Having read the entire Autumn series previously, I was extremely nervous when this appeared in my Netflix queue. I was hot/cold on the books, and I felt the pacing was very poor in the books. I was also afraid because most book to movie projects just completely go in a different directions.Unfortunately for this movie, that part of the books carried over.That being said, the good parts of the book also carried over into this movie. You actually care about the living characters and I really didn't find that I felt there was one that i just wanted to die immediately.Unfortunately, it's pretty much a snooze-fest. Worth taking the time to watch once (I would definitely recommend the books to any zombie fiction fanatic), but after seeing it once I haven't really had that urge to watch it again.Honestly though, if you skip this movie, you aren't missing anything. It really is only here for fans of David Moody's book series.

This movie isn't terrible, but it definitely has "student project" written all over it. The director tries to be artsy at times, but it mostly just comes off as cheap and transparent. The plot line is a bit dull, and it seems the film is trying to convey the inner struggles of the survivors through telepathy and body language - which turns out not to be a great screen concept. In the end, this movie could have been made a silent film.The movie follows the classic "everyone dies what do we do now?" concept, but the only characters that are even vaguely likable and interesting are drowned in a sea of mediocre acting by their co actors. I'm referring to Carradine and Fletcher, who are trying to save their colleagues from a fate worse than being eaten alive by the living dead - being eaten alive by armchair movie critics.The character Emma, played by Lana Kamenov, is absolutely mind numbingly annoying. I blame part of it on the script, but everything from the delivery of the lines to how she moves on camera is unimpressive. Watching Kamenov and Fletcher together is actually funny at times; she makes Fletcher seems like one of the best actors of our era in their dialogues.Tolson does a fairly decent job but his overly stoic character adds nothing much of interest to the plot line - also here most of his character development comes by telepathy and grim facial expressions. When his character finally has a burst of chattering he is paired with Carradine, and shadows do seem darker when the sun is bright - that's all I can say about that.In terms of following the "Survival Horror" genre, the movie isn't very interesting. We are thankfully free from most Shock-and-Awe type of horror, instead it is a more seat-twisting type of building suspense that never really quite climaxes. The zombie make-up is quite decent, and the zombie breed, albeit not fueling may particularly action-filled sequences, is somewhat interesting. The post-apo details are not very well fleshed out, and we don't learn much about the world as a whole. The movie felt like a really long pilot episode for a TV series.The sound track and mixing is very bizarre, carrying long horror music loops running even though the characters are clearly in no danger, viewers expect something to happen, but we are abruptly cut to a new scene.Footage is obnoxious at times. Autumn... leaves falling... people dying.. OK, we get it, the leaves represent people. It seemed the director loves shooting in the dark, but it doesn't make the movie any more suspenseful.In the end, it felt like the movie lacked a direction. Once you think the film is going to pick up, it lets you down, and suddenly ends. I did like Fletcher's and Carradine's performances though.

Of all the horror movies I have watched over the years, this one is a bit of an oddball.It's amusing to watch, but not for the right reasons.From a technical stand point, the characters are confusing, the plot is all over the place, and almost everything else is a train wreck.But like a train wreck, you can't look away. The *FUN* part of the movie is literally all the inconsistencies that exist. Character interactions are inconsistent, motivations are inconsistent, plot holes, zombie inconsistencies, day - night mess ups, snow - no snow mess ups, plot points being dropped ... it gets to the point of becoming a "Comedy - of - Errors"Here is a game I played with my friends. We all sat around and watched the movie. A point was scored every time some one was able to point out an issue with the movie. It was actually quite fun to play.

I am not sure WHO thought up this movie to make it so bad. It started out pretty good but turned in to a soap opera with no action. I always love a good zombie movie but this one just did not cut it. The camera was shaking at times even when it was just focusing on a few people talking. It was dark through a few good action parts. Made no sense as to why some zombies attacked and other did not. Im usually very easy to scare. Even "The Cavern" scared me. This movie, I did not jump once. There was no "oh there might be a zombie behind me" moments, nothing. I even got so bored I got up and got on the computer in another room. Came back and it was still the same thing going on...talking...Please do not waste your time on this movie. Or $5 like I did.