Dead Shadows
Dead Shadows
| 09 September 2012 (USA)
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Chris' neighbors become increasingly violent as they mutate into something from beyond this world after a comet passes the Earth.

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shinsrevenge

To be honest, I expected to see a rather low production with lots of gore. What I found was a surprisingly funny movie about a young man. Whether they planned it this way or not, many situations or dialogues made me laugh. Even some of their appearances. So many people with huge noses.But let's get back to the story. The young man notices some strange behavior around him. Weird looking old women, apparently drugged or drunken nymphomaniacs and kids torturing some insects or the likes to death. This is a good part, because it made me wonder if this is due to the comet approaching or just the "usual" madness in the world.The funny part kept about 35 minutes and I really enjoyed it. Then the movie started showing a bit of gore (enough to worry me and let me check the remaining playtime xD) but that didn't last long. After the world starts going to hell he meets that cool guy who explains him that they will go out and kill everyone they see, even women and children, without checking how much of their humanity has left. His whole behavior reminded me of Vin Diesel. Sadly he gets infected and has to stay behind.Granted, the movie has some logical issues. Because the nerd from the beginning, who couldn't protect himself starts going all Rambo on the infected. Though I feel sorry for the spider lady. While it's most likely that she would have turned into some kind of black widow, she didn't mean any harm until he killed her...The ending is confusing. It looks like the young man preserved his humanity after all, even though his body mutated. He saves her and offers her a hand while the rest of the world is turning into a hell on earth. Aaanyway, to sum it up: it was good entertainment for most of the parts, so it's a 7/10 from me.It's just too short. With a bit more time for character development or some more story it would have been great.

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Jesse Boland

This is one heck of an odd movie. You basically have Night of the Comet crossed with Warriors then really messed up by adding full tentacle Japanese style Hentai. You have some of the best effects of this type that I have seen used in any other movie before, but you also have a movie that never quite makes sense, and I know I'm not getting lost in the translation, it is just so strange the way our main protagonist is infected, and the way this strange infection or DNA based complete take over of the planet from within. Why would his neighbor take him along and arm him? At that point I realized we had just passed the point of stretching the plot, so I just threw my hands up, and went with it. There is a lot of decent story here, and I really did enjoy this movie, my jaw dropped twice I believe, and that does not happen often these days. I would recommend this one to any sci-fi lover who thinks that they have seen it all. The movie is completely in French, and at one point they call Canadians idiots, but I forgave them for that quickly. There really is something here that you have never seen before, a Japanese style film made by the French with great special effects.

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Jamie Rayworth

Okay so the story does start off interesting enough (Cowardly kid with a crazy past) and the premise is actually quite interesting as well as the story (not quite "Zombies" but something else) The problem is that they didn't use the budget well enough. Sure the effects are pretty good but there's occasionally some bad camera styling (it's enough to be noticeable) and the music and sound effects are very much below average. It's a shame who they got for the lead role because you can clearly see his lack experience, yet his fellow actors actually do quite a decent job. It does get a lot more interesting near the end of the movie but it doesn't give itself enough time to explore the possibilities well enough.So in conclusion: If you enjoy cheesy zombie movies/ Creature movies then you may like this. If you don't mind the low-budget feeling horror flicks then you may enjoy it. If you're someone that only enjoys top-end effects and amazing acting then I don't recommend this movie for you.It's a lot better than some of the horror-zombie-creature flicks as of late but it isn't genre defining, nor is it anything new. I gave it a slightly above average score solely for it trying to do something different. It may not have succeeded in doing something different but at least they tried and that's more than can be said for most movies these days.

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glynosxr

Dead Shadows is an independent low-budget movie which actually is very entertaining.It has some elements from older horror movies like the John Carpenter's classic,The Thing(1982)and also includes some elements from Body Horror genre which are similar with David Croneberg's masterpieces.Advantages:From start to the end this movie has a very powerful climax because of the well-written main character(Chris)who becomes from an innocent boy to a ruthless killing machine.Also,the cinematography was really good for a low-budget movie.Furthermore, i must refer to some very interesting CGI effects which seems very familiar to an another post-apocalyptic movie called Cloverfield.Disadvantages:Unfortunately,they are many.The main problem with this film are the characters that are undeveloped and without any meaning in the film.Also,the characters doesn't have any background story except from the main character.An another problem is the plot which is also undeveloped and with a lots of plot holes(leaving you with many questions).In fact,the plot is a rip-off of other post-apocalyptic movies and that means that the movie doesn't have any originality except from some really well-made atmospheric sequences.Furthermore,TOO MANY CGI which are not necessary bad for a low-budget movie but it could be more interested if the creatures of this movie was a little bit more real.Conclusion:7/10 A very entertaining movie to spend your time and a worthwhile endeavor from a newcomer.

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