Revelation Trail

Per my Summary line above, Revelation Trail is a surprisingly good zombie flick that managed to do a ton of good things with a skim working budget. The acting was solid, honest, heart-felt... especially the lead character (Preacher) and his law man co-star. The camera work was realistic and solid. The effects were much, much better than expected. If we as film lovers are lucky, perhaps Rev Trail has fathered a new genre of zombie horror. When you mix two historically-significant genres into one film, the end result is not always great. However, this movie certainly provided a fresh take on a genre that is starting to become a bit redundant. 2 thumbs up, 8 stars!

This is not your typical run of the mill zombie film. Revelation Trail takes place in the 1800's old west. The cast do an exceptional job at relaying the story and are very believable. The story is very well written and gives us a good idea of what it would have been like had there been a zombie Apocalypse in the old west. One very impressive fact about Revelation Trail is that it is a truly independent film and in my opinion rises high above what you would normally expect from your average B budgeted film. The final scene in Revelation Trail left me wanting more(in a good way)! I cannot wait to own a copy of this cinematic masterpiece!

Well, first of all, I must admit that the idea of mixing in a zombie outbreak in a Western setting definitely holds potential. And when I stumbled upon the 2013 movie "Revelation Trail" that mixed those two concepts together, of course I sat down to watch this movie.

And yeah, the movie's cover definitely helped to win me over, selling the movie with that rather interesting-looking cover.

Boy, oh boy, this movie was a swing and a miss. While it sounded interesting in concept idea, then the outcome of writers Blake Armstrong, John P. Gibson and Daniel Van Thomas's collective writing just didn't cut it. This movie offered very little in terms of entertainment for me. And I ended up giving up on the movie out of sheer boredom, not even halfway through the ordeal.

The storyline told in "Revelation Trail" just fell short of being interesting almost right from the very beginning, so the movie was off to a bad start. And it was a constant uphill struggle, as the storyline never improved and the characters in the movie were about as interesting as cardboard cut-outs.

For a zombie movie then "Revelation Trail" offered nothing worthwhile to the genre. It was pretty generic and run-of-the-mill zombie stuff here. Well, minus all the gore and mayhem that most zombie movies or series usually deliver. And let's be honest here, guts, gore and mayhem is what you want to see when you sit down to watch a zombie movie, right? Right!

Director John P. Gibson's 2013 movie was one that came and went without as much as a groan, much less leaving a lasting bite on the genre. I hadn't even heard about the movie prior to sitting down 8 years after it came out, by stumbling upon it by sheer random luck. And it will just as quietly disappear back into oblivion without having left a lasting impression.

I am rating "Revelation Trail" a mere, but generous, three out of ten stars. This is not a shining moment in the history of zombie movies. Nor is it a movie that I will ever be returning to attempt to finish watching.

The story itself was well thought out. Following Preacher through this grim world was interesting as I watched him trying to cope with what was going on around him. As he went on with a Sheriff as his one companion, their interactions outside of dealing with the undead were quite amusing. The special effects department did a fantastic job of making me believe that this world was very much real. There was an interesting twist towards the end which left me wanting to know more about why the world became the way it was. I'm really looking forward to seeing another film created about Preacher and the West. All in all, a great film that is definitely a must-see for anyone who is even remotely interested in zombie films. Or westerns.

Unknown actors and no budget. There are a lot of people involved in this I would like to see more of. Monologues are notoriously hard to pull off so the sheriff carries a lot of this movie.