Three soldiers must fight to survive the night in a seemingly abandoned house, when a zombie platoon attacks.Three soldiers must fight to survive the night in a seemingly abandoned house, when a zombie platoon attacks.Three soldiers must fight to survive the night in a seemingly abandoned house, when a zombie platoon attacks.
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Christopher Keown
- Lieutenant Roberts
- (as Chris Keown)
Michelle Mahoney
- Stacy
- (as Michelle 'Ame' Mahoney)
John Bowker
- Dead Wedding Guest
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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- TriviaThe weapons that the "soldiers" carry are obviously toy versions of Star Wars blaster, as you can see Imperial markings just behind the pistol grips.
- GoofsWhen Pvt Dillon uses the cell phone to try and call for help at the beginning of the movie, as he gives up, you can see he has been holding it upside down the whole time.
- Quotes
Sergeant Butler: I'd rather have you tear my dick off and feed it to me in pieces.
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"So it's not like in those old zombie movies?"
Within the first couple of minutes, you know what you're going to get. A soldier is yelling on his radio, well that's what I first thought, until in frustration, he moves it away from the side of his head showing it to be an actual mobile phone. He had me fooled with the radio lingo. But the icing on the cake, the phone was upside down. *Head slap*. Yep, this was a sign for things to come. Actually thinking about it, maybe, that's how it's done in the future (in a zombie post-apocalypse), as we do get lasers. Nah, who am I kidding.
"PLATOON OF THE DEAD" is a penniless SOV enterprise with home movie production values, second-hand decors, somebody's raw meat, eyeliner and peanut butter. So any sense of any authenticity goes out the window. At times it can be enjoyable, in an undemanding frame of mind, in what feels like "EVIL DEAD" meets "NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD". That's premise-wise, not directorial execution.
A platoon is ambushed in the woods by a zombie platoon (with pasty looking make-up hiding behind gas masks), but a couple of ragtag soldiers managed to escape, where they hold up in a lodge along with its occupants. I just found once the action becomes stationary in one location, it tends to drag. Little happens, as everyone holds up in a house, simply chatting, or arguing and sometimes wrestling (which looks more like hugging). This only highlights the monotonous developments, poorly staged action (playing soldiers with toy guns smartly turned into lasers) and wooden performances.
"PLATOON OF THE DEAD" is a penniless SOV enterprise with home movie production values, second-hand decors, somebody's raw meat, eyeliner and peanut butter. So any sense of any authenticity goes out the window. At times it can be enjoyable, in an undemanding frame of mind, in what feels like "EVIL DEAD" meets "NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD". That's premise-wise, not directorial execution.
A platoon is ambushed in the woods by a zombie platoon (with pasty looking make-up hiding behind gas masks), but a couple of ragtag soldiers managed to escape, where they hold up in a lodge along with its occupants. I just found once the action becomes stationary in one location, it tends to drag. Little happens, as everyone holds up in a house, simply chatting, or arguing and sometimes wrestling (which looks more like hugging). This only highlights the monotonous developments, poorly staged action (playing soldiers with toy guns smartly turned into lasers) and wooden performances.
helpful•12
- lost-in-limbo
- Aug 21, 2018
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- Budget
- $20,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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