According to the wisdom of the internet there are 43 other movies with “Plague” in the title. I point it out because I had to triple check I hadn’t already watched this movie. Plague starts out strong. A small group of survivors is hiding in a rural farmhouse. They recently fled to the farmhouse, and in the process they have lost a member of their group.
The wife of the lost man wants them to stay and wait. The majority of the others want to flee, to find someplace safer. While they try to decide what to do we get one of my favorite scenes from the movie.
I loved the emotional impact of the statement. In the daylight you might stand a chance. At night you can run or you can get eaten. This sadly is also the last good scene in the movie. After this it goes downhill. Plague turns from a Zombie Movie into a very dark film that focusses on rape and horrible husbands. I’m guessing that whomever wrote this has some real bad exes in their past.
Plague Scoring
Plague scores 8/100. The eight points are for each minute of the start of the movie that I enjoyed before it went downhill fast. That puts this film in the Just Bad category and you all owe me for sitting through it so you didn’t have to.
Spoilers Below:
So what cost the movie so many points? There are multiple prolonged rape scenes. They don’t show you any graphic violence, but they let you hear it. At one point the Evie is being raped while her husband is outside listening to it – completely defeated. I’m sorry, I don’t think anyone is going to just listen to their loved one in pain. Yes, I know he eventually reacts, but the whole segment, other than being gross, was just super intense. I don’t suggest it if you have any PTSD or find sexual violence to be trigger. Listening to these segments made me want to turn the movie off.
The Zombies are the focus of the movie, and to be honest, the focus of the movie seems to be a horrible husband, and how much pain a woman had to go through to figure that out. I hope it was cathartic for whomever wrote the movie – but it is Just Bad as a Zombie Film.
Review | Year | Score | Type |
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Zombieland | 2010 | 100 | Comedy / Action |
Train To Busan | 2016 | 100 | Action / Infection |
28 Days Later | 2002 | 100 | Action / Infection |
World War Z | 2013 | 100 | Action / Infection |
Night Of The Living Dead | 1968 | 100 | Action / Horror / Classics |
Dawn Of The Dead | 1978 | 100 | Action / Horror / Classics |
#Alive | 2020 | 100 | Action / Infection |
Serenity | 2005 | 99 | Action / Sci-Fi |
Flesh And Blood | 2018 | 99 | Shorts |
The Girl With All The Gifts | 2016 | 95 | Action / Infection |
Land Of The Dead | 2005 | 94 | Action / Horror |
Resident Evil: Apocalypse | 2004 | 93 | Action / Infection |
Resident Evil | 2002 | 92 | Action / Infection |
Rampant | 2018 | 91 | Action / Infection / Mid Evil |
Day of the Dead | 2008 | 90 | Action / Infection |
Cooties | 2014 | 89 | Comedy / Action |
Night of the Comet | 1984 | 85 | Comedy / Action |
The Return of the Living Dead | 1985 | 85 | Comedy / Action |
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula | 2020 | 84 | Action / Infection |
Zombieland: Double Tap | 2019 | 83 | Comedy / Action |
Fido | 2006 | 82 | Comedy / Action |
Shaun Of The Dead | 2004 | 81 | Comedy / Action |
28 Weeks Later | 2007 | 80 | Action / Infection |
I Am Legend (2007) | 2007 | 80 | Action / Infection |
The Evil Dead | 1981 | 80 | Classic / Action |
Zombie | 1979 | 80 | Action / Horror |
Overlord | 2018 | 79 | Action / Horror |
It Stains The Sands Red | 2016 | 79 | Action / Infection |
Infection | 2019 | 79 | Action / Infection |
Plan Z | 2016 | 78 | Action / Infection |
A Little Bit Zombie | 2012 | 78 | Comedy / Action |
Dead Rising: Endgame | 2016 | 77 | Action / Infection |
Day of the Dead | 1985 | 77 | Action / Horror / Classics |
Wyrmwood: Apocalypse | 2021 | 77 | Action / Infection |
The Dead | 2010 | 76 | Action / Infection |
Freaks of Nature | 2015 | 76 | Comedy / Action |
Here Alone | 2016 | 75 | Suspense / Infection |
Cockneys Vs. Zombies | 2012 | 75 | Comedy / Action |
Shed of the Dead | 2019 | 74 | Comedy / Action |
The Battery | 2012 | 74 | Drama / Infection |
State of Emergency | 2011 | 73 | Action / Infection |
Survival Of The Dead | 2009 | 73 | Action / Horror |
Alone | 2020 | 73 | Action / Infection |
The Rezort | 2015 | 72 | Action / Infection |
Dance of the Dead | 2008 | 72 | Comedy / Action |
Dawning of the Dead | 2017 | 72 | Action / Infection |
Remains | 2011 | 72 | Action / Infection |
Daylight's End | 2016 | 71 | Action / Infection |
Witness Infection | 2021 | 71 | Comedy / Action |
The Army of the Dead | 2021 | 71 | Action / Infection |
The Dead 2: India | 2015 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Zombie Hunter | 2013 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Dead Rising: Watchtower | 2015 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Zombie Night | 2013 | 70 | Action / Infection |
For A Few Zombies More | 2015 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Night of the Living Deb | 2015 | 70 | Comedy / Romance |
Resident Evil: Afterlife | 2010 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse | 2015 | 70 | Comedy / Action |
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead | 2014 | 70 | Action / Infection |
The Valley Of The Dead | 2021 | 70 | Horror / Infection |
Bird Box | 2018 | 69 | Action / Horror / Possession |
Exit Humanity | 2011 | 69 | Action / Infection |
Among The Living | 2022 | 69 | Suspense / Horror |
Ravenous | 2017 | 68 | Action / Infection |
Blood Quantum | 2019 | 68 | Action / Infection |
Republic Z | 2018 | 68 | Action / Comedy |
The Night Eats The World | 2018 | 67 | Suspense / Infection |
Forget Everything And Run (F.E.A.R.) | 2021 | 67 | Suspense / Horror |
Quarantine | 2008 | 67 | Infection / Horror |
Trench 11 | 2017 | 66 | Action / Horror |
Cargo | 2017 | 66 | Suspense / Infection |
How To Kill A Zombie | 2014 | 66 | Action / Comedy |
Ultimate Zombie Feast | 2020 | 66 | Shorts/ Action |
Zoombies | 2016 | 65 | Awesomely Bad |
Zombie Town | 2007 | 65 | Action / Horror |
Dead County | 2021 | 65 | Drama / Horror |
Zombie Apocalypse | 2011 | 64 | Action / Infection |
Quarantine 2 | 2011 | 64 | Action / Infection |
The End? | 2017 | 64 | Horror / Infection |
Red Spring | 2017 | 63 | Action / Infection |
Resident Evil: Extinction | 2007 | 62 | Action / Infection |
Virus:32 | 2022 | 62 | Horror / Infection |
Resident Evil Retribution | 2012 | 61 | Action / Infection |
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | 2016 | 60 | Action / Infection |
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead | 2023 | 60 | Comedy / Action |
Life After Beth | 2014 | 59 | Comedy / Action |
Diary Of The Dead | 2007 | 58 | Action / Horror |
Revelation Trail | 2013 | 57 | Action / Horror |
My Mates vs. The Zombie Apocalypse | 2015 | 56 | Comedy / Action |
Eat Brains Love | 2019 | 56 | Comedy / Horror |
Anna And The Apocalypse | 2017 | 55 | Musical / Infection |
Deadsight | 2018 | 55 | Suspense / Infection |
Bong of the Living Dead | 2017 | 54 | Action / Infection |
Amigo Undead | 2015 | 54 | Comedy / Horror |
The Dead Undead | 2010 | 53 | Action / Infection |
Black Friday | 2021 | 53 | Action / Horror |
Deadheads | 2011 | 52 | Comedy / Romance |
Redcon-1 | 2018 | 52 | Action / Horror |
Day of the Dead: Bloodline | 2018 | 51 | Action / Infection |
Dead Don't Die in Dallas | 2019 | 51 | Action / Infection / LGBTQ |
Disaster L.A. | 2014 | 50 | Action |
Road Wars | 2015 | 50 | Action / Infection |
Within the Woods of Undead County | 2016 | 49 | Action / Infection |
Zombie Strippers! | 2008 | 49 | Horror / Comedy |
I Am Alone | 2015 | 48 | Action / Infection |
Rise of The Zombies | 2012 | 48 | Action / Infection |
Day Zero | 2023 | 48 | Horror / Infection |
Valentine DayZ | 2018 | 47 | Action / Infection / Awesomely Bad |
Savageland | 2015 | 46 | Horror / Drama |
Lethal Virus | 2021 | 46 | Action / Horror |
Infected | 2019 | 45 | Shorts |
Zombie Warz: Falls The Shadow | 2011 | 45 | Action / Horror |
Block Z | 2020 | 44 | Action / Infection |
Bridge of the Doomed | 2022 | 44 | Horror / Infection |
The Dead Don't Die | 2019 | 43 | Spoof / Drama |
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City | 2021 | 43 | Action / Horror |
Strain 100 | 2020 | 42 | Action / Infection |
The Plague | 2006 | 42 | Action / Horror |
When the Fever Breaks | 2019 | 41 | Suspense / Infection |
Before Dawn | 2013 | 41 | Drama / Action |
Infected | 2021 | 41 | Action / Horror |
Hostile | 2017 | 40 | Action / Infection |
Zombie Undead | 2010 | 40 | Action / Infection |
Dead Before Down | 2012 | 39 | Horror / Supernatural |
Gangs Of The Dead | 2006 | 38 | Action / Infection |
Zombies | 2017 | 37 | Action / Infection |
American Zombieland | 2020 | 36 | Comedy / Infection |
Another World | 2014 | 35 | Action / Infection |
Deadlocked | 2020 | 35 | Action / Infection |
Dead Trigger | 2017 | 35 | Action / Infection |
Zombie Diaries 2 | 2011 | 35 | Action / Infection |
Cannon Fodder / Battle Of The Undead | 2013 | 35 | Action / Horror |
KL24: Zombies | 2017 | 34 | Action / Infection |
Evilution | 2009 | 34 | Action / Horror |
Antisocial 2 | 2015 | 33 | Action / Infection |
Re-Elected | 2020 | 33 | Comedy / Suspense |
Antisocial | 2013 | 32 | Action / Infection |
Aquarium of the Dead | 2021 | 32 | Comedy / Horror |
Dead 7 | 2016 | 31 | Action / Infection |
By Day's End | 2020 | 31 | Suspense / Infection |
Pandemic | 2016 | 30 | Action / Infection |
Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies | 2017 | 29 | Comedy / Action |
Zombie Hood | 2013 | 28 | Action / Infection |
The Dustwalker | 2019 | 27 | Action / Parasite |
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium | 2005 | 26 | Action / Infection |
Anger Of The Dead | 2015 | 25 | Action / Infection |
Solar Impact | 2019 | 25 | Action / Horror |
The Last Hope | 2017 | 24 | Action / Infection |
The Day of the Living Dead | 2014 | 23 | Drama / Detective |
Zombie Road | 2018 | 22 | Shorts |
Zombie Wars | 2007 | 21 | Action / Infection |
Last Rites Of The Dead | 2019 | 20 | Drama / Thriller |
Army of Thieves | 2021 | 20 | Heist / Horror |
The Mad | 2007 | 19 | Comedy / Infection |
The Living Dead | 2020 | 18 | Horror / Drama |
Zone of the Dead | 2009 | 17 | Action / Infection |
Killer Weekend | 2018 | 16 | Comedy / Not Zombies |
G Zombie | 2021 | 15 | Drama / Infection |
Quarantine L.A. | 2013 | 14 | Action / Infection |
Driven | 2020 | 13 | Drama / Suspense |
The Hive | 2014 | 12 | Demonic Possession / Horror |
The Horde | 2016 | 11 | Action / Gore |
The Last Starship | 2017 | 10 | Action / Infection |
Rebirth | 2020 | 10 | Action / Horror |
Rise of the Zombie | 2013 | 9 | Drama / Action |
Rising Undead / Rise of the Undead | 2005 | 9 | Action / Horror |
Flu | 2013 | 8 | Infection / Not Zombies |
Plague | 2014 | 8 | Suspense / Drama |
Red Days | 2016 | 7 | Action / Infection |
The Returned | 2013 | 6 | Drama / Romance |
Apocalypse Nerds | 2012 | 5 | Comedy / Action |
Zombie with a Shotgun | 2019 | 4 | Infection / Drama |
Soon Enough | 2018 | 3 | Action / Drama |
Range 15 | 2016 | 2 | Comedy / Action |
Army of the Dead | 2008 | 2 | Action / Horror |
Eyes Of The Dead | 2015 | 1 | Action / Infection |
Pandemic | 2009 | 1 | Drama / Action |
Nazi Undead | 2018 | 1 | Paranormal / Horror |
Dead End | 2003 | 0 | Horror / Thriller |
Broadcast Dead | 2018 | 0 | Horror / Thriller |
Afflicted | 2013 | 0 | Drama / Infection |
Carriers | 2009 | 0 | Drama / Not Zombies |
Curse of the Blind Dead | 2020 | 0 | Horror / Not Zombies |
All My Friends Are Dead | 2021 | 0 | Horror / Not Zombies |