What sets this movie aside from countless low/no budget zombie flicks? I would say all of the "basics" SOOOOOOO many zombie movies out there just forget the basics, and they produce crap as the result.
This movie is an exception to that. In Meat Market, you have good lighting (which most zombie flicks lack ), good background noises ( like zombie munching noises, cracking bones, moaning of zombies in the background), and some good camera angles.
All of the above is what helps set this movie one notch above the countless other flicks that are being made.
I'll admit, for the fist 40 minutes the storyline was kinda here and there, but after that, the movie "gelled" together rather well. The introduction of vampires into the mix was taken well, and i applaud this move.
Two things bothered me about the movie though, one was the title "Meat market", clearly this should have had some sort of "zombie apocalypse/zombie universe/ living end " sorta title. "Meat Market" makes it sound like you're gonna watch a totally different sort of horror movie.
And two, too much useless sex. I can't believe i just typed that, but c'mon. I think the movie could have went on more fluently without the random acts of lesbianism/shower scenes (i know i'll hear it for that one)
Anyway, like 99% of us living dead zombie fans, i say rent/buy this movie, you probably won't be disappointed. Especially when you think about they only had like 2grand to make this with. That alone i was totally shocked at. I figured the budget to be like 11g's or so. But i guess the director had some friends who pulled strings, and that's what it's all about, good stuff!
This movie is an exception to that. In Meat Market, you have good lighting (which most zombie flicks lack ), good background noises ( like zombie munching noises, cracking bones, moaning of zombies in the background), and some good camera angles.
All of the above is what helps set this movie one notch above the countless other flicks that are being made.
I'll admit, for the fist 40 minutes the storyline was kinda here and there, but after that, the movie "gelled" together rather well. The introduction of vampires into the mix was taken well, and i applaud this move.
Two things bothered me about the movie though, one was the title "Meat market", clearly this should have had some sort of "zombie apocalypse/zombie universe/ living end " sorta title. "Meat Market" makes it sound like you're gonna watch a totally different sort of horror movie.
And two, too much useless sex. I can't believe i just typed that, but c'mon. I think the movie could have went on more fluently without the random acts of lesbianism/shower scenes (i know i'll hear it for that one)
Anyway, like 99% of us living dead zombie fans, i say rent/buy this movie, you probably won't be disappointed. Especially when you think about they only had like 2grand to make this with. That alone i was totally shocked at. I figured the budget to be like 11g's or so. But i guess the director had some friends who pulled strings, and that's what it's all about, good stuff!