X
- 2005
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 44 m
- 2005
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 44 m
Summary This horror film, in the vein of "Night of the Living Dead" and "The Evil Dead," features an overflow of gore and visual effects to make any horror fan squirm with delight. (Lions Gate Films)
Directed By: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Written By: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
- 2005
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 44 m
- 2005
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 44 m
Undead
34
5.8
Where to Watch
Summary This horror film, in the vein of "Night of the Living Dead" and "The Evil Dead," features an overflow of gore and visual effects to make any horror fan squirm with delight. (Lions Gate Films)
Directed By: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Written By: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
34
10% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
45% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
45% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
34
10% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
45% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
45% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
What really grabs your attention about Undead, however, are the effects. For a movie budgeted under $1 million, the Spierigs have done an amazing job putting together believable visuals.
Initially artsy, then campy, then tense, it would have worked better if writer-directors Peter and Michael Spierig had kept everything serious and let the inherent absurdism of zombie attacks speak for itself without additional ironic comment.
There's nothing under the goofball gags and gushing gore, and its welcome is worn out well before it's over.
Flesh-eating fish notwithstanding, Peter and Michael Spierig's low-budget schlock-horror parody brings precious little new to the undead genre.
The story is more undead than all of these revenant shufflers. And the orgy of gore and home-engineered special effects doesn't make up for the shortfall.
If only they didn't cannibalize their source material so much, then take an extreme rule reversal just before the end credits, they might have achieved something original, rather than just a fan-fiction derivation of George A. Romero's canon.
On the level of a no-budget student film in which the shots barely match up into sequences. It's about as much fun as watching blood dry.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 User Ratings
5.8
44% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
22% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
33% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 User Ratings
5.8
44% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
22% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
33% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
There are no user reviews yet. Be the first to add a review.
Awards
Australian Screen Sound Guild
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Australian Cinematographers Society
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Melbourne International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
