Had to review this film since the rating is so much lower then it deserves to be.The quality of this independent lower budget movie is absolutely OUTSTANDING. The cinematography, editing, sound, score, to the acting and special effects are close to ga-zillion dollar budgeted Hollywood films.It may be considered slow paced by some,(this movie is more along the lines of the film "The Road") It was perfect for me. I good human story in the setting of apocalyptic survival. With characters I cared about mixed in with some really good zombie monster bashing, without gratuitous gore. The perfect balance.

I only write reviews of movies with low rating, which actually are not that bad. Give them a chance!I didn't expect much of this movie, and at the end I realized it is just as I expected - watchable low-budget movie about apocalypse. I like movies about apocalypse and post-apocalypse, so that is the main reason why I watched it. If it was other genre, I would probably quit, but I managed to stay awake till the end.This is not a great film, it is slow and boring sometimes, but if you like post-apocalyptic movies you might enjoy it. Story is OK, nothing special, but yet different than other similar movies. Acting is fine, too.5/10

I don't know why the hate for this movie I thought it was quite good. I suspect spamming by insiders and their minions who don't want creative new blood interfering with their gravy train of big budget Hollywood garbage films. Some elements of The Road and Blair Witch project but with the best post apocalyptic scenes I think I have even seen in a movie. OK, the zombie thing is getting stale as of 2014 but with Ebola going around this movie is also timely. I thought acting was good or at least good enough to put you into the scenes with the actors. Gary Indiana was a great location to film. Soundtrack was really good also. Hopefully we will see more from this group in the future.

A friend highly recommended Chrysalis to me and based on the trailers I had extremely high expectations (especially since I'm a fan of The Walking Dead and pretty much all zombie movies), but I was not disappointed! I didn't even make it two minutes into the movie before I had to rewind and re-watch the opening scene again because it was just so cool. No spoilers, but it made me cry, for real. And of course it made me jump (it wouldn't be a zombie movie without at least a few of those good scares). About halfway through I accurately predicted part of the ending, but not all of it. The characters were interesting and I felt sympathy for them (and angry at them) at different points throughout. The actor who plays Josh was fantastic. I'd love to see more of his movies.But the best part of Chrysalis was absolutely the look of it. The abandoned buildings it was shot in and the darkness of some of the shots, with nothing but a flashlight or single lantern illuminating them… it was seriously incredible. Didn't seem like a low-budget indie film at all with all the different shots and the way they were cut together. I remember one shot of some hanging icicles that was particularly beautiful. The whole movie has a really beautiful, artistic feel to it, especially a point near the end that I won't spoil here, but that you'll definitely know when you see. I felt transported into the mind of one of the characters, like I could see exactly what they were seeing and feel what they were feeling in that moment. So good!! I watched it on my laptop and can't wait to get my hands on a DVD so I can enjoy it again on a much bigger screen.