Autumn

Sometimes I watch movies with David Carradine and think it's a shame that this will be part of his legacy. This is one of those films. Not that I was ever a huge Carradine fan, but it gives you an idea of how I feel about this film. I feel bad for an actor known for largely being in mediocre-at-best films because he was in it. And even then, not for very long. Also, while I'm thinking about it, I think it's great to more away from the traditional zombie story every now and then but can we please stop pretending like this whole "everyone has a virus except for a few people" thing is new and fresh? The end result is the same as any old zombie movie so knock it off.

What you essentially have here is the old small group of survivors who band together and dig in whilst under constant zombie attack. Well...not so much attack as constant zombie presence. I will give the movie props for one thing...I liked the way the zombies sort of evolve from just being corpses to rudimentary movement to being able to actually comprehend things. Of course, that doesn't excuse a plot line that has virtually everyone in the country dropping dead simultaneously. I'm not sure what disease model they were working off of, but that would have to be one hell of a virus. And I don't normally pick on technical aspects of movies, but the audio in this was terrible. Maybe it was just the copy I had, but everything that wasn't speech sounded loaded up with reverb. It was downright distracting and, let's face it, this movie didn't need any more strikes against it.

All said and done, you've seen this same type of film done better with less. It's not awful, it just fails to really do much of anything. All of the characters pretty much fail to make you concerned about their well-being and the story itself just sort of drags along without for almost 2 hours...much longer than it needs to be. I won't say you should avoid it...that's your call...but I'm certainly not going to endorse it.

I just watched this movie and I thought it was so bad it was almost good... Almost. I appreciate that it's an independent production and filmed on a tight budget but this was truly awful.

Let's face it, zombie films are a done deal now. There are so many awesome zombie films in existence today that you would have to do something pretty amazing to add to the genre and this is no where near. Most of it is just unintentionally hilarious, the zombies are so lame they make Michael Jackson's Thriller look scary and the acting is so bad it's like watching porn but without the sex.

I have never read the book (I didn't even know of it's existence till a few hours ago) but if any of the comments I've read about it on IMDb are anything to go by then I'm willing to bet that this pile of garbage wont live up to it.

Save yourself the trouble.

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.

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.

It was with some expectation that I bought this movie - yeah I actually paid money for this garbage. I had heard nothing buy praise for Moody's novel, which I also bought, but haven't read yet. And truth be told, now that I have seen the movie, I dread opening the book in fear that it will be equally worthless.

I had expected somewhat more of an ordinary zombie movie from this, I didn't really buy into the thing that was going on with the re-animated dead and how they were treated by the survivors. That was just a tad too unconventional for me.

Storywise, it seemed a bit too jumpy, and there wasn't much of a structured linear storyline going on. I actually fell asleep during the movie and ended up turning it off, as it was just that uneventful and uninteresting.

As for the cast and their acting, well most of the people were doing adequately, though the dialogue was somewhat crippling at times, and there were some performances of acting that was quite bad to look at. However, I will say that there was a very every-day-feel to the cast and the way that they talked.

"Autumn" didn't sell its goods to me on any level, it was uninteresting already from just a few minutes into it, and then it was an uphill struggle for it to get any ground and win me over. In the end, the movie lost and I gave up on it. For a zombie aficionado like myself, "Autumn" was a huge disappointment.

There are far better zombie movies available on the market, even a good handful of the low-budget movies fared better than "Autumn". It was a shame, because Moody was so praised for his novels.