Tag: Released in 2013

Cannon Fodder / Battle of The Undead (2013)

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I consider it a red flag when a movie has its name changed between releases. This movie started out as Cannon Fodder and was later renamed as Battle Of The Undead for the U.S. release. That red flag is big, bright red, and waving energetically.

Cannon Fodder / Battle Of The Undead

I have no idea if the original movie was in Hebrew, but I’m hoping some of the dialogue was lost in translation. There are long segments of dialogue that are just horribly insensitive at best, and outright racist at worst.

What? You want examples?

This was bad…..

But it go so much worse in just a few seconds…

And what the hell was this about?

Which really sucked, because if you took out a lot of the horrible, offensive dialogue, this would have been a decent low budget Zombie movie. The special effects are low budget, but there are lots of Zombies and a good bit of gore, which was actually really well done.

Cannon Fodder / Battle of The Undead Scoring

If you can ignore the offensive dialogue this is a Rainy Day Movie, but overall I can’t give it more than a 35/100, putting it at the bottom of the Rainy Day Movie scale because I kept saying WTF while watching it due to the dialogue.

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Afflicted (2013)

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Sadly, Afflicted comes up when I search for Zombie Movies, but a Zombie Movie it is not.

Even the teaser description sounds like it could have been for a Zombie Movie.

Two best friends see their trip of a lifetime take a dark turn when one of them is struck by a mysterious affliction. Now, in a foreign land, they race to uncover the source before it consumes him completely.

Automatik Entertainment

Afflicted is more of a buddy drama with a touch of horror. I guess the algorithm is guessing that if I like Zombie Movies I must like horror movies in general? That might be true for some people, but I actually don’t like most horror movies. My general rule is that if I can shoot it and kill it I’m happy. I don’t like the evil spirit, possession style horror films.

Afflicted Scoring

It is a bit slow, and worst of all, not a Zombie Movie, which is why its getting a 0/100.

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ZOMBIE MOVIES – Revelation Trail (2013)

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Revelation Trail is a western, zombie crossover. The movie suffers from the “too much set up” and backstory. We came to see zombies eating people, we don’t really need a half hour of backstory on the main character. The first thirty minutes could have been condenses to just the scenes with zombies, and the narrator saying, “The dead have risen, and a preacher and his family are some of the first to suffer.”

Revelation Trail
Revelation Trail

Revelation Trail Scoring

This is a good Rainy Day Movie. It has some slow spots, but there are also some decent action sequences. Revelation Trail scored a 57/100. What cost it points? It is a little slow to start, and heavy on dialogue. The zombies are actually quite well done, but there is too much exposition and unnecessary character development between the zombie action scenes.

If you are looking for a good Zombie Movie that also has action and gun play you can’t go wrong with Night of the Comet. It is older, but still holds up really well. If you want something that will put you on the edge of your seat I’d go with the perfect score 28 Days Later!

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