Dynamixor
The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
Salubfoto
It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.
Abegail Noëlle
While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
MrMyron
I must be in the minority of people who actually like Asylum movies. I try and catch one a month. I got behind, so I O.D.ed last week and rented like six of them. I thought 666:The Child was their worst movie, but now, I have to go with NIGHT OF THE DEAD instead. It's just plain dumb. I don't expect Oscar worthy acting in any genre film, be it big or small budget, but the actors here are just annoying and uninteresting. I was gonna grab ALIEN ABDUCTION, but since it's from the same guy, I think I will pass. Most of the Asylum movies have something else going on; a bit of humor, real scares, cool characters, hot girls with quality nudity etc. This one had nothing really going for it. Even the gross out stuff just looked fake and was poorly shot. Please director, make your movie have a point! Or at least entertain me for 80 minutes. Peter Mervis, Justin Jones, Leigh Scott, and David Latt seem to be the Asylum guys to rent.
elmuan
Film critique being a subjective art... here's my 2 cents:I loved this film, I know it was shot on a Canon XL Hi but it deserves to have been blown up to 35mm, as opposed to Zombie Honeymoon in which I think a transfer would actually hurt the visual mood of the movie. Although the Re-Animator influence is prevalent, the script was tight, the dialog moved the story along. The acting was okay and the director's daughter stole the show. I liked the different take on the zombies. In my opinion it was a great effort for a 1st feature and the director will only improve with future projects. El Muan
elliecarlson
As with his last film, Alien Abduction, Eric Forsberg does amazing work with a small budget. I would really be eager to see what he could do with more money. His actors are all excellent and the script has good plot twists and lots of humor. The special effects are turn-away scary, and his monster/ghoul/zombie things show unique individuality not usually seen in this type of film. I really liked the plot twist at the end, something he also did in Alien Abduction and I didn't see either of them coming. Mr. Forsberg is a most talented screenwriter and director, limited only by budget. Somebody give this guy a huge chunk of money and let him make a first rate film, I know he could do it.
mas4reel
If you like blood and gore, Eric's Forsberg's "Night of the Dead, Leben Tod" is for you. It is awash with blood and slimed with gore. Plus it's a lot of fun. The audience at Hollywood's Shriekfest laughed out loud -- that is when they weren't gagging, squirming in their seats or covering their eyes. Not only that, but for an ultra-low budget horror film, it has an especially well-written story with sympathetic characters, believable acting, good production values and a kick-butt musical score.Louis Graham is sentimental and mad as the conflicted Dr. Schreklich whose "experiments" are driven by love for his family -- unfortunately with horrific consequences. Deirdre Lyons as the snarling, sexy Schatzi would make a perfect "Fangoria" cover. As the pregnant Anais Sturben, exotically beautiful Joey Jalalian is convincing in both her feminine fragility and in her new-found strength to save her child and husband. Gabriel Womack, who plays Peter Sturben, is an action hero in the making, yet he has the sensitivity to play the soft side of a husband who loves his wife and child so desperately that he will do anything for them, despite pangs of conscience. David Reynolds ("House of 1000 Corpses"), as the doctor's creepy assistant Gunther, not only revels in the blood and gore, but is given an added dimension by his touching relationship with Nurse Krakenhaus played by Silvia McClure. The Autopsy Ghoul, Charles Schneider –- who is also responsible for directing the second unit -- meets his end with a memorably grisly death. And there is nothing scarier than a seven-year old ghoul -- Lola Forsberg as the doctor's daughter, Christi -- that can take down a full-grown man! Tom Devlin and his team from 1313 FX have pulled out their whole bag of tricks to provide the "gore-rific" make-up effects for the film, including severed heads, bashed brains and gallons of blood. His efforts have already garnered several film festival awards. Art Director, Daniel Lavitt, deserves credit for setting the scene with a hospital full of pickled body parts and dinners bound to turn your stomach.The cutting-edge editing by Mary Ann Skweres keeps the story moving and helps to sell the effects by not lingering on them long enough to show any flaws. An unflinching commitment to take the film's bloodiest sequences to the limit is achieved by the quick jump-cuts that add a relentless intensity to the pacing and never let the viewer catch a breath. The orchestral score drives the audience on this bloody joy-ride of a film. Composer Bob Bayless, who has worked with top Hollywood composer Jerry Goldsmith, draws on suspense, horror, drama and rock elements to compliment the emotional complexity of the story while adding a few scares of its own."Night of the Dead, Leben Tod" might make you gag, squirm, cover your eyes or even laugh, but it never compromises the horror that makes it an instant cult classic!The film is produced by Cerebral Experiment with Hollywood Dell Digital Studio providing post production services.
