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During a short holiday in Poland, it was nice to see this little horror film on DVD. I never knew that Poland had a film-industry, let alone a horrorfilmindustry. So I liked it in the sense that this is quite unique in a way that almost nobody in Poland has done this before.

But the movie itself... not so good. I didn't really care about the fact that the film was full of clichés, what I really regret about it, that it's too soft. No nudity, no gore, and almost no really exciting scenes. The DVD-cover promises more than the film actually delivers.

I expected a sort of Hostel-type of film, with all the saws and the bloody doctors pictured on the DVD-cover. But sadly no... the one scene with a little bit of gore was so badly lit that it was barely visible.

Nice scenery though.

I definitely think this kind of projects are the best ways for an aspiring filmmaker to learn the trick...actually I would like to see this type of films made in my own country. I'm also a fan of B-horror like Braindead or Killer Klowns from Outer Space. I rented Swamp Zombies!!! with the intend to just have a fun time and not expecting a masterpiece.

But even those expectations were too high. I don't say I could do this better, but this was one of the most boring films I've seen in quite a while. I really can appreciate the idea of a zombieflick with lots of gore, kung-fu and nudity in it. But except for the fun the director took on the nudity, 'Swamp Zombies!!!' just didn't work.

Let's be honest: two hours is just too long for a zombiemovie. Kungfu-scenes were overlong, lack of continuity and terrible acting made this film quite a boring ride, instead of the fun roller-coaster-ride I had hoped to see.

A movie which made my day...great fun! A group of young people enter the last level of a new adventure game, and get stalked by an anonymous killer. There's no more plot or story lines, just this nice stalk'n slash horror movie. With a very effective openings sequence, some really nice cinematography and a couple of scenes which are really tense, but with no pretensions whatsoever. I wish Holland made more of this no-brainer pictures, I'm getting bored by all the serious arthousedramas. I'm not saying this film has no flaws (the actors won't win an Oscar for this and sometimes it's hard to hear what they're saying), but it's just fun to watch, and highly underrated.