Rebirth

Moviecut—Rebirth

Definitely need to watch the original to appreciate this gem. When it clicked for me that the gay dude was playing the hysterical woman and that this seemed to be a remake... honestly that guy did a great job in the role and I laughed so many times in this movie (the two shots of him running/sashaying through the field haha were brilliant). The movie is a lot of fun and it channels the essence of the original quite well if you overlook a few things. I didn't find it really trying to say too much about anything too political if you know how the roles were played in the original. You will encounter a couple of hilarious * shots that will probably shock but I didn't think they held them for too long. Still, wang and butthole alert haha just warning you. For the genre I felt they did a solid job with the kills ect. The zombies aren't supposed to run like in World War Z so you have to keep that in mind. There were some excellent performances by several in this movie (not all) that were pleasantly surprising, impressive even. Again it's not for everyone but I had fun watching and yes I'll say it I thought the gay dude's hysterics were hilarious and actually quite well calibrated/performed by the actor - not too much or little.

Roger Conners delivers the perfect Judith O'Odea performance and Aswan Harris as ben was a perfect fit! The movie is not just about the zombies but society itself! The racism the anti lgbtq+ it just has a very strong message that others lack to see.

The question mark was intendes because I don't know what direction they were going with this movie. It was like a horrible attempt at remaking Night of the Living Dead. The makeup for the zombies wasn't bad but the glowing eyes was so dumb and unnecessary. Also really wish there wasn't zombie dong. Didn't need to see that.

I am a huge lover of zombie movies, even the low budget ones. This movie is terrible. It tries to pay homage to the original NOTLD, but all it does is insult the original. The acting is terrible, the effects are terrible, the script is terrible, and the makeup is terrible. And what was with the glowing eyes??? I wish I could get back the time I spent on this one. The glowing reviews are clearly friends of the filmmakers. Or maybe the cast and crew themselves. Spare yourself and watch something else. I'm not sure how this made it onto Amazon Prime.

As a horror author, I thoroughly enjoyed this film. It's an indie film so there isn't big box office funding behind it. To me that's what sets it apart from the constant barrage of zombie series. Roger Conners did a great job at this new reimagining. George would be proud. This will become a cult classic.

I stumbled upon the 2020 movie "Rebirth" here in 2021, and with it being a zombie movie, of course I needed no persuasion to sit down and watch it. I should, however, perhaps have read the movie's synopsis prior to watching it. Why? Well, "Rebirth" turned out to be a remake or reinvention of the classic George A. Romero's "Night of the Living Dead"; a movie that have been remade a couple of times already before. So this 2020 remake was fully and utterly unnecessary. Yet, I still sat through it. I must say that "Rebirth" from writer and director Roger Conners was a bitter pill to swallow. First of all, the fact that it was a remake of a movie that had already been remade before was just pointless. And then Roger Conners went and opted to replace the Barbara character from the original movie with a gay guy named Adam. What? Seriously? Yeah, that was just utter rubbish. This whole political correctness that sweeps through Hollywood is just laughable. Then there were the thing with the glowing eyes of the zombies. What was that all about? It just made no sense, and it just made the movie come off as being more rubbish and as a joke. It was so hard to take it serious with this. And the fact that the zombies were making growling noises that no human would be able to vocally produce just didn't help to sell the movie either. The acting in the movie were sort of adequate, for the most parts. Mind you, you are not in for amazing performances here, nor will you see any Award winning performances in the midst of the performers here either. Visually then the movie was sort of a swing and a miss. The majority of the zombie make-up and effects was just barely passable, so there wasn't much of any meat here for us gore fans, pardon the pun. While I managed to sit through this ordeal, then "Rebirth" is a movie that came and went without as much as a groan or a bite. And it failed utterly to leave a lasting mark on the zombie genre at large. I am not going to be sitting down to watch "Rebirth" a second time, nor is it a movie that I would recommend any zombie fan to rush out and get their hands on. My rating of "Rebirth" lands on a three out of ten stars. It was a completely unnecessary remake, and one that failed to deliver much of a bite at that.

Finally! Finally someone makes a zombie film and creates a character who has a more realistic response to a zombie outbreak. Most main characters in zombie films portray a badass/unrealistic/unrelatable telling of what a person in such situation would truly be. Roger Connors' Adam, finally gives us a look at how a person may truly react, emotionally, in a situation that includes undead, cannibalistic human beings mindlessly wandering around in search of live flesh to devour. This realistic take is a breath of fresh air in the zombie genre, and one that allows mindful viewers to truly connect to the source material on a different level. Add to that the reheating of Romero's classic, with some new themes added, and you have an entertaining watch that is worth your time.

I'm a big fan of low budget horror with good stories. The good stories being the key point. I can even excuse amateurish directing, but wow this is terrible! I cannot over stress the general weirdness of this film, and most of these choices that ended up being terrible were narrative ones, meaning it was the writing and direction at fault, not the budget. There's a "kid", I guess? It's so weird that everyone in the cast treats some guy like a little kid when CLEARLY he's about 30-40 years old. What. The. Heck. It gets especially weird when an adult woman tries to "console" the "young one" (?). Overall it's just an homage / ripoff of the original NOTLD, it's even a very similar setting. What an insult to that classic film. This film is just so bad it hurt to watch it. Avoid.

Don't waste your time on this. I couldn't even stand the first few lines. Nauseating. Sorry.