Initially just by the DVD cover alone you know what kind of movies you will be in for when you pick up this movie. But still, being the zombie aficionado that I am, I just had to watch it regardless.The story in "The Dead and the Damned" or "Cowboys & Zombies" as it is titled on the DVD cover and in the actual movie, is some prospectors uncover what appears to be a meteor and brings it into town, attempts to crack it open and something green spews out. This green haze turns the prospectors into, yeah you guessed it, zombies! However, this puzzled me, because in a very short time the prospectors were quite decayed and decomposed, but still they remained their agility and ability to jump, run, sprint and do acrobatics.However, the movie actually have good production and good cinematography and that shines through the movie and actually makes it worth sitting through.The zombies, well I prefer shambling zombies that are unable of running and zombies that doesn't sound like marauding lions from the sound they make. That was a real bummer in the movie. The zombies also had that classic, low-budget-way-too-gray make-up on their faces, and for some reason their blood was green. And I just loved how the blood would spray up into the air whenever a zombie was shot, and then the blood simply just dissipated into thin air. That was just hilarious.Effects-wise, then "Cowboys & Zombies" wasn't actually too shabby. The zombies, aside from the lame sounds and the gray-skin, actually looked decent enough and the effects were alright. The setting of the movie was also quite good and believable, aside from the poor choice of music, which seemed really unsuitable for a horror western.I have sat through a lot of low-budget zombies movies in my time, and "Cowboys & Zombies" is actually on the better end of the scale of low-budget zombie movies. There are a lot of zombie movies out there far worse than this one.And what was up with the guy on the DVD cover? I don't believe I even saw him in the movie! Epic!Mixing cowboys/westerns and zombies have been done before. And in my personal opinion, it is not really the best of combinations. That period of time just doesn't work well with the living dead.

A meteor lands in Jamestown California in 1849 during the gold rush. It is found by miners who think it has emeralds inside because of the green glow so they decide to crack it open and what happens is it releases a gas -like spoor which turns the town population into blood thirsty zombies.That's it, plain and simple. It could have been a great story but this was ultra low budget and basically has no name stars in it. Their was a subplot of a bounty hunter but you really don't care for it especially when the so-called hunter has a whiny voice! Not believable for one minute. The women in this flick just have to act scared and helpless and oh yeah,show their breasts every chance they get! Ha ha!All in all, it was not bad. In the beginning, you think oh no not another zombie wannabee movie. But as it starts getting to the end it actually gets a little better and by the time it starts to grow on you, it ends rather erupt with a open ending, leaving room for a possible sequel!?? Like I said , had they had a better budget and better actors, this could have been a true classic to the Zombie franchise.But all in all a tad way better than the other so-called zombie flicks I have been seeing lately. A good movie to fun with by having a drinking game related to the anachronisms in it like: (I see breasts ... drink! , I see Zombie bite....Drink!) It's worth at least one viewing but no more than that.

The best part of this movie was the boob shots and the latex make up effects. The story was pathetic, the acting was as bad as if I was doing it. The ONLY original idea that I liked was a woman ghoul who could not see because she was disfigured and bloody and she had to sniff her way to get her woman prey. That was very cool. As far as sound, Foley work, that was not too good also. The sound man seemed to not take in to account the corners of a room. Some dialog was boxy and hard to hear. The American Indian actor was good looking, way too good looking and clean cut and spoke back and forth between a fake Indian accent to a California accent. I actually got up from the half way point of the movie and kicked my self in my own ass for renting this movie. I was so depressed that the series "The Dead Walking" was finished, I needed a zombie fix!

You know I've watched this movie several times and it still holds my attention the whole way through. It is intriguing and exciting and despite the low budget it delivers. I think there could have been more of a story line but David Lockhart, Rick Mora and Camille Montgomery give awesome performances. For a low budget film I was delighted with the details of the zombies especially the blind one. It has many great scenes and even though limited in the scenery and props the suspense and blood spatters were realistic and well done and made up for that other stuff. The scene showing Brother Wolf's demise was heart wrenching to me because the whole way through you are rooting for these men to win against the zombies. The movie had it had more special affects and a more involved story would have been all the boost it needed. The movie was awesome itself a great zombie flick that I don't mind watching over again. The ending wasn't that good even though ironic it could have been explored a bit more. This move was well done and casting was perfect they all were on the same creative wavelength in their scenes and their teamwork was awesome. If you like zombie flicks I recommend it most definitely keeping' in mind the film had a limited budget and limited special affects. Watch it with an open mind and you won't be disappointed.