(NOTE: THESE COMMENTS ARE GENERALIZED, REGARDING TONE AND STYLE. NO **SPECIFIC** PLOT SPOILERS ARE MENTIONED. THE INFORMATION IS ONLY INTENDED TO HELP ANY READERS GET A FEEL FOR WHETHER THE MOVIE WOULD BE OF INTEREST OR NOT. JUST AN FYI, DON'T WANT TO SPOIL FOR ANYONE...)
Just found this and watched it on YouTube and was really, really surprised at how well it held my attention, and how thoroughly thought out and logically the plot flowed -- for my tastes. I can enjoy gory zombie apocalypse movies as much as anyone, but unless they are intended to be outright humorous or semi-humorous (ala "Shaun Of The Dead" or "Zombieland"), I want one thing from my zombie flicks: a sense of being deadly earnest about dealing with the problem at hand, and about how to ultimately survive it. I want to CARE about my characters, for I want to see the humanity in at least some of them, even if a few are less likable (not saying that is the case here). Not least, I want some or all of them to act intelligently in their efforts to survive, though the pressure or the gradual insanity of the situation may slowly take its toll on each and every one.
One of my lower priorities is having loads of colorful, splashy, explosive blood and guts -- the opposite is sometimes a welcome relief, whether because of a film's budgetary restrictions, or for aesthetic reasons by the director's own choosing. I often prefer the more subtle, gradual building of tension and horror (in the "Blair Witch Project" style) than being hit with a continual zombie-sledgehammer (except when I'm feeling especially masochistic -- there's a time and a place for everything for we addicts).
All in all, this is a really fine effort by a young director, done in his own high school (probably on a shoestring budget, which makes the quality even more remarkable), and I would rank it in my top 20% of zombie flicks I that I've seen (that tells you something -- I've waded through a lot of them). Not perfect, but darn good. If what I've described sounds like it might be your cup of tea, and you're OK with found-footage films, give this one a try, and watch for more by this director. I know I definitely will.
