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A mysterious virus, carried by mutated rats creates pandemonium on the streets of New York City when rat-bite victims turn into homicidal rat-mutants. Six tenants in a small apartment complex on the Lower East Side, Mulberry Street must fight to survive the night against the rats and the multiplying cannibal mutants.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
The words "Zombie Virus on" have been added to the title of the indie horror movie "Mulberry Street" and the DVD box has been given one of those by-now standardly dishonest zombie movie covers depicting the massed bands of the undead surging forth from the backdrop of a burning city as helicopters fly overhead (for other examples of this, see the covers of "The Zombie Diaries" and "Apocalypse of the Dead"). But above and beyond trying to sell the film as a large scale apoca-romp, it must be pointed out that it isn't even a zombie movie.
Yes, there are no zombies here. There ARE swarms of infected rat mutants, achieved with varying degrees of success by the makeup department, but kept mostly to the shadows where they're most effective. however, what really rises this one up a notch or two is its attention to its characters, and the understated atmosphere of melancholy that clings to the lives of the residents of a decaying New York apartment block even BEFORE the ratpocalypse kicks off. As Manhattan is quarantined and the rat people run amok, only the thinly stretched social fabric of neighbourliness and mutual-dependency offers any chance of surviving even the first circle of this particular hell. There's a slightly clumsy attempt to rhyme the outbreak with the imminent redevelopment of the area into a big shiny gated community of the future, but the point is better made in the smaller details of the film. The neighbours are well-evoked characters and the film doesn't play favourites when it comes to who gets consumed by the horror. Also strong is the journey across the city of Casey, a soldier coming home to the apartment block, with a vivid scar on her face to attest to her previous brush with death. Starting her journey by train, she continues on foot as the world begins to end around her, then happens upon a kids' bicycle in an eerily deserted Central Park. This gets her a little closer to what she imagines will be the safety of Home, a trip she completes in an abandoned car, arriving just in time to see whatever dreams of Journey's End sustained her through wartime cruelly evaporate.
A fine movie that bravely sidesteps many of the generic conventions and doesn't chicken out at the end.
Yes, there are no zombies here. There ARE swarms of infected rat mutants, achieved with varying degrees of success by the makeup department, but kept mostly to the shadows where they're most effective. however, what really rises this one up a notch or two is its attention to its characters, and the understated atmosphere of melancholy that clings to the lives of the residents of a decaying New York apartment block even BEFORE the ratpocalypse kicks off. As Manhattan is quarantined and the rat people run amok, only the thinly stretched social fabric of neighbourliness and mutual-dependency offers any chance of surviving even the first circle of this particular hell. There's a slightly clumsy attempt to rhyme the outbreak with the imminent redevelopment of the area into a big shiny gated community of the future, but the point is better made in the smaller details of the film. The neighbours are well-evoked characters and the film doesn't play favourites when it comes to who gets consumed by the horror. Also strong is the journey across the city of Casey, a soldier coming home to the apartment block, with a vivid scar on her face to attest to her previous brush with death. Starting her journey by train, she continues on foot as the world begins to end around her, then happens upon a kids' bicycle in an eerily deserted Central Park. This gets her a little closer to what she imagines will be the safety of Home, a trip she completes in an abandoned car, arriving just in time to see whatever dreams of Journey's End sustained her through wartime cruelly evaporate.
A fine movie that bravely sidesteps many of the generic conventions and doesn't chicken out at the end.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
When I bought this movie I wasn't under any illusions that it would be a grade A film... with that said and with the understanding it was gonna be a budget feature.... and the fact there aren't any zombies in this movie...
The only complaint I have is that it should be called Rat Virus on Mulberry Street....
Otherwise for my money and theirs I have got to say - good camera work, good acting and well worth the few pennies it costs to buy and obviously to make.
Not a zombie film but will stay on the shelf somewhere near my Zombie collection....
The only complaint I have is that it should be called Rat Virus on Mulberry Street....
Otherwise for my money and theirs I have got to say - good camera work, good acting and well worth the few pennies it costs to buy and obviously to make.
Not a zombie film but will stay on the shelf somewhere near my Zombie collection....
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I wasn't taken by the rat people thing to begin with. I almost didn't rent it, it is a stupid idea. It actually turned out to be quite good and pretty scary. Still wish it were zombies, but there are a lot of Zombie movies around nowadays, so it was kinda' cool to see something different. Pace was good, characters interesting (in an ordinary sort of way). Good acting all round. I liked the fact it was a lower budget movie too. The director also wrote, edited, produced music and his family members were also a big part of production. I think it makes it a better movie when they have to try harder to make it. Visual effects were excellent too, Well done! 9/10
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there
Let's make one thing clear: this is not a zombie movie. Aggressive mutant rats bite people and infect them with a virus which turns them into highly aggressive flesh-eaters (human,... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ian Williams
Poor title
The film is actually called just; "Mulberry Street", this was sadly lumbered with the clunky "zombie virus on Mulberry Street" for its UK release. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mr. B. J. Roberts
Zombies? No.... Rats
Unfortunately this has gone straight on to my "to Ebay" pile after watching once...
Being a fan of the living dead genre, I though this would float my boat.... Read more
Being a fan of the living dead genre, I though this would float my boat.... Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2010 by Mr. S. R. West
OK but a bit slow
The film is well made and the team clearly spent some time getting the production right. However, these kind of films really need to have action all the way through and in this... Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2010 by Niall Edwards
Not too bad, better than I expected.
Three stars maybe generous but rating this as a DTV horrorits not bad at all. the cast are all unknowns and it clearly has almost no budget but it is used well and what you get is... Read more
Published on 22 July 2009 by genejoke
good zombie flick
i'm a big zombie fan of both written and film products, really enjoyed this movie as it was well made and the actors were believable. Read more
Published on 12 July 2009 by val
Zombie Rats - pure genius!
On paper this sounds silly: rats bite humans, humans contract virus, and humans become rat zombies. But this really works as a serious horror movie. Read more
Published on 29 May 2009 by S. Clarke
an absolute stinker, what a lemon!!
What can I say, this films stinks to say the least. 30 minutes into the film I could have easily just switched it off. Read more
Published on 26 May 2009 by R. Kavanagh
Zombie Virus on a jerky camcorder
Slow pace, clock watching extravaganza, poor script, jerky hand held cam corder/sped up-tastic camera work which doesn't suit this kind of film one bit... Read more
Published on 24 May 2009 by P. Seel
Enjoyed this film, a lot!
I love a good zombie/horror movie. This film has realistic, gritty camera work which makes it seem all the more scary and real. Read more
Published on 23 May 2009 by J. Watkin
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