Thanks for the memories!

Strong and Moving!

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

OK - I gave it a "3" just because they obviously had no money to make this film, but I feel it might deserve the "2.3" rating it had when I got here. I'm actually helping to raise it's rating, despite being bored for the last hour and a half. I will save the "1's" and the "2's" for the higher budget pieces of crap. At least the makers of "Rise of the Undead" didn't waste that much money. They did manage to waste 90 minutes of my life.The movie is too claustrophobic for me. The entire movie takes place in the same building, in dark rooms and hallways. With a setting like this, there should have been more action or character development, but there is just a lot of meaningless talk. I didn't get to know any of the characters. There is a schoolgirl and a Goth chick but we never find out much more about them. None of the characters seem really likable.Terrible movie made on zero budget. No scary special effects. No suspense. Really nothing interesting at all here, folks. I admit I downloaded this from the net. It was free but I am throwing it away.Sorry to the filmmakers. Better luck next time. This one is more like a soap opera than a zombie movie.

Well, this movie certainly turned out NOT to be what I expected. I've read that the title was changed by the distributor. The end credits say "Look for Jim in Shelter 2", so I kind of assume this movie was meant to be called "Shelter" originally. Having said that, I very much enjoyed the movie. At first I thought I was watching one of the films my friends & I put together. But I quickly realized that the lines and movements were well thought out and deliberate. The editing was also quite impressive (I picked up a few tricks I want to try out). The Zombie Sequence in the middle was an interesting diversion, while providing some additional insight into the (intentionally) backgroundless characters. I would recommend viewing the film at least twice, with a sharp eye out the 2nd time around.

Hey, I'm a fan of so-bad-so-good movies but there's nothing so-bad-so-good about Rise Of The Undead. It's just so-bad and that's it. No redeeming cheese, no unintentional humor, nothing! - boring apocalyptic Zombie (The "Undead" : a few people with hardly any make up) nonsense with lame special effects (if you can call those effects), dumb plot and annoying actors. They also have the nerve to rip off and quote from other (better) movies (Resident Evil, Dawn Of The Dead & Night Of The Comet) and managed to put me to sleep on the side. However, it was Rise Of My Eyelids once the end credits rolled though. My advice: save your money. It's not even worth a rental, unless you want to p*ss off and/or put some people to sleep then go ahead and give it a spin. You've been warned ;)

This film is defiantly unique for its genre. The characters range from mediocre to bizarre performances. The film is bit plot heavy and dialog saturated, however it does contain some ingenious plot twists and shock factors. The special effects were great for an indie and the gritty location added a lot of suspense to the film. It is defiantly not your typical "Zombie eats brains" scenario followed by a cast of big breasted bimbos and college frat guys. This film takes it a step further adding almost humorous elements and science fiction. This film has some great concepts (which I find to be a rarity these days), but elementary work. I do however see lots of potential and I will defiantly be following these two writers/directors.