Zone of the Dead

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If you just have to get your zombie fix this flick will do for the die-hard fans. Great makeup effects and gore are completely undone by the shakiest camera-work I've ever seen. (P.S. camera tripods are 20 bucks at Wal-Mart people). When I wasn't getting motion sickness from the all the unnecessary zooms and fast pans I really enjoyed the bad dialog and third-rate acting this film had to offer. As for plot let's just say dead people come back to life and really want to chow down on the living. I know this sounds like a ground breaking new direction for a film but don't be fooled. This is rehash trash. It's a shame because it appears they had a decent budget. Too bad they blew it on European locations instead hiring real actors, a writer and a director of photography.

This is probably one of the worst movies I have seen in 2010 so far, it was an absolute disappointment right from the beginning. Honestly, I saw "Of The Dead" in the title and thought it was a Romero film, but boy WAS I MISTAKEN! There is absolutely nothing positive I can say about this indulgent piece of crap. The lighting was too dark, the camera was too shaky and the acting was unbelievably bad. If you don't value the precious minutes that this movie will take from your life, then go ahead-- watch it, but I warn you...The Best Thing About This Film Is: The end credits when they start to roll and you realize that the torture is FINALLY over.

This is without a doubt the worst film I have ever seen. The acting is so bad that i had to turn the film off after 15 minutes. I love zombie b-movies but this is a z-movie. The script and dialogue exchange was laughable and the story line was such a rip off of so many other zombie films that i am surprised the film was allowed to go ahead. It also seemed like the the dubbing was out of sync and was clearly made on a small budget. Overall, the 15 minutes that i saw were so bad that i will forever remember this as the most laughable attempt at making a horror film that i have ever had the misfortune of viewing. Don't waste your time on this.

I bought this film expecting it to be an enjoyable film but did not have high expectations (as I hadn't heard much about it). What I got was something that I did not expect, an all round poor film. There were several points that stuck out: No matter what budget a film has It should not be out of sync, several scenes were poorly edited. During a film a major character should not just be introduced with no back story, whilst he quotes strange and probably considered "epic" lines. An awful script was behind this film, It lacked any back story to the characters and just jumped back and forth. The script was probably not helped by the poor acting. Awful directing and poor lighting throughout. Overall this film was a huge let down, even on it's limited budget i'd still expect more and hope that at least the film would flow together. I'm a huge fan of Horror films, including those not that well known but this should not have been made....

Well, this movie have good intentions and manages to deliver a fairly decent entertainment value. As a zombie genre fan, I had to see this movie, and I am not disappointed that I did. It was adequately put together, though it had some faults. The good things in the movie was the atmosphere, that worked quite well, both in the nighttime and the daytime scenes. Sort of had somewhat of a Resident Evil game atmosphere feeling to it. And also Ken Foree, being the zombie movie icon that he is. And the "in your face" obvious references to his previous work. That line he fired off about zombies finding a way into a mall, that was just classic. You got to love humor like that. The make-up and wardrobe of the zombies was quite nice, though I think glazed over milky white lenses would have been better, as it would have added that special zombie depth to the living dead in the movie. And of course, a Serbian zombie movie! Wow, who would have seen that coming? And they actually make it work quite well. Just goes to prove that you don't need Hollywood to participate to make something good. ... Now for the bad things in the movie. Well for starters there was a lot of mistakes, where you stop and go "what the...."! For starters, some zombies walk stiffly (like they should, with rigor mortis setting in), while others do the really weird electric boogie-like quivering while walking (those made me laugh so hard, and kind of hard to take a quivering zombie actor serious). And also, as a zombie you are dead, then why did we see vapor coming out from the zombies as the actors/actresses breathed? That one wasn't fully thought through. It was a good effort to have the entire movie in English, but with the Serbian accent and different levels of English skills, it made for a mixed experience. Had they kept the movie in Serbian it would have been more believable. And while we are on the language part, what was up with that strange mutated form of British accent on that presidential secretary lady? Keeping it in the audio department. The groaning sounds of the zombies sounded like growling lions, that was just too stupid. That made it hard to get into it. And in the police station, the girl says there is no power and they need to find a generator, but oddly enough the lights in the ceiling in several places is working? ...Anyway, despite these flaws in the movie, it actually made for a good watching experience. I liked the movie and think it is quite good for a semi-low budget movie. With the constant action in the movie and the heaps of zombies (and cool zombie make-up) you look past these mistakes and just laugh at them. This movie took me by surprise. If you like zombie movies, make sure to watch this one.

Oh Ken Foree, how I long to see you and Tony Todd team up for a buddy zombie actioner. This kind of tripe is beneath you. From the terrible dialog to the ridiculous metalcore soundtrack, this Eastern European production is almost unwatchable. Any actor involved in this should re- consider a different career, maybe the culinary arts. I'm imagining the script in my head, don't ask me why, and it probably reads better than it plays on screen. I'd easily put this on the lower end of all zombie movies. Even though English is spoken through the whole movie, it seems like a bad dub. Here's a line of the dialog "Call me Dragon", "nice to meet you Mr. Dragon", "No, just Dragon, haaaahaaha". Seriously.

HA! I watched this movie in cinema, and I was very happy after film. This is comedy, not horror. I mean, in Panchevo! Haha :D Look, some guy use TV Panchevo for sending message to the president! HA-HA! TV Panchevo have signal only in Panchevo! :D But you should watch :D Listen... Serbian actors use really bad English, they must practice to speak. :D And one more stupid: Scene in White house, is in Parliament in Belgrade. The Story: Story in movie is one of 10 000 stories like this! Just look, We got average movie from Serbia with dead man... I think a lot of '70th zombie horrors are better... but after all... you should watch this movie, for fun.

1. Read the reviews. Compare them. 95% of the reviews are saying that this is the worst zombie film ever. But then there is that 5% that says they loved the film. Comclusion? 5% worked on it. 2. Check the "X out of X users found this review helpful" You'll notice that all of the reviews saying this movie sucks has gotten a lot of thumbs down. Strange, considering the fact that MOST of the reviews ARE saying this Zone of the Dead thing sucks. Conclusion? People who worked on it and other Serbians are actually disliking IMDb reviews in order to make the film look not-as-bad as everyone claims. This film is the worst zombie related thing i've ever seen. I saw it in the bargain bin for 20SEK (thats about €2) but refused to buy it and downloaded it instead since i knew that those €2 would be better spent on cancer than this film. Is Ken trolling us? Did he wanna provoke some reaction by doing this? Returning to the zombie genre as a part of the worst zombie film ever? The script sucks. It's sooo wooden, and so is the acting. But what's funny is the way they speak English, i was cracking up because it's literally like watching Borat die to zombies. And like another reviewer said, tripods are CHEAP. Even the cheapest tripod would do a better job for this film than the shaky camera man who obviously has Parkinsons. ZotD has 4/10 on IMDb, it should have about 2. And i hope these people never make a film again.

Definitely a throw back to the "old school" of zombie film making. The acting, direction and dialogue are rather wooden and stilted for the most part as with Romeros classics but that said it does give this film the look and feel of the originals and thus makes it an entertaining way to spend your viewing afternoon. There are some rather irritating moments when the main protagonists whilst running from hordes of pursuing zombies still find time to stop mid flight to engage in some rather meaningless and throwaway conversation and one liners but not enough to spoil the movie. This movie, although low budget and with flaws does on the whole entertain albeit in a predictable fashion with few surprises. If you like the old school feel, this movie is worth a look and will satisfy your blood lust, if you prefer the more high end, special effect type of movie, it's probably not for you.