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5.0 out of 5 stars
Dead Creatures, 26 Dec 2003
By A Customer
this is not a very eventful film in many ways but still has a way of keeping the viewer interested. It is a gory film but the gore somehow hits on a psychological level rather than a shocking level making this an extreemly disturbing and frightening film. Andrew Parkinson, the director of the film has managed to make this very realistic and believable as a way of saying this is what would happen if "zombies" existed. they are not mindless monstrocities but are seemingly normal people with a terrible degenerative desease. all they have to worry about is how to avoid a zombie hunter and tend to a sick friend. the special features are very impressive they include a feature length comentary, making of documentary, outtakes,and a short film by Andrew Parkinson. what more can i say? FANTASTIC!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
great social zombie drama, necessarilly recommended, 20 Feb 2009
I first saw this movie on the Fantasy Filmfest in Nürnberg/Germany, some years ago and have been longing for the release ever since.
Back then, Dead Creatures was much applauded and appriciated by the audience. So, is it only for the Fantasy/Horror/Splatter/FX freaks? Big NO here.
This great movie is recommended to everyone because it is an fresh exploration into the social subtext of zombie classics like George A. Romeros "Dead"-quadrology. Without lacking the nicely done gore (don't mind, oh weak of the mind, you will bare this!), it adds the kitchen sink drama quality known from Mike Leigh or Ken Loach. Big names, I know, but absolutely true references here.
Andrew Parkinsons second after "I, Zombie" film centers arounds five young women infected with some virus/suffering from an unknown disease making them long for flesh. so there's the zombie and gore point. So far, "Dead Creatures" is a well done seemingly conventional zombie story. What makes it most outstanding and reftreshing is the internal struggle of the women who do not want to submit to the longing for flesh.
The great cast of british (mostly) theatre-actors shows us the inner repulse, the fight for an almost normal human life in a society where they have become outcasts, not guilty of their disease. These women have all been violently infected by other infectious guys. The portraited girls hide away from their persecutors, trying to limit their descend that follows the forced decline of all their former social contacts. They become isolated from the world.
Together with some other zombie movies produced in this decade (Zombie Honeymoon, Land Of The Dead) Dead Creatures empasizes the suffering of these "zombies", their emotional suffering as personal or social outcasts, their struggle to keep their life as normal as possible, to partake in social life as much as possible. "Dead Creatures" does that by far the most.
The great actors (Antonia Beamish, Beverley Wilson, Anna Swift, Fiona Carr, Eva Fontaine) have their share in making us suffer with them, letting us feel their emotions. And they keep it down to earth, keep it real, strictly drama. This is one of the movie's great qualities. Brendan Gregory's character as "zombie hunter" adds drive and thrill to the story and is also greatly played.
Great cinematography and direction, too. Nicely done effects.
Best for last: this absolutely outstanding realistic zombie drama got the dvd ist deserved. lots of extras here that let you explore the compilation of the film, great audio commentary by Andrew Parkinson, interesting making of, outtakes etc.
Absolutely recommended. Don't miss this one. It's a zombie movie with brains :). More, please!
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