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Dead Moon Rising

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Dead Moon Rising, another zombie movie that looked good from the cover. But it doesn't have the touch that George A Romero or Sam Raimi (Evil Dead trilogy) gave to the public. The gun toting, crazy female was hot! If you are in the mood for cheesy zombie movies try Return of the Living Dead, because Dead Moon Rising had me out of my chair and returning my copy to the movie store. P.s. having the hero talk to the viewers about the issues going around him went out of style back in the 90s. It worked for Ferris Bueller, Army of Darkness, but not for this film

OK. I agree completely with the other reviewers that DMR is a very bad movie. Not bad in the campy, B-horror movie sense of the word. Just plain bad. I realize this was a low-budget affair. I'm used to those. But in my book low-budget does not automatically equate to a waste of time and/or money. Sadly, in the case of DMR it does.

First, the film is one of those horrid shot-on-video films which to my personal taste ALWAYS hurts a horror flick. I realize shot-on-video is usually a budget decision, but more often than not, that choice of medium robs an already low-budget endeavor of any charm it might otherwise earn. Shot-on-video productions always make me feel as though I'm watching camcorder movies from my Aunt's Tilly's vacation to Mexico. It just never feels like I'm watching a movie. And doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose?

What's more, shot-on-video requires very specific lighting to do it right. It wasn't done right in DMR. Virtually every scene in DMR is marred by extreme shadowing to the point where at times, so much detail is lost in darkness that you can't even make out expressions on actors' faces. And believe me, shot-on-video does NO favors for already bargain-basement special effects like the ones in DMR. Zombies here are nothing more than just street people in pale makeup. In the "gore" scenes blood churns forth from off camera as if pumped by a garden hose.

As far as a story, no one who watches a zombie film expects a whole lot in the way of plot depth (I know because I watch a lot of them). But they do expect a plot. In the absence of a plot, viewers expect laughs, scares, and/or gross-outs. DMR doesn't have a plot(unless you consider running from zombies for an hour a plot). And sadly it doesn't deliver laughs or scares eithers.

Here it is. A few guys work at a discount car rental agency. Zombies start infecting the world. They run all over town for an hour delivering bad lines and talking to the camera. End of movie. A few additional folks are picked up along the way but essentially nothing happens within the story. There are attempts at humor which mostly fall flat. But there are no side-splitting guffaws to be found here, intentional or otherwise. Likewise for scares. Not a single jump moment to be had.

Sadly, the best thing about DMR is the DVD cover. Apparently that's where the bulk of the budget went. I'm not one to turn up my nose at low-budget. There is a lot of good low-budget stuff to be seen out there. But sometimes bad is just bad.

where to start describing this mess of a movie.first off the "zombies" are painted yellow,so they look like live action simpson characters.they move around like apes,they are scared of water????,and THEY RUN AWAY WHEN THEY ARE HIT.the ending had to be the most retarded scene of any movie ever,abunch of old bikers vs the whole city of simpson ape creatures.

If Kevin Smith were to do a Zombie flick I think it would go something like this. It's fast paced, the characters are likable, and it's a lot of fun.

Dude, this movie was so bad. The only reason I got it was because it was pretty funny in a few areas. The acting and whole movie production was horrible. Do not rent if you are looking for a good movie! Never buy this movie!! Just rent it if you want to have a laugh at a crappy movie.

The movie (what I saw of it) had okay acting and production value, but I never got to see the end. Two tries and two defective dvds. I have better things to do with my time.

This will be the 3rd time I have tried to review this movie, the previous attempts I guess were sensored by amazon. That being said, if this review goes through I will simply say don't bother with this movie. The only thing this movie has going for it is a Cool Name, and Cool Coverart. Otherwise it is an empty shell, don't bother, there are so many other b quality zombie movies that are so much better.

Let's be honest up front here - the film looks like it was shot on zero budget. It doesn't suffer visually, as much as it does from some poor sound mixing, which makes spoken lines hard to hear at a few points. Thankfully, they decided to go with a B movie self-parody for the project, so the plot and dialogue aren't exactly vital to the film's enjoyment.
The film succeeds largely because of Jason Crowe, who plays dual roles as the hapless lead character, and the occassionally fourth-wall-breaking narrator. It's silly, it skips around, it doesn't make a lick of sense at times, but it still manages to be a lot of fun due to its tongue-in-cheek nature.

This movie is worth the time to watch it, if you are a fan of zombie films you need to check it out.