With the titles of the Ghosthouse Underground label filling up the majority of their October horror DVD slate, November brings us Lionsgate's sloppy seconds. I mean, a horror movie getting dumped onto DVD a week or two after Halloween strikes me as an afterthought on the distributor's part. Lionsgate has three such chillers getting the post-Halloween DVD mistreatment.
First up, on November 3rd, is The Beast Within - no relation to the notorious 1982 creature feature about a woman raped by a monster who gives birth to a son that as a teenager transforms into a giant cicada creature. This Beast Within is actually a retitling of a German film originally called Virus Undead from director Wolf Wolff (haven't heard a name like that since Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever director Kaos) about a strain of avian flu that turns victims into zombies.
"Robert is driving with two friends to his hometown,...
First up, on November 3rd, is The Beast Within - no relation to the notorious 1982 creature feature about a woman raped by a monster who gives birth to a son that as a teenager transforms into a giant cicada creature. This Beast Within is actually a retitling of a German film originally called Virus Undead from director Wolf Wolff (haven't heard a name like that since Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever director Kaos) about a strain of avian flu that turns victims into zombies.
"Robert is driving with two friends to his hometown,...
- 8/20/2009
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Year: 2008
Release date: Unknown
Director: Wolf Wolff & Ohmuthi
Writer: Wolf Jahnke
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: oblivion
Rating: 2 out of 10
Virus Undead is, quite possibly, one of the worst movies I have ever seen. With the exception of some solid cinematography and interesting shots, the film is lackluster in every way. It fails to deliver on anything but exposition, which is only done well in the opening 10 minutes. After that, the plot kicks in and ruins any hope of redeeming value. Even the zombies are unimpressive, though the make-up artists did a fair job with them. Any thrill we'd get from seeing the walking dead (that should, ultimately, be a focus of this genre) fails after waiting through 50 monotonous minutes for a mere glimpse. What action we do see is short and stale, and any tension is lost in how utterly obvious everything is. After the opening narrative and montage,...
Release date: Unknown
Director: Wolf Wolff & Ohmuthi
Writer: Wolf Jahnke
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: oblivion
Rating: 2 out of 10
Virus Undead is, quite possibly, one of the worst movies I have ever seen. With the exception of some solid cinematography and interesting shots, the film is lackluster in every way. It fails to deliver on anything but exposition, which is only done well in the opening 10 minutes. After that, the plot kicks in and ruins any hope of redeeming value. Even the zombies are unimpressive, though the make-up artists did a fair job with them. Any thrill we'd get from seeing the walking dead (that should, ultimately, be a focus of this genre) fails after waiting through 50 monotonous minutes for a mere glimpse. What action we do see is short and stale, and any tension is lost in how utterly obvious everything is. After the opening narrative and montage,...
- 8/27/2008
- QuietEarth.us
More craziness from overseas as we discovered yet another foreign horror film that looks really effin cool. The movie is called Virus Undead and sold out of all five screenings at the Siff 08 (Shanghai Film Festival) this summer. Written and directed by Wolf Wolff, Undead is homage to Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. Inside you'll find a look at the first teaser trailer for the film, while over at the official website you'll find a bunch of stills, reviews and more info to get you psyched. The pic is set to make its European Premiere on the Fantasy Film Festival in August.
- 7/7/2008
- bloody-disgusting.com
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