Autumn

It has to be said, this movie is extremely low budget that has many plot holes and there isn't anything really consistent. Where the movie shines is having characters who you don't want to die. In many few against many horror movies there are some characters you just want to die. At least within this movie you empathize with the characters. The lighting in the movie is pretty dark, giving it a home movie feel. Sometimes this works to good effect, other times less so. Still there are a few scenes where you think something might happen and doesn't and others vice versa! From the Omega Man onwards there have been movies with trained personnel taking on the living dead to individuals. Again it was refreshing not to see a movie that everyone had to be tooled up to the nines and like Shaun of the Dead you could walk among them and not always been seen as a quick snack (if you walked around slowly and quietly).

The movie is very slow paced and doesn't use montages of what is on TV or a radio to learn how to kill or not, the zombies. Additionally rather than having immediate flesh eating zombies the zombies seem to be passive at first and then violent later on in the movie. This gives this movie a different tact.

Okay, I've gone over the parts which I think it's different from others. Still, I'd say there's nothing really new within the movie. We know the story: Virus kills off billions, a few people survive and get into the country and try and live in peace. But, the zombies can find you and slowly they come in their masses! David Carodine, I have NO idea why they got him into this low budget piece. They could have got anyone to play his part and in fact it'd probably have been better if they had. Like other comments here, I thought it was painful to see him act. His role was kinda a fill-in, madman keeps zombies at bay and he's hiding a secret.

There's some very good points raised in the movie about how to survive a holocaust and what next. Still, the worst parts are found in the big plot holes. For example, sometimes the zombies move super-fast early in their development and then seem to forget that they had this ability! Next their development to eating flesh in live animals seems to again come earlier in the movie and then forgotten again.

If you'd like to see a more dynamic take on humans in zombie-land and have not seen the other likely suspects I'd give this one a try. But, if you've seen 28 days later, Romero's latest movies and maybe haven't seen this years best zombie flick Dead Snow, I'd save your money on this and rent Dead Snow!

I would have given this movie -10 out of 10 if possible. Every aspect of this movie is pitiful. The Direction, Acting, Soundtrack, Cinematography, Make up, Special Effects, Screenplay, Editing etc etc etc are the worst examples I have ever seen. Even the titles look like something from a 1970's kids TV programme. It looks like something an 8 year old child would produce for a class project and receive a D- for. Avoid at all costs - it really is quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen, and I've seen a few in my time. I can't think of a single moment of the movie that was entertaining, interesting, or anything other than absolutely awful. It really is that bad.

I am a fan of zombie movies but honestly, it's been a while since i got to see a good one. This one's pretty OK but could have been a lot better:

• story evolves pretty slow, and is predictable at most points; also, the main events in the movie are poorly connected to form a smooth storyline; Also, most of the stuff seems to be happening towards the end of the film.

• acting is decent

• makeup is OK - zombies look real

• special effects are disastrous - the most advanced special effect is made by "fast-forwarding through the scene"

• Horrible SOUND!!!! it has scenes where the actors are talking but you can't hear what they are saying because of the background music that is too loud (and i'm not talking about the scenes where it is obvious that the voices have been intentionally covered by the background music).

I was just looking around on Netflix for something to watch and the description seemed interesting. I usually love low budget zombie flicks. I mean, Night of the Living Dead was low budget and turned out to be a classic.

What was I getting myself into? I yawned so many times through this film, it just wasn't interesting at all. I thought it might have a great storyline, but that didn't happen either. The acting was what I expected though, so no big deal there. Not much action at all, which usually isn't that important if there's a storyline.

This film had nothing to keep me interested and I wouldn't recommend anyone actually paying money to buy this. But, if you want to watch a horrible low budget film, this is the one for you.

If you've read any of the David Moody books the "Autumn" series, then you'll most likely appreciate this movie.

The movie is based on David Moody's first book "Autumn" (total of four books to date) and it did a great job of staying true to the main characters and the storyline. Most movies I've seen that were based on books end up being a hack job; the director gives their interpretation and loses the essence of what the book was really about (any fan of Stephen King would agree).

Yes, the acting could have been much better and the editing was quite choppy, but the story itself remained intact. The movie was slow because the first book "Autumn" was slow.

The "Autumn" series is another approach to the zombie culture and the books are much more plot and character driven than they are at delivering blood, gore and the end of the world apocalypse scenarios.

Bottom line, if you've read and enjoyed any of the David Moody books, then this movie is worth the rental. If you haven't read any of his books, then maybe 28 Days Later or any George Romero movie would be more up your alley.