When the Fever Breaks

First rule with Zombie movies. They can't be boring. This move is boring and so many other bad things. The acting is mediocre and I really hate when they try to make movies like this deep. All of these characters are supposed to be friends but there is no connection whatsoever. These characters are written so one dimensional that you have no interest if any of them live or die. The main antagonist guy over acts so much but I don't blame him entirely, it's the way this poor script is written. The directing is bad but there are a few clever angles. But don't waste your time on this movie. Luckily I was doing bills while watching so I didn't have to watch too much of this piece of garbage. And the first review is right, they just copied every single other zombie movie out there. Try to be original if you're going to make a movie like this.

I LOVE zombies movies. Its not like the story line was bad but I almost stopped watching this in the first 15 minutes because of how bad the acting was from George. Can we say roid rage over acting! OMG It was painful to watch. Sorry dude it was. I understand its a indie film, and low budget but having a different actor play that part would have made this movie soooo much better, loved the end though!

There are a lot of zombies around (especially in the indie space) unfortunately most are just a cash grab that don't offer much in more that blood and gore. However this one feels true and honest in it's approach to the genre. Plus its a well crafted film that is actually scary. Imagine that, a scary zombie movie... who would have thought. George Romero would be proud, definitely worth checking out.

I happened to stumble upon the 2019 zombie movie "When the Fever Breaks" here late in 2020. And being a huge fan of all things zombie, of course I had to sit down and watch this movie from writers Lucy Clay and Tymaine Clay. Granted, I hadn't even heard about the movie prior to watching it, but it being a zombie movie was more than sufficient to make me sit down and watch it.

And it turns out that "When the Fever Breaks" was just another generic zombie movie which borrowed heavily from "Night of the Living Dead", except it just didn't manage to reach that timeless classic zombie movie to the ankles. "When the Fever Breaks" just didn't bring anything new or interesting to the table, so it was essentially just stuff that has been done and seen countless times before in other, and better, zombie movies.

The acting in the movie was adequate, taking into consideration that this was not a top of the line Hollywood production. At least it seemed like the actors and actresses involved in the movie were having fun.

A zombie movie usually needs to have gory effects and good visceral gore, "When the Fever Breaks" didn't have either of that. It was low budget and low key effects, but at least it was slightly more than just people painted grey in the face and having colored darker circles around the eyes.

I managed to endure through the ordeal, though I was hardly entertained, much less impressed. "When the Fever Breaks" is not a noteworthy addition to the zombie genre.

My rating of "When the Fever Breaks" lands on a three out of ten stars. For a zombie movie, "When the Fever Breaks" just didn't pack enough of a bite, much less of a groan.

The strongest part of this film is it's core, a mother coming to terms with her fate in a short time isolated with her daughter. The zombie situation works well as catalyst, but it's in this character study of the mother with her daughter that the story is unique and truly worth checking out!