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The Chilling

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(spoilers) I love horror movies. I love B-Movies as well. Nothing makes my day more than a cheesy little film about zombies, monsters, murderers, that sort of thing. But to say that this movie was lacking, is an understatement. This movie was pure trash. You'd think the zombies would look somewhat like what the cover-art of the box displays, but instead, you get actors with masks that are clearly sold at any Halloween display counter.

Furthermore, the script is beyond pitiful. Our main character, Joseph, suffers the loss of his wife and son and seeks solace in the warm-hearted Mary, played by Blair. Not once do you see any sign of sadness or discomfort on the part of Joseph's character. Instead, we see the head of the cryogenic labs, a man named Dr. Miller, eager to get the dead bodies and experiment with their organs. There is no emotion or anything to make you believe you should give a damn about anyone in this film.

Once you see the cover art to this film of a frozen zombie coming out of their cryogenic chamber, you'll think you were in B-Movie Horror Heaven. At least that's the way I approached this film. But boy, was I in for a shock. All and all, very disappointing. All the elements to make a great horror film were there. You had your zombies, your decent actors, and your story. But the lack of good writing and little if any sense of direction screwed this one up royally.

Yikes!!!

Bad story, bad dialog, bad acting, bad makeup, bad special effects, bad editing, and bad ending.

It looks like they only had Linda Blair for half a day; the film is full of shots of a large person dressed like Linda Blair shot from the back, knees down, shoulders down, etc... just to fill in scenes they forgot to shoot when she was there.

If you like cheap green rubber masked zombies (fast and slow) in silver suits: this movie is for you.

'The CHILLING' is FAR from being next to well-respected zombie flicks that have came out around its time, and even before its time. But wait, 'The CHILLING' is FAR from being the worst Horror film, also. The story itself is original and so are the zombies! I know, I know, just because it happens to be original doesn't make it good. In this case, it does! There's five things I love about it. First, let me be honest because I'm a sucker when it comes to my interests in cryogenics!!! Any flick that revolves around cryogenics is most likely to be a winner with me. Second, I like seeing Linda ('The Exorcist') Blair and my good 'ol boy Dan ("Grizzly Adams") Haggerty starring together! Third, within the first five minutes of this flick, it starts out CRAZY by showing us a murderous "outlaw" stabbing and shooting folks left and right! Come on, the way those first few scenes in the beginning start off, is at least worth a two-star rating, in my opinion. Fourth, the acting is not bad at all in considering that this film contains a bunch of no-names. Seriously, I'm not saying it's oscar worthy but in a B-Horror such as this, I was impressed. Lastly, fifth, the zombies shown in this film are acceptable. Most may be a little over-the-top, as far as the traditional zombie makeup goes (The dead are kept frozen right away for preservation, right? haha.), but I consider them to be THE Chud of zombie films. Just like how 'C.H.U.D.' is a bit over exaggerated when showing its idea of what infection can do when exposed to chemical waste.

I believe there are many other well-respected B-Horrors out there that are guilty for using this same formula. So why so much hate for this little horror!??? It's nice NOT to see the same old zombie approach used or and over again. Yes, these zombies do wear silvery space suits that look like something from a 50's creature feature film, but hey, their "cryogenic suits" remember! lol! By the way, lightening just seems to make everything come to life. haha. Check this flick out so you can see the AWESOME death scene involving a forklift!!! -Cheers!

I like Linda Blair,I must admit that was my reason for picking it up,but I'm sorry I did.
I'll give you a run through the good and bad
The good is that Linda Blair is in it;thats it for the good!
The bad is that Blair is only on screen for about 15 minutes!
More of the bad;
Cheap camera,bad lighting,cheap sets,cheap audio.Almost seems like it was made for T.V. (which isn't a bad thing if the movie is entertaining,which is not the case here!)
The zombies are too few and far in between.Zombies are on screen for 5 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FX were extremely poor!
Boring as hell!
Bad acting!
Unfunny!


Waste of time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cool idea...bad movie.


ACTING:Wow...the lack of talent in this flick is amazing. Linda Blair can act. Dan Haggerty can act (even though he came awful close a few times to disproving that statement). Everyone else in this movie, bad. The characters in this movie are so blatantly stereotypical, and still couldn't be pulled off convincingly.

PRODUCTION: I f the movie was as good as the dvd cover is, it would have been great. The script is awful, the pacing and setting up of scenes is non-existent. Plus, due to Linda Blair coming to her senses and quiting this fiasco halfway through production, she all but vanishes from the screen and pops up in an already used clip. There are a few spots where this movie is creepy as Hell and some nifty blood and gore scenes.

ZOMBIES: Hmm...I just don't know...the zombies were blatant Halloween masks and wore suits of aluminum foil, but they seemed to work for me. Go figure. They are the typical shamblers, but really only to kill people by shaking the life out of them.

THE CAUSE: Lightning strike hitting cryogenic containers.

NUDITY: Yes.


FINAL: A zombie movie with a message...why does that seem so familiar to me? What could have been a creepy message movie is reduced to a cheesy mediocre mess of a nightmare. Linda Blair deserves much better. I hope she was paid a lot of money for this flick as the producers used her as "bait" to lure audiences in. Her name was even above the title!

A Cryogenics company freezes the dead bodies of those who want to be re-incarnated in the future. Everything is going well until one night when a lightning storm zaps the containers holding the bodies and the corpses turn into zombies. The movie is great to laugh at and have a good time. It may be one of the worst movies of all time but its great to see zombies who kill people by breaking their necks. They are not flesh-eating zombies mind you. Dan Haggerty from The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams plays a world-weary security guard. The notorious Linda Blair is the lead actor. There is a man whose son is one of the zombies and he must either kill the boy or let him menace society. What will he decide to do? I love this movie. Its not great cinema but it definately has shlock-value. Enjoy!