Masterful Movie

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Finding that a passing comet has showered the Earth with space particles that turn the living into ravenous zombies, a couple escape to a compound stronghold but soon find a greater danger at work in the area and must fight to survive.This one wasn't all that terrible an effort but was really hurt by several rather damaging flaws. The biggest issue with this one is the fact that there's just never any consistency within the film as it bounces around from plot-point to plot-point without any real effort to distinguish why that's happening. At first, it's the radioactive spores from the comet's passing that causes everything, then it's that they're being controlled by alien parasites, there's a segment about women being immune to their attacks as they only want to fertilize humanity to take over the planet but sometime later women are attacked without impunity and the whole fertilization plan is ignored altogether. This here really gives this one quite the scattershot and really disjointed storyline so this one tends to jump around to about four or five different plots to accomplish this. As well, the fact that the group spends so long listening to the toxic thoughts of the few individuals stuck with them that leaves this one with a glaring reason why they're still there at the compound, and overall such qualities are what hold this one down. There's quite a lot to really like here, as while it does go all over the place it has some good central ideas spread around here. The concept of the evolution they force upon the group gives this some solid core issues that serve quite well in building up the potential of the aliens invading the planet, and these here are given plenty of worthwhile elements here which make this quite fun at times. The way it goes about the revelation towards the body changes they enforce or the behavioral changes which are due to the invasion, and with the way this sets up the type of different tactics to hold them off creates a lot of fun here. The initial outbreak when they're on their date creates a strong opening here, the different battles with the different survivors who are trying to keep their upper hand or dealing with the zombies captured within the bunker or the first zombie encounter where the released creatures come pouring into the compound which requires plenty of solid battling trying to keep them from getting in and attacking the survivors. Likewise, the film really scores nicely here with a stand-out scene of the group attempting to clear the compound of zombies which contains plenty of gunfire blasting the creatures, attempting to stop them from getting inside once the gate gets opened and the creatures start ripping the people to pieces in a great scene which has enough action and gore to work nicely. As well, the other really good part to this one comes from the behavioral changes to zombies that are shown here that gives this one that series of strange changes here in the inability to pass on the zombiedom, not having a gunshot to the head to take them out and a series of different battle tactics that are engaging while being unique and somewhat clever. It's got some good parts, but is just too flawed to truly overcome them.Rated R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence and Full Nudity.

A comet crashes, the dead rise...I don't even want to go on to describe this. You know what to expect.A tiny part of me doesn't want to hate this, only because there's a creative manner as to which the zombie apocalypse occurs. Here, it's alien parasites, but this time they are alien spores that want to meld with humans to create a new species. Also, they make your penis fall off and a birth sack replaces it.That's creative, but the movie itself is still just another really bad Direct to DVD zombie flick, meaning you get the usual-clashing personalities, terrible attempts at humor (a mom who was a Pornstar, how funny. I'm just laughing right now) terrible acting, a generic as they come score, a zombie apocalypse apparently made up of 40 people, a lot of gore but nothing new or innovative, ham handed attempts at characterization-I could go on. Also, there's a religious fanatic character, and while I'm all for seeing religious bigots getting theirs, his character is so clichéd and such a forced attempt at social commentary and trying to come off as progressive that it even embarrassed a liberal like me. Finally, as a friend of mine said, the problem with so many of today's zombie movies is that nobody in these movies seems to have ever seen a zombie movie. I'm not asking for some kind of "Scream" type of self awareness, but come on people, act rationally in one of these for at least once.Original twist aside, "Days of Darkness" is just another bad Direct to DVD zombie flick that's been done more than the film's ex Pornstar mother. It's a step up from shot on camcorder fair, but that's not exactly an accomplishment. You'd be better off never seeing this.

OK, I am a sucker for any zombie movie. I have seen so many, starting with the very first, White Zombie (1932), and I'll watch any one I find.A motley crew of survivors is holed up in a compound after a comet hits the Earth, including a bible-thumper (John Lee Ames), who makes me want to run out and join the zombies that are trying to get through the fence.Well, Chad (Tom Eplin) is not much better - a real a**hole. You spend the entire movie hoping he becomes a victim.Lots of blood and flying body parts as they fight the zombies. Lots of really weird stuff as they try to find out what they are dealing with. Jane (Ashley Elizabeth Pierce) and Trent come together in a way that is unimaginable. Mimi (Roshelle Pattison) gives birth to one of the creatures, as Steve (Travis Brorsen) figures it out.

I have read some really bad reviews for this movie, and I can see their point of view if they are not a horror movie fan, but as I love horror movies I actually admire the film makers attempts here.OK, the acting is average at best but they have put a nice little twist into this one which took balls to do I think. The film involves a hand full of survivors trapped inside a government building after a meteor has turned everyone else on the outside into zombies. But how come the there was only a few survivors?...I won't ruin it for you, but I really think this deserves a go, it is well made considering the budget. It has some really good gore (one particular scene will make you wince!), and it does stand out as one of the better DTV horror films for some time.It's how RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 4 and 5 should have been.Decent effort...7 out of 10.