It should have been nothing but another boring family dinner our
heroine (Anne Stenholt) tries to take the sting of by listening to music
via headphones and trying to avoid eye-contact or anything else that might
suggest that she cared ... but then her parents attack her, as they've
apparently turned into zombies. Somehow, our girl manages to dispose of
them and runs out into the street - to find out the zombie apocalypse is
in the process of happening. With the use of gardening tools, she plows
her way through the neighbourhood zombies and somehow makes her way to a
car to make a getaway ... to find out with zombies all around, there's
nowhere to go, really. Eventually, she ends up by a lake, cornered by
zombies coming from everywhere - but humankind is nothing if not
adaptable, and even if she loses an eye, she manages to come out of the
carnage on top. That all was two years ago, since then the world has
changed, humankind has changed - and our girl with no name, no longer a
survivor by chance, has become tough as nails ... A movie about
the zombie apocalypse, made by fans for fans ... but on a very high level
quality-wise: Sure, this film might not exactly break new ground regarding
zombie movies, but it's extremely well made, with plenty of exhilarating
gore effects, the right sort of meanness accompanied by a tongue-in-cheek
approach, it's expertly paced and solidly directed - and it's full of
references to the golden age of the genre (the late 70s/early 80s) without
coming across as just derivative. Plus, it has wisely stripped its story
to the bone, done away with dialogue, explanations and the like (except
for a couple of voice-overs), it's just a film genre fans (and maybe not
only them) are supposed to have fun with ... and it works beautifully!
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