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Summary: ignore the bad reviews!
Review: Starts off when a epidemic spreads and the zombies are taking over a city. Two military types (20 year old kids) must try to keep the dirt from hitting the fan but apparently they fail. Days pass and the zombies have overtaking the city. The military types must now investigate the situation and end up meeting a wounded soldier, 3 lesbian vampires, and a mexican wrestler. They all now must fight against the zombies that plague the city.An awsome b-movie. Well done zombie make-up, kick ... gore, and hot vampires. Sex and zombies, just the way I like it. You ever find this film, get it, it's really good. God I want those vampire chicks. Oh yeah and the plot is desent. :)
(Some zombies) most entertaining part: LESBIAN VAMPIRES!!!! note: This is an independent film that won the best ID film of the year so I suggest you bad reviewers be a bit more nice!! :)
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Summary: Not a perfect flick, but a hell of an effort
Review: The idea of machines that were meant to cure diseases, but instead turned people into flesh-crazy zombies isn't exactly original--but cool.
The cast of this movie, two [...], three vampires, and a wrestler made me curious about how this would be. There are no good actors in this movie, so don't go into this movie hunting for a plot because there isn't. In fact, this movie ends to promote a sequel--which is, surprise, in the making! This is the perfect example of creative movie makers using what little they have and creating something that manages to be good. There are some great gore scenes, the pacing keeps you interested--the dialogue is very trite and boring I must admit, the vampires cheesy, and the zombies look good and decayed--even the zombie that looks exactly like the one in the hospital scene from Fulci's The Beyond.
While I'm on the vampires, five minutes of this turns into a soft porn between a guy who is about to become a zombie and a vampire. I say if you're going to make a soft porn, do it all the way, and if not, keep it out of a horror movie. It takes away from the zombies, something way cooler than stupid vampires or pornos. Buy this at a reasonable price and you won't be dissapointed. The zombie action is good, they look awesome, and the vampires are enough to keep you laughing until the next zombie gets shot or the next vicitm gets bit.
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Summary: Darn good for Sub Rosa
Review: The most shocking thing about Brian Clement's low budget zombie flick "Meat Market" is the fact that Sub Rosa distributed it. Let me explain. If you are not aware, Sub Rosa popped up a few years ago with the proposition that all shot on video horror clunkers deserve a chance with a wide audience. This is the company that releases films with names like "Creep," "Shatter Dead," and "Filthy McNasty." I've seen several of their "releases," and with the exception of "Meat Market" and a movie called "Ice From the Sun," they all inflicted serious mental and physical anguish. Most of these shot on video horrors are truly dreadful efforts at filmmaking, usually made by a couple of low rent Wes Craven/Lucio Fulci wannabes armed with Dad's video camera. The aforementioned "Shatter Dead" ranks as one of the worst films I've ever seen, a movie so bad in every element of its execution that I carry the scars inflicted by the experience to this day. But, and this is a big but, I occasionally embark on a Sub Rosa expedition in search of something interesting, something like "Meat Market." Although the movie has its flaws, it's incredible by Sub Rosa standards. And that's what I meant when I said it's shocking that Sub Rosa distributed Clement's film. How dare they release something this entertaining!
"Meat Market" shows us a world rapidly slipping into apocalypse. Dr. Victor Oppenheim (Ken Peters) made a nanotechnological breakthrough in the research lab, a breakthrough that promised to advance medicine beyond anything we could comprehend. Unfortunately, the little critters went a different way once Oppenheim introduced them into the human body. The result? Why, good old-fashioned flesh eating zombies, of course! Before you can say "oops," packs of ravenous zombies are roaming through the cities and the countryside feasting on the human herd. As in any catastrophe of earth shattering consequences, a few people make the best out of a bad situation. Enter Argenta (Claire Westby) and Shahrokh (Paul Pedrosa), two wandering souls ambling through the city blasting zombies, searching for food, and looking for Argenta's little sister. It is through these two that we learn about the origins of the plague since both once worked as bounty hunters at Oppenheim's installation. But Argenta and Shahrokh are just as powerless as everyone else in arresting the breakdown. They spend their time away from the city hunkered down in an abandoned mineshaft. Most of the first half of the film consists of zombie mayhem and the breakdown of society. Expect to see more gutmunching, exploding heads, and buckets of blood in this film than in all of Romero's Dead Trilogy.
Unfortunately, the second half of the film strays into utter weirdness. Argenta and Shahrokh soon hook up with a trio of Goth vampires named Tiamat (Chelsey Arentsen), Valeria (Teresa Simon), and Nemesis (Alison Therriault) who carry on their own fight against the zombies with the help of laser guns. Too, a Mexican wrestler called El Diablo Azul turns up to crack a few skulls. The group continues to roam through the city exacting brutal justice on the legions of undead. They even visit Oppenheim to see how a potential cure is going just in time to witness the poor scientist fall prey to his own gory creations. Clement throws in a few humorous bits in the second half largely centering on how difficult it is for vampires and humans to understand one another. He also tosses in a scene with two of the vampires having a...ah...er...a conference with each other. Male viewers should probably take note of this important scene and return to it again and again in order to tease out all of the interesting subtext. Seriously, though, trying to sum up a plot to this film is a rather pointless exercise. Zombies run amok and tear people into shreds. Need I say more?
What works in Clement's little gem is worth highlighting. Considering the extremely low budget involved, the special effects are incredible. This is truly stomach churning mayhem that even jaded gorehounds will find entertaining and memorable. Even better, Clement punched up the feasting with lots of queasy audio effects--you've never heard sinews popping and teeth chomping like this before! Too, I have to admit that I love Goth chicks. There's something about that black hair, black clothing, and pale white skin that gets my ticker tap dancing, so seeing three of them in a movie helps move things along in a good way. Throw in a brooding music score and you have the makings of a film that is definitely worth a rental. At the same time, a few problems stand out. The audio quality on the DVD isn't that great in spots, the video quality isn't the best, and the acting is atrocious. Some of the scenes run so long that they outlive their usefulness. Moreover, who thought throwing in a Mexican wrestler was a good idea? What is it about shot on video productions from Canada and Mexican wrestlers? "Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter" also had a wrestler from south of the border filling a primary role. Truly odd.
One thing you have to admit about Sub Rosa: they always include plenty of extras on their discs whether you want them or not. "Meat Market" contains an informative commentary track with director Brian Clement and the chap who did the special effects. You also get a couple of Easter eggs, a trailer, and a stills gallery. If you are the sort of person who laments the lack of films with exploding heads or scoffs at the dearth of pictures with Goth chick vampires coupled with Mexican wrestlers, "Meat Market" is for you. Despite its flaws, it's a lot of fun.
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Summary: tripe
Review: This film is really bad, i gather from looking at the other reviews that their mates have written them or something. These low budget independent releases are usually fun but not this one!
great ideas;lesbian vampires,zombies, conspiracy etc. Feeble execution, inept in every way. Hold onto your money people!!!!
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Summary: very low budget Romero tribute?
Review: When I first received this video I expected absolutely expected the worst from the reviews that I have seen online.
Indeed, it is very low budget, shot on video, bad acting, bad direction, etc. The gore was not so great, but for working with what the director had that earned a star.
I also gave another star to the zombie make up, which was pretty good for a low budget (that makes Clerks look like a $100 mil picture) and then another star for the effort by these first time actors. I think this is a good addition to a collection of a Romero, Fulci or Mattei fan... but only if you can find it used on here for $3 like I did.
This movie has serious potential, and has a pretty good story line (compared to other zombie movies), but it is very hard to watch..
But, I won't get into the storyline, that has been discussed already.
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Summary: Doctor OF Z Movies
Review: [From the back cover:]
Animal attacks says the tv news .but to ex-security agents know the real cause and maybe the real culprits.Shahrokh and Argenta are former employees of a company they knew to be conducting bizarre medical experiments.
What has resolted are not animal attacks,but attacks by humans turrned into viciose decomposing cannibalistic zombies.
There effoerts to stem the violence are in vain now hunted by the authorities,shahrokh and argenta escape just before it engofes in chaos. there only hope lies in finding and organizing the few remaining survivors.What they
find-three women claiming to be vampirs armed with high-tech weaponry,a deranged washed up mexican wrestler a woonded soldier ,a scientist who may know
more than he lets on-offers more questions than answers.Can this tiny cadre hope to defeat an army of the undead? And if they succeed....will there be anyone left alive?
So thats about the jist of it.Defenetly not the best Zombie movie ever made but far from the worst.Buy And Kind of ENJOY.
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