world.

This movie was filled with bad acting (the bouncer in the bar takes the prize), poor special effects, and some bad comedic timing.  All that aside, I give this one a 4 on a scale of 1 to 10.  I found out after I watched this movie, that there is a prequel comic book that explains Miller's story, and the possibility that his wife started the Zombie Apocalypse. Too bad that couldn't have been added to the movie.  Maybe if they'd cut out alot of the poor attempts at comedy, they would have been able to add that in.

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