THE DEAD WALK (2008)
Directed by:
Michael Clinkenbeard

Starring:
Chris Adler ... Hudson
Leslie Maine ... Katrina
Bjorn Jiskoot Jr. ... Daniel
Charles Swensen ... Joe

Country: USA
Runtime: n/a
     
       
   

An epidemic begins to break out in a seaside town. Oblivious authorities assure the townspeople that it's not a cause for concern as it will only last a few days, with no more damage then canceled classes and closed businesses. Of course the authorities where wrong, and soon the dead start returning to life and start walking...and feeding.

As the townspeople learn of the happening through local radio station hosts Sheldon and Katrina, most, including a group of young teens are skeptical. When the zombie attacks intensify, and the distracting hard rock soundtrack begins blaring, Megan and her group of friends, as well as grouchy car crash victim Greg, seek refuge in the radio station with Katrina and the apparently now infected Sheldon. Tension and panic rises as Sheldon and one of the teens turn zombie, and are killed off, by weapons with some terrible sound effects.

The food supply begins running low, although as far as I can tell they have only been at the station for a few hours, so the always poor decision is made to have a few of the guys should leave the secure facility to go in search of more food. Shockingly only one of the group is killed on the trip for food, but when the others return safely, they find that the dead have made their way into the building which leads to one of the guys making the suicidal sacrifice to lure the zombie away from the group as they make their exit from the station, now driving out of the city and holding up in an abandoned house.

The group makes good use of all the amenities (a pool, ocean, tv, and yes a very quick almost skinless shower) provided by their new surroundings. While discussing what their next move should be, the group communicates, via radio, with another group of survivors, a mere 6 hours away, which claims to offer safety to all comers. Before the groups planned departure at daybreak, zombies break into the house and claim 2 more victims, one in gruesome fashion, forcing the remaining few to evacuate the home prematurely, heading for promised safety.

The groups arrives at their destination only to find that, surprise(!), it's now abandoned, occupied only by more hordes of the walking dead, and the credits roll... If a gore and breast filled zombie flick is what you seek, then look elsewhere, as the gore is only mild, and breasts nonexistent. However the storytelling, while at times clichéd and usually predictable, is solid overall, and the acting is passable to say the least. Considering the low budget and inexperienced cast and crew, they did a good job with this movie. However it fails to fit into either the blood, guts and action filled zombie flick such as Zombie, Resident Evil, etc...or the story or character based apocalyptic zombie type such as Night of the Living Dead or The Walking Dead, and just kind of falls flat in the middle, which hurt it a bit. Its a decent watch, but if you want a truly great indy zombie flick, check out something like Dead Genesis , but if you would like to check The Dead Walk out for yourself, go here and see for yourself.

- Tim Masson of Vault of Obscurity

 

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