F.E.A.R.

Thing about an apocolypse or zombie flick is the 'logic' behind the actions.

In end-of-times waiting for a cure... these parents want us to believe: a) zombified daughter is savable so they steal or waste gas and still have electricity to keep a 19yr old alive with no food or water or other supplies?

B) these parents waste bullets shooting into walls next to intruders who tell the parents they intend to kill them and steal all their stuff

c) the father tells his wife to go w/o him, during an end of times where he's the only adult male, but she must drive with her daughter the sometimes zombie and 10yr old son, cause what?

An adult woman a zombie a boy child

are safe out there without his stupid butt?

D) they have these long drawn out dialogues with intruders who state they came to kill them, and leave the intruder with a lighter... as they turn their back on 2 intruders - w/woman and b/man... to talk at them about WHAT exactly?

So when the 2 attack we supposed to NOT see that coming?

Everything about this film is a waste of build up. NONE of it makes sense.

Especially when the 'lighter' lady intruder is holding the half-zombie daughter hostage and mom puts down her gun and shoots not at the woman but the zombie?

It is just NON STOP NONESENSE.

Okay, director did good with cinamatography, scoiting the location, ipcking the "lighter woman" - she was the only good actress.

The premise, the script, the choices, the lighting, the suspense, the dialogue, the child actor... ALL TRASH.

A SERIOUS WASTE OF 1HR 30MIN.

But if you keep it running in the background while working or doing dishes, then perhaps.... just don't ever give it your full attention cause the Director nor the Actors did as much for us.

This was one of those movies that relied on the acting alone and for this fact it was good. Believable acting and I kept hoping their love would overcome what they were going through. It was MORE about the ppl in it then the zombies! If you can get around this fat the movie held it own very well. The one crazy old chick was believable and so was the whole movie. I kept wanting to change it of or see the end fast but found myself not wanting to miss anything. That says a lot to me. I recommend if you like end of the world virus stories with really good acting!

But give it a chance. As horror movies go it's not bad. It kept me entertained all the way through. It doesn't deserve all the criticism it's getting. It has action, scary parts and human pathos.

Or forget it and leave. Its a virus making mad people mader, and the preppers getting lots of water on their ground rules of life, stay and protect, prepped and armed till armageddon or ragnarokk blows out the kindle of life, because its a film like that, with unwashed hair and silly hairdo and headhats, the animalistic testosteronic swines of the woods attacking. The small cast of dollies and dimples have a fun weekend at uncle mac's shack out in nowhere where your only and lonely friend is called mr frost, where normal order of domestic household is a dying trend and where weaponry is the only thing protecting you against all the other autoimmune hudlums coming for your sorely save canisters of food and medicine...

no, this is as intelligent screenplaywriting as as a pavlovian chimpanze couldve done better. Its daft and dull exhaust on reburn since the first 30-40 years ago, the acting is like a spike in the eye, and the poor kid is ordered to shut up, and dad continues growling at a high pitch, thats stupid inconsistence of survival techniques.

The best part of all is the few scenic nature clips of snow and frost the rest is just fearless and not worth your time, inless youre a prepper, as the grumpy old man aint.

Once again, after sifting through the bogus reviews that rate this a TEN I found myself asking "What do these people watch?" It's certainly not the movie they're reviewing.

This is not Gone with the Wind, or Citizen Kane, but it is watchable. It's your basic Zombie format that hasn't changed much since Night of the Living Dead. It differs only in the character build up. You want this family to survive. Points for that.

Watch it when you're in the mood for a Zombie movie, and you'll get more out of it. Otherwise you'll be disappointed.