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SteveGon · 11-13-2007, 11:29 PM

Dead Moon Rising - Fun little no-budgeter filmed in Louisville (that's Looahvull!), Kentucky. A worldwide zombie epidemic is turning people into crazed zombies. In Louisville a ragtag band of suvivors try to make it to safety - but where can a safe haven be found? Lots of cheap CGI gunplay and blood spraying, but the film doesn't take itself too seriously and the cast is better than average for this type of flick. The hero here comes across as Steve Buscemi by way of Clerks. Bonus points for the gratuitous lesbian kissing scene.

Not to be confused with Deadlands: The Rising, Rise of the Dead, Rise of the Undead, The Rising Dead or even Black Moon Rising.

**1/2 out of ****

Splatometer rating: **1/2 out of ****

Curse of the Maya - A troubled woman and her psychiatrist lover buy a cabin in the mountains near the Mexican border and find the grounds haunted by a zombie Indian family. Turns out these modern day Mayans were murdered and are now getting revenge on anyone who crosses their path! Not really awful, just....lifeless. Some good kills though, including a cool Joe Estevez head-ripping. Todd Bridges, in a role symbolic of his post-Different Strokes career, plays one of the living dead.

*1/2 out of ****

Splatometer rating: *** out of ****

Zombie Prom - Entertaining musical short finds a girl from the right side of the tracks in love with a boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Naturally her parents object so she breaks up with him. Heartbroken he commits suicide by jumping into the reactor at the Francis Gary Powers Nuclear Power Plant. But it's not long before he returns as one of the living dead, ready to take his beloved to the prom! RuPaul has fun as the uptight, morally-conscious principal who wants zombie boy booted from the school!

"My parents didn't like you when you were alive, what makes you think they'll like you now that you're dead?"

Note: you can download this for free at iTunes (limited time only)

*** out of ****

Splatometer rating: zero out of ****

11-13-2007, 11:29 PM	#278 of 341
SteveGon Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Local Time: 05:16 AM Local Date: 11-18-2008 Posts: 12,549	Re: Zombie Movie Appreciation Thread *Dead Moon Rising* - Fun little no-budgeter filmed in Louisville (that's Looahvull!), Kentucky. A worldwide zombie epidemic is turning people into crazed zombies. In Louisville a ragtag band of suvivors try to make it to safety - but where can a safe haven be found? Lots of cheap CGI gunplay and blood spraying, but the film doesn't take itself too seriously and the cast is better than average for this type of flick. The hero here comes across as Steve Buscemi by way of Clerks. Bonus points for the gratuitous lesbian kissing scene. Not to be confused with Deadlands: The Rising, Rise of the Dead, Rise of the Undead, The Rising Dead or even Black Moon Rising. 1/2 out of Splatometer rating: 1/2 out of ** Curse of the Maya** - A troubled woman and her psychiatrist lover buy a cabin in the mountains near the Mexican border and find the grounds haunted by a zombie Indian family. Turns out these modern day Mayans were murdered and are now getting revenge on anyone who crosses their path! Not really awful, just....lifeless. Some good kills though, including a cool Joe Estevez head-ripping. Todd Bridges, in a role symbolic of his post-Different Strokes career, plays one of the living dead. 1/2 out of * Splatometer rating: * out of ** Zombie Prom** - Entertaining musical short finds a girl from the right side of the tracks in love with a boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Naturally her parents object so she breaks up with him. Heartbroken he commits suicide by jumping into the reactor at the Francis Gary Powers Nuclear Power Plant. But it's not long before he returns as one of the living dead, ready to take his beloved to the prom! RuPaul has fun as the uptight, morally-conscious principal who wants zombie boy booted from the school! "My parents didn't like you when you were alive, what makes you think they'll like you now that you're dead?" Note: you can download this for free at iTunes (limited time only) * out of Splatometer rating: zero out of ** Recently viewed films: Onechanbara ** Night of the Living Jews ** White Heat **** Dead Set *** Working Stiffs * Zombie Movie Appreciation Thread** Last edited by SteveGon : 11-13-2007 at 11:32 PM.