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Summary: Interesting premise, unwatchable low production values
Review: "I'm a die-hard zombie fan," you tell yourself, "I thrive on low budget." Not this low of a budget. "Looks like it was handmade in my backyard with a bunch of 'actors' who can't even stand around convincingly? That sounds cool!" Trust me, you'd think so, but not really. SHATTER DEAD is a thing of torture for the zombie film fanatic. On one hand, you've got a great idea - something to breathe new life into the genre. On the other hand, this is SO low budget, you'll never get past the first thirty minutes. And if you do, you'll never watch it again. As you know by now if you've read up on this flick, the zombies in SHATTER DEAD are not menacing, mindless monsters, just second-class citizens who don't stop moving after they die. Lead "actress" Stark Raven is a zombie-hating living human on a quest to get back to her boyfriend whilst shooting (and showering with) zombies along the way. If only it was a better film. Once she reaches her boyfriend, he's already slashed his wrists and joined the undead (why would anyone attempt suicide if it was well-known you wouldn't die?) - and so she's stuck in a conundrum - one that isn't solved until she straps a pistol to his groin and makes gross, hardcore love to it. Enough to make you buy the movie? Not after you've seen it. SHATTER DEAD is an incredible idea rendered absolutely unredeemable by poor production, abysmal acting, and indulgent, extraneous scenes like that described above. Sure, we zombie fans love a little useless nudity - demand it, even - but this is just useless. Still, I can't say "don't buy this film," because it has to be seen to be believed and if you've made it this far, I won't be able to change your mind anyway.
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Summary: Interesting premise, unwatchable low production values
Review: "I'm a die-hard zombie fan," you tell yourself, "I thrive on low budget." Not this low of a budget. "Looks like it was handmade in my backyard with a bunch of 'actors' who can't even stand around convincingly? That sounds cool!" Trust me, you'd think so, but not really. SHATTER DEAD is a thing of torture for the zombie film fanatic. On one hand, you've got a great idea - something to breathe new life into the genre. On the other hand, this is SO low budget, you'll never get past the first thirty minutes. And if you do, you'll never watch it again. As you know by now if you've read up on this flick, the zombies in SHATTER DEAD are not menacing, mindless monsters, just second-class citizens who don't stop moving after they die. Lead "actress" Stark Raven is a zombie-hating living human on a quest to get back to her boyfriend whilst shooting (and showering with) zombies along the way. If only it was a better film. Once she reaches her boyfriend, he's already slashed his wrists and joined the undead (why would anyone attempt suicide if it was well-known you wouldn't die?) - and so she's stuck in a conundrum - one that isn't solved until she straps a pistol to his groin and makes gross, hardcore love to it. Enough to make you buy the movie? Not after you've seen it. SHATTER DEAD is an incredible idea rendered absolutely unredeemable by poor production, abysmal acting, and indulgent, extraneous scenes like that described above. Sure, we zombie fans love a little useless nudity - demand it, even - but this is just useless. Still, I can't say "don't buy this film," because it has to be seen to be believed and if you've made it this far, I won't be able to change your mind anyway.
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Summary: AVOID THIS MOVIE!!!
Review: A terrible film even for a low budget production. I love films like Dawn of the Dead, Suspiria, The Beyond, Night/Return of the Living Dead and this movie can't compare in the slightest! So if you are a fan of Argento, Bava(s), Fulci, Deodato, D'Amato etc, you will not dig this. First, it is shot on tape as opposed to film. If you can get past this, still read on. The acting is bad, women unattractive, characters silly, story uninteresting. The little gore in this film is not worth it. The main character is this woman who goes around fighting the undead and encounters many annoying, silly dressed characters along the way. There is never any suspense or any redeeming scenes where you can say "Bad movie, but I liked the part when..." I feel really bad dumping on an independent film. But I feel even worse for anyone who, like myself, spent money on this.
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Summary: Doctor OF Z Movies
Review: ALERT DO NOT BY THIS DVD DO NOT LISTEN TO OTHER REVIEWERS DO NOT BY THIS MOVIE.I own almost every zombie movie on the market i bought this to help finish of my collection i watched through this agenising peice of #*=*! for 84 minutes and when it finished i got my gun and went hunting for the crack smoker that made this piece of mind rot i couldent find him thow turns out someone beat me to it.
DO NOT BUY ON PAIN OF DEATH!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Low Budget But Awesome!
Review: Booyah! This movie is great! According to the website for this film, amazingschlock.com, it was entirely made in under two weeks. That includes the writing and whatnot. I'm impressed. Clearly parts could have been better, but given their time frame, it is hilarious. It's about some weirdo college student who builds a "frankenstein's monster," if you will, for a class project. As one can imagine, wackiness ensues. I highly recommend this film for anyone interested in the truly independent film market.
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Summary: god i can't believe people like these movies! don't get it
Review: boring, dumb, retarded, unworthy of anyone's viewing pleasure. i could continue but i won't. very boring movie to say the least. i guess if you like a fair share of nudity then maybe you'd enjoy it but i still doubt it. the girl's carrying around plastic guns. at one time you can see the plastic gun bending and about ready to break in two. just couldn't believe i watched this movie. there is plenty of blood but i sure wouldn't recommend this movie. very bad living dead movie.
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Summary: Be afraid and wash your hands...
Review: First thing's first: ignore the Editorial Synopsis and the three reviews on this page that mention anything that have to do with college kids or a "Frankenstein Monster" because they're talking about a different movie! "Shatter Dead" is about a woman named Susan (who makes Ripley from "Alien" look like a chump) who makes her way through a city inhabited by the undying dead to her suicidal boyfriend waiting at home. If you're into low budget, original, blood soaked, twisted, and disturbing movies where you get to see everything from corpses showering with the living and babies being born through their mothers' stomachs due to shotgun blasts, this is the movie for you. It'll make you think twice before rooming with a decaying sorority sister, that's for sure. "God hates you!" and blood filled bath tubs: this movie is enough to make any girl smile.
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Summary: A real suprise!
Review: Honestly, I don't know why I bought this movie. I'm really glad I did, though. It's a low budget comedy/horror movie and it's great. It was a suprise from the moment I put it in my VCR and it's wonderful opening credits came on. I was incredibly impressed with the original music in this movie. And the story... well, it will keep to rolling on the floor, and some of the craziest twists I've seen in a long time. I don't want to give too much of the plot away and the other reviews on this page give you a good idea what it's about, so all I can add is you definately have to buy this movie. 5 stars!!! A+++!!!!
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Summary: a review from a true horror nut
Review: I am making my first film and it is a zombie film. This film is a fine example of a micro-budget film that can...People are quick to judge the transfer quality, but then again these people also didnt make a film for under 10 g's...This film won the FANTAfilm award for best US independent film, mainly based on sheer power of the story and the eerie atmosphere that a micro-budget film generates. Any true zombie afficionado can appreciate a film like this, ever see night of the living dead? YES? Well that was made on a shoestring budget as well...Ever see Let Sleeping Corpses Lie? Probably not. Also made for little more money.
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Summary: Full Refund Insufficient
Review: I consider myself a zombie/gore film aficionado. The criteria for the genre is simple: blood, guts, and dark humor (though not always intentional). It's a simple equation that does not require an epic budget; in fact, low budget prevails for the purist (Night of the Living Dead, and Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things are shining examples). Just soak everything in blood, viscera, and absurdity. Clearly, there is good bad, and bad bad.
Shatter Dead plummets into the latter category. Filmed in my hometown (Middletown, NY), the film has the look of a bad porn video. The opening sequence ("Raped by an Angel") is obscene and pointless to the story (I use the term "story" very loosely). The audio is almost indecipherable, the makeup is akin to the charcoal derived hobo makeup I affected as a nine year-old on Halloween, the gore is minimal and unconvincing, and the forays into zombie pornography are offensive on many different levels. Overall, this film is unwatchable, and maybe even soul-damaging.
Of course, it's always a "buyer-beware" situation with the zombie genre. Even with the cheesiest most banal zombie flicks (Zombie Oasis, anyone?),there is something redeeming: laughable acting and bad dubbing, ridiculous make-up and extreme gore, and so on. There is fun and entertainment in that - but Shatter Dead is devoid of all. It would be more entertaining to stare at a soiled diaper on the sidewalk, or to watch a dog defecate (better acting, and more of a story). A full refund would be insufficient, for I can never regain those 82 minutes of spirit sucking nothingness. As an antidote for this poison, I immediately watched Dead Alive - the perfect remedy, fulfilling and far surpassing the expectations of every zombie film connoisseur.
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