[IMDB link] [Not available on Netflix.]
PEOPLE: Buncha BBC British people most americans have never heard of.
PLOT SUMMARY: A zombie outbreak happens during the filming of the UK Big Brother show; the people in the Big Brother house don’t even realize what happened. Carnage ensues.
QUIRKS: OMFG A ZOMBIE MINI-SERIES?!?!?!?!?! I found out about this after watching The Walking Dead pilot. I thought, “Damn?! Are there any other zombie TV shows? I think The Walking Dead is the first ever!” And that’s how I found about about this zombie TV show. But I would technically call this a mini-series, not a tv show, due to the fact that it was aired several nights in a row, and not stretched out over a season. Plus, the story pretty much completely concluded.
VISUALS: INSANE levels of shaky-cam. I don’t mind shaky-cam very much, but it annoyed me slightly here… So those who really hate it would probably really hate this here.
MORALS: In a crisis, fuck other people. Except you won’t survive without them. But also, fuck them.
GOOD STUFF: John The Canadien’s review does a good job summarizing things. So I don’t really see a point in duplicating his effort.
BAD STUFF: Starts off a bit slow, but then the action crescendos VERY quickly.
CONCLUSION: Finally, a zombie SERIES!!!!!! YES!!!!
RATINGS:
Clint: Netflix: 5/5 stars. IMDB: 9/10.
Carolyn: Netflix: 4/5 stars. IMDB: 8.4/10.
John The Canadien: Netflix: 4/5 stars. IMDB: 9/10.
Two Beans: 4/5 beans.
The native public rating for this movie is: IMDB: 8.1/10.
RECOMMENDATION: Great zombie stuff! Must see!
SIMILAR MOVIES: The only other zombie TV series: The Walking Dead! Of course, you could say this is similar to most other zombie movies. And the reality TV aspect brings the movie Live! to mind. Live! is a great movie.
Music: The Church – It Could Be Anyone
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November 15, 2011 at 3:33 PM
lifeless (2008) seems to be the REAL first tv series about zombies. i think.
you can watch the first three episodes using these archive.org links
http://web.archive.org/web/20100523044619/http://www.fearnet.com/videos/b19124_lifeless_episode_1.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20100524121653/http://www.fearnet.com/videos/b19126_lifeless_episode_2.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20100524132927/http://www.fearnet.com/videos/b19127_lifeless_episode_3.html
havent watched yet. ripped them for laters.
November 15, 2011 at 3:53 PM
Oh fuck. “Never say first” should be listed right next to “Never say never”!
I think these files you ripped should go you-know-where! ;)