Synopsis
Death isn't what it used to be.
On a small island off the coast of Delaware, two families are locked in a struggle for power and control over the fate of the undead.
2009 Directed by George A. Romero
On a small island off the coast of Delaware, two families are locked in a struggle for power and control over the fate of the undead.
Stephen Barden John Gare John Sievert Randy Wilson Stefan Fraticelli Paul Williamson Greg Chapman Alan deGraaf
Blank of the Dead Productions Devonshire Productions New Romero Sudden Storm Productions Voltage Pictures
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Even Romero's worst zombie film (Survival of the Dead) is still 10X better than a vast majority of the zombie films I've had the misfortune of viewing these past few years!
A substantial improvement over the previous ..of the Dead movie. I immediately noticed that Romero was working with a bigger budget here; the movie just looks a lot better. The CGI is still dodgy though* and I thought some of the characters’ motivations were plain stupid.
Fun times watching Survival of the Dead with Nova Scotia's #1 Romero fan.
*Some of the practical effects were spectacular however.
George Romero's final film is, quite fittingly, a low budget zombie flick. Here he takes the zombie concept he pretty much created, and tries to do something a bit different with it - namely winding it around it another story. The results are rather mixed! The film begins on a small island and introduces a dispute between two elders. From there, we are reintroduced to the National Guard characters briefly seen in Diary of the Dead and the two stories collide as they head off to the island. The film does have some interesting ideas and set pieces. The first act is the strongest as it features the soldiers making the journey to the island. It rather grinds to a…
Plum Island, off the coast of Delaware. Six days after the dead began to walk, two Irish families, the O'Flynns and the Muldoons have taken different approaches with the former killing any zombie they see and the latter feeling it is a better idea to contain them in hopes of an eventual cure. This leads to the expulsion of Patrick, leader of the O'Flynns who is forced to the mainland where he encounters survivors from the military. Weeks later with his newfound allies he returns to Plum Island to confront the Muldoons only to discover that things have taken a sinister turn in his former home.
After cramming fifty horror flicks into last month's 31 DAYS OF HORROR 2023 project…
13th George A. Romero (after Dawn of the Dead, The Dark Half, Night of the Living Dead, Day of the Dead, Knightriders, Creepshow, 'Facts of Mr. Valdemar' in Two Evil Eyes, Monkey Shines, There's Always Vanilla, Season of the Witch, Land of the Dead and Martin)
Great Director Misfires- 12/27
Get ready for a long review- I've written on Romero for my MA, so I have a Lot of Thoughts
Far from being the dud this was received as on release, Survival of the Dead is an example of a mature artist creating a new and coherent variation on a theme that reoccurs throughout his career. In his Dead films, Romero returns again and again to the terrifying notion that…
🧟♀️Weekend of the Dead🧟♂️
Who says you can't teach a Zombie new tricks? Romero does that in Survival of the Dead.
This sequel has a decent, well known, likable cast that was convincing enough to hold interest and dish out dark humor to give you a laugh and a decent plot on top of that, and although not extremely heavy on the gore, it still had enough to not bore.
Downfall this film failed to scare, long stretches between attacks, and didn't really have anything new to bring to the table.
My opinion not great but, not the worst.
5.8/10
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This is about the worst Romero movie I've seen. I hate that this was his swan song.
For as much as I love Night of the Living Dead, I have found his Dead series to be kind of weak. Honestly. Sorry.
And this one is the worst. Though it's not found footage, so it has one up on Diary.
Focusing on a bit part from Diary, the asshole military dudes, here we see them as non-assholes I guess. Kind of a meta commentary for how deceitful video can be. to this day modern Documentaries are about as real as the old Mondo films from the 60s and 70s. Real images out of…
Some decent grusome moments aside, this is pretty tedious and inept. Shame to see Romero end his career like this really.
What was going through Romero's head when he decided to make a film about that one asshole national guard guy from Diary of the Dead?
Probably a good idea to stop there. This film was bad, with its nonsensical Irish island dispute, awful CGI, and a continuation of a throwaway scene in Diary of the Dead.
Worst zombie movie of 2009. Survival of the Dead is just a weak movie and I know George A. Romero can do better than that.
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So, now I've seen all of Romero's zombie films.
You don't have to say too many words about ,,Survival of the Dead’‘. The technical aspects of the film are ok, but the plot, the characters and the dialogues are mostly dumb and annoying.
But somehow I made it through the film and even enjoyed it at parts. I'm a simple man and gore, apocalyptic settings and zombies just satisfy me. And Romero's worst zombie film is still better than most other zombie films out there today.
George A. Romero‘s Zombie films ranked:
1. Night of the Living Dead
2. Land of the Dead
3. Day of the Dead
4. Dawn of the Dead
5. Diary of the Dead
6. Survival of the Dead
Rest in peace, George.
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Ehhh, this was watchable. Definitely feels the most un-Romero out of his entire zombie catalogue though. A bland ride from start to end.
This tries to say something about the morality of killing turned humans, and once again digs into domesticating the undead (more or less a rehash of Day's theme), but none of the social commentary really builds into anything meaningful. It's just so flat. The zambi action feels like an afterthought, lost between an Irish Hatfield and McCoy-esque rivalry with a side of military melodrama, this is perhaps the least menacing they've ever been. For most of the film…