The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

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.

First off, they are not zombies, they are infected by what the terrorist used. You have your usual kids just trying to survive the attack, with a bunch of running and screaming and kids being kind of stupid. Overall, it was a good movie, but be prepared to be kind of confused about a few choices the writers, actors, and editors made in this movie.

It was actually bearable until the girl started her awful, horrifically fake screaming. She literally made me want to rip her throat out with my bare hands just so I could watch her die. . . not screaming.😏 I wasted almost two hours on this. I have a migraine from the stupid screams. Aspirin please! I would advise no one to watch. Unless you can't hear. Please, never EVER hire her for anything!

Besides an ill-advised ending with a desperate attempt at shock value which just looks tacked on, and infected humans pursuing college kids who are as scary as a Barbie doll, "The Demented" does what it can with a overtly familiar premise: terrorist attack using bio weaponry turns a rural town and surrounding area into flesh hungry, claws-out fiends. They run feverishly when not locked in this mannequin stance ripping at their hair on cue. It starts with pretty couples, friends from the university, gathered at one of their own's cabin in the woods by the lake. Then what once were neighbors become stark raving mad rushing ghouls. Crazed editing and virtually no gore or zombie violence hamper this even more. Looked like a regional production in Louisiana. Sarah Butler of I Spit on Your Grave 1 & 3 is one of the victims, of the remaining three who can't jump a fence in time, with the mob of crazies catching up to her... attractive and not a bad actress, this film does her a disservice. Good to see an African- American character make it to the end. If you don't want the kids to survive just have the chopper out of reach! You still achieve the grim result without getting cute. Town sequence, like the chase in the alleys, up stairs, and from elevator to upper and lower floors provide some excitement. There's a decent scene where heroism as a pursuit of keys by climbing from the room, out a window, on a roof, to the ground, back in the house, in the kitchen, to retrieve keys, leads to a decision on whether to leave or return for your friends. Lots of bodies flung from vehicles. Carefully concealed violence speaks on the limited budget available. Early scenes feature the girls and guys discussing their relationships and futures, all of which face annihilation. Kayla Newel of The Vampire Diaries is really the lead actress of the cast, with Butler the second behind her. Michael Welch (I watched him in Hansel & Gretel Get Baked recently) is Butler's suspect boyfriend who is uncovered to have slept with her friend, with a sense of humor to match. He gets it early, the jerk. Richard Kohnke is Newel's insufferably nice boyfriend she feels smothered by. Ashlee Brian is the more heroic and athletic of the bunch with Britney Alger, his girlfriend tied to a one night stand with Welch, sealing her fate to leave the film early

My summary line is actually the title the movie got released in Germany! Yes they changed "Demented" into "Terror Z". Actually not only that, they used a still from "I spit on your grave" with Sarah Butler holding an Axe. Talk about "demented"! But that is not the reason why I only gave this movie 3/10.It starts pretty much like your standard/average horror movie cliché. But it's 6 instead of usually 5 young people meeting up to go to a cabin (with just one car, which kind of makes sense). The ratio is 3/3 (male/female that is) and obviously you get beautiful people/actors starring in the movie. Which I don't have a problem with. And it's not like this is a movie where there are big acting challenges. Look scared, be angry, be terrified. Feel hurt and some other basic things, that are checked (cliches again).It still had some nice moments within, though I myself wouldn't count the ending as one of them. Apart from being dragged out, it tries too much to be clever. Didn't work for me