Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

slayrrr666 "Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill" isn't all that bad of a zombie film, with a few flaws.**SPOILERS**Taking a trip to the desert, Gwen, (Chelsea Jean) Buck, (Steven Glinn) Sondra, (Kandis Erickson) Avery, (Scott Carson) Mandy, (Denise Boutte) and Coach Jerry, (Matt Marraccini) to win a National Debate tournament. Picking up stranded hitchhiker Earl, (Gregory Bastien) who ends up kidnapping the group and drags them to the deserted Wild West town of Sunset Valley. Knowing the legend of Bloody Bill, (Jeremy Bouvet) originates from the town, they become weary of entering but are forced to due to their quest for help. Recalling his story as a Union soldier who left the town in fear and panic, the residents of the town soon emerge as bloodthirsty zombies and set upon the gang. Realizing the true reason why they were brought to the town, they learn to trust each other in order to escape the blood-thirsty mob and it's villainous leader.The Good News: This is a pretty above-average zombie film. This here manages to do the one good thing of managing to give the zombies a lot of screen-time here. There's hardly any let-up once they show up for the first time and are at the very least the topic of discussion whenever not on-screen. This here makes the film incredibly fast-paced, always moving forward from one confrontation to another. This one manages to get a large amount of action in, including assaults in the saloon, the main square, and the entire sequence inside the hotel. That's filled with several big scenes that are quite action-packed and really manage to get new moves into it. The relentlessness also manages to give it a really healthy body count here as well. That allows plenty of over-the-top deaths. There's a brutal flesh-ripped-off-cheek, an ax in the back of the head, facial skin ripped clean off, a series of stabbings with a variety of objects, a couple of graphic dismemberments and a huge gaggle of bites and rips throughout that result in huge amounts of blood-loss. There's much more as well, including the non-lethal wounds and all the injuries inflicted on the zombies. There's too much to count, as there's plenty of zombies that bite the dust. The zombies themselves look great, freshly bloody and full of wounds and scars that cover their entire body. With their appearance being quite freaky, they get a lot out of their shock show-ups more-so than others, and these make for great ones at that. The last big positive is that there's actually a main zombie involved in the action throughout that controls the others rather than facing the army. Quite innovative and really helps to put the film over more than it should.The Bad News: There are only few things wrong with this one. The biggest flaw is the running zombies in the film. These aren't scary in the slightest way possible, inspire fear in no one and are such a travesty to the genre that it needs to be driven away as quickly as possible. A zombie isn't scary because it can catch you, it's scary because there's a huge swarming mass that can get you when you least expect it. The fact that this one even has them going so far as to speak is an even bigger flaw than the running factor, which will be the real reason why this one falters. Combined, they're enough to knock the film down some. The only other flaw is that there's a couple of really big stretches in here that are hard to believe. The reanimation of a family member, the curse of the town for no reason and several other incredibly familiar plot-devices show up in here that have now become cliché, and their being trotted out may strike some as nothing new.The Final Verdict: Packed with action and gore but containing some of the most un-scary creatures around, this one is a tough call to zombie purists. The action factor may win over some, so give it a fair shot for completists, and for those that can't overlook the main flaws with the creatures, then seek caution with it.Rated R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence

MisterWhiplash I'm reminded while watching Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill on the sci-fi channel something George A. Romero said recently about certain new horror directors: "They shot Faith Hill's last music video, and they think they're hot s***. Do they know how to handle it? No, they don't. Put 'em at an editing table, and they're clueless." Although Byrum Werner (maybe the coolest name for an exploitation director, I'll admit) probably hasn't done a Faith Hill video, the comparison can still apply. Werner shouldn't be directing anything remotely related to celluloid, from seeing the catastrophe that is 'Bloody Bill', as he tries to compensate for a rote and crappy script with much worse 'style'. Maybe it's a personal thing, but it's a pet peeve for me when a director uses a specific tint for a purpose that is completely ancillary, where it's more about calling attention to itself than serving any meaningful stylistic choice (Spielberg may be the only one who can get away with it). In this case, Werner uses it to the point of total madness, and not good madness: the tint is actually a lot of the time just on the *top part of the frame*, making it a foolish distraction. This goes without saying that the whole color scheme in general, whether applied by Werner himself as DP or in post, is annoying because it makes it obvious that he doesn't trust anything regarding the actual space being used, or maybe using some natural light or shadows to make atmosphere, instead of splashing on this crude red- often in a blurred vision (FOCUS! I screamed more than once). Don't even get me started on the editing in many instances, where random montage and action is cut as if by an epileptic puppy.The story itself is rote anyway: a bunch of teens riding out in the desert get car-jacked (!?) by a black guy who leads them to the ghost town of Sunset Valley, overrun by (usually) running zombies led by Bloody Bill, who has a vendetta against someone done wrong by someone and blah blah blah. Point is, a lot of this, however just totally ludicrous it all sounds (Bloody Bill's a confederate- no Yankees or blacks after all), could just be moot if it was at least a halfway decently acted or technically executed effort. It's not, at all.Watching Death Valley is like getting a checklist for things that could possibly go wrong for a movie and do, over and over again. The music is fourth-rate metal garbage on loan from the boys who've been practicing in the garage next-door; the "performances" are from nobodys (Gregory Bastian goes to lengths to be a bad-ass mutha, but is one of the most ineffectual I've seen in recent memory), this including Bloody Bill's 'actor' who is barely on screen at all; the gore and violence is directed amateurishly, with tomato-sauce blood and eye-liner used for added "effect" during the transformation from living to dead; even the production design, with the sign changing from time to time from 99 to 107 from start to finish is cheesy in an unforgivable way.It works only up to a completely ironic point; make sure you've got the right friends and good booze lying around and it should make for a chummy Saturday night movie. But good lord, don't go into it expecting any semblance of an entertaining B-horror movie. It's drek of the shlockiest order, and I'd have to be paid more than the actors themselves were (if they were that is) to sit through it again.

Knuckle I wish I could say I liked this movie more since I love zombie movies, but in the end, all that this movie has to recommend it are some pretty good effects and a moment or two where it doesn't take itself too seriously.In this horror flick, a group of kids are traveling across the desert to some unspecified destination to participate in a debate competition. Along the way they get hijacked by a drug dealer who just so happens to be engaged in an epic quest to kill the man who screwed him in a dope deal.The good points: effects are good. There are some zombies that don't make the grade, but the same can be said of Dawn of the Dead. I blame the director or cinematographer for letting "filler" zombies get too close to the camera. The last-gasp, cocaine supercharged fury was a nice touch, too.The bad points: LOW production values - and it shows in everything but the zombies (which is where I imagine they spent most of their money). The acting is truly painful at moments, especially when Gwen has to do anything but stand there.5 out of 10. There's worse out there, but that's not enough to recommend it

sicparvismagna I love this movie. What's amazing is that I've never heard of any of these actors/actresses before and they're amazing at their jobs. The acting was fantastic. And they way they shot the film they made it look like they had a high budget. When most movies have low budgets, the screen is usually dark.. not much color. The music was great, too. My two favorite characters got killed :[. Dean and Denise. If you have not seen it, go rent it act Blockbuster. Better yet, buy it! It is a great movie. I can't wait for Death Valley 2: The Return of Bloody Bill to come out! Sure, it's a low budget film but it's worth.. the what? 12 dollars you would have to pay for it. Trust me, this movie kicks ass! The zombies are cool, too. Bloody Bill is one sexy son of a...