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Raiders of the Damned

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Romero's 'Day of the Dead + Sigourney Weaver's 'Aliens' = Raiders of the Damned


1) ACTING: The acting was pretty average. If Richard Grieco isn't on drugs, then he needs to be. His performance was terrible. I hope he ran to the bank to cash his paycheck before the producers demanded it back. The other actors did the best they could with what they had to work with; especially making cliched characters seem fresh.

2) PRODUCTION: The soundtrack was average. It seemed like canned action music (or is that "muzak?"). Many plot threads go unanswered. The sub-par CGI is really noticeable. The script is overflowing with "used too many times" cliches. The more elaborate zombie make up was really not used well, as the viewer can see seem lines and parts of faces that just don't move, even though the actor is talking. The script had a number of boring parts which makes the viewer look for something else to do. I really think that if the director had a decent budget, this movie would not have been as bad as it is. Minimal blood and gore.

3) THE ZOMBIES: Many a variety here. We see walking skeletons, to rotting zombies to mummified corpses. Some of the zombies in this movie are just like normal everyday people. They walk, they talk, they shoot guns and give orders, they have sex. Yeah. You read that right. Zombie porn. (Insert your own joke here).

4) THE CAUSE: Nuclear-mutated synthetic virus.

5) NUDITY: None.


Sigh...another low budget disappoint hits the video stores. While I do get the impression that the director wanted to make an action packed zombie filled adventure, he obviously did not have what he needed, whether it be skills, money, whatever, to do so. And sadly, that leaves us, the zombie aficionado, out in the lurch. For every excellent zombie movie we get, there are dozens others that we will watch that will disappoint. This is one of the latter.


RATING: 1 out of 5

I viewed this with a fellow zombie afficienado. We tend to watch any zombie movie that comes out, not expecting much. This movie lived up to our low expectations. It had bad camera work, overly dramatic plotlines, and so-so acting. Richard Greico is very briefly in the movie and plays an unbalanced scientist quite well. About the only unique element to this movie was the scene where the zombie colonel takes a bride. Who knew they could "sport zombie wood" as one character puts it. Ick! The ending is abrupt and kind of confusing until you listen to the director's commentary, which clarifies what their intent was. It almost works, but it would have been better if they'd added a few more minutes, or even just one or two quick shots, to show what they are trying to infer is definitely what happened. All in all, this movie is no worse that most of the low-budget zombie movies out there; it is actually better than some (example: Zombie Planet). Zombie fans will probably like this at least enough to watch it once.

This film is so terrible that I'm not going to spend a lot of time trashing it. Even given that the finest minds in film-making rarely devote themselves to the zombie genre, this is bad stuff.

Some films are so bad they can be amusing--at least if viewed with a group of your friends who are in the proper mood. This is NOT one of those kind of bad films. It's just plain bad.

Read the two reviews online at Movie Review Query Engine before laying down money for this abomination. It's not even worth renting.

This movie is so bad and is such an affront to zombie movies that it should permanently take a shot to the head. This movie really is that bad. Where to start.

The zombies don't even look like zombies, they either look human, or they look like they are wearing mask... i mean like literal Halloween mask..it is that bad. The zombies have all their intelligence about them (basically their brains work, just their heart has stopped and they are dead) but they still turn all cannibalistic thinking human flesh is the new fillet Mignon, if that isn't embarrassment enough being a zombie movie, the zombies refrain from killing the females (and eating them) so they can engage in necro sex, and do it in the rotten. Supposedly the zombies can still achieve "Wood" and get their thrills off.

The acting is subpar from just about every angle, and the whole premise of the movie is a joke. If you are looking for a zombie movie to watch, this is not the one, and Romero enthusiast will blow chunks at this movie (and not from the blood and gore) Do yourself a favor and go elsewhere.

The special effects were comical. The acting was bad. Richard Greico as a scientist reminded me of me of spastic Brad Dourif. The zombies "live" inside a walled area where the military drops a napalm type substance to kill them. When the zombies shoot down a helicopter with a makeshift catapult, a crack team is assembled to rescue them. The zombies prefer to eat eyes and they do try to breed with one female. The movie moves along slow. You can miss 10-20 minutes at a time and still keep up with the plot.

I don't know why this film gets such bad reviews. It's a low budget zombie movie and people who rent zombie movies should know what they're in for! It's your stock "post apocalyptic" plot line with your "NOW, they have just 48 hours to save man kind!" development. For a low budget indie film, it's a lot of fun. The acting is OK, tongue in cheek at times and the music is actually pretty good. The end was a little confusing, but it was late when I watched it. Listen to the director's commentary to fully understand it. Good effort!

Very entertaining. Richard Greico is a hoot. Kinda graphic, but if you like horror movies this is a must see...