28 Days Later

An activist group raids a Chimpanzee testing facility to rescue them. A doctor there tells them to be careful since they are infected with RAGE. The rage is a virus that makes the infected crazy and bloodthirsty. 28 days later Jim wakes up in an empty hospital and walks out to an evacuated London. After finding out that his family is dead and the Rage virus has infected most of the population,he meets up with a few other people and set out to see if they can find out anything about the virus. They end up at a mansion that is now a barricaded haven for survivors that are trying to rebuild. The safe haven isn’t exactly what they had in mind though. They must fight to escape with their lives.

There was a lot I loved about this movie. For starters, I loved the look of it. Some of the shots were stunning and the look of desolation when Jim was walking around deserted London was brilliant. It is rare that a post apocalyptic movie really conveys the sense of loneliness in my eyes but this film did it in spades. I really liked the way the infected move. It is very much like the Dawn of the Dead remake in that they run and it really gives a sense of fright and the need to run. The fact that these are not zombies spares the film from slow zombie purists. The film really had great suspense and it held that suspense extremely well throughout, especially in the action scenes. This movie was not exactly true horror in that it delved a lot into Sci-Fi range but the character development and drama was leaps and bounds beyond most horror movies. The soundtrack is fantastic and really makes the end of the movie outstanding.

My rating 9 out of 10

Review by Elvis Lawson

Here is the trailer.

Baby Blood

An ancient evil from the beginning of time makes it way into a circus women’s unborn fetus. The evil talks to her and makes her unwillingly kill people so that he may grow. She flees the circus, not wanting to hurt anyone but soon realizes that is not a choice she has. She tries to settle down, thinking she can ignore it but soon gives in and travels from place to place claiming more victims in the name of evil.

I wasn’t real sure what to expect from this movie going in. The premise sounds like it would be a cheese fest but the movie takes itself pretty seriously. The version I got is dubbed into English from the original French. I usually only get subtitled versions but this was all I could find. It is done cheaply because there are about 3 or 4 conversations that were left undubbed. They didn’t seem important but still annoying. They problem with dubbing is that you may lose the original intent as far as context. This may have been the case with this film. I found the baby talking to be over the top and a bit cheesy in some points. It is hard to tell if this is from the dub or if the original was portrayed this way as well. There was a bit of gore in this movie and it was done pretty well for the most part. This movie isn’t going to wow anyone but it was better than allot of other horror films I have seen.

My rating 5 out of 10

Review by Elvis Lawson

Here is the trailer.