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To kako

  • 2005
  • 1h 23m
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5.4/10
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To kako (2005)
Zombie HorrorActionComedyHorror

An evil force is awakened in downtown Athens transforming the unsuspecting citizens into raving zombies. The few survivors will have to fight hard for their lives. To the death.An evil force is awakened in downtown Athens transforming the unsuspecting citizens into raving zombies. The few survivors will have to fight hard for their lives. To the death.An evil force is awakened in downtown Athens transforming the unsuspecting citizens into raving zombies. The few survivors will have to fight hard for their lives. To the death.

  • Director
    • Yorgos Noussias
  • Writer
    • Yorgos Noussias
  • Stars
    • Meletis Georgiadis
    • Pepi Moschovakou
    • Argiris Thanasoulas
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Yorgos Noussias
    • Writer
      • Yorgos Noussias
    • Stars
      • Meletis Georgiadis
      • Pepi Moschovakou
      • Argiris Thanasoulas
    • 31User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Meletis Georgiadis
    Meletis Georgiadis
    • Meletis
    Pepi Moschovakou
    Pepi Moschovakou
    • Marina
    Argiris Thanasoulas
    Argiris Thanasoulas
    • Argyris
    • (as Argyris Thanasoulas)
    Stavroula Thomopoulou
    Stavroula Thomopoulou
    • Dimitra
    Mary Tsoni
    Mary Tsoni
    • Jenny
    • (as Mairi Tsoni)
    Nikos Sambalis
    • Andreas
    • (as Nikos Sampalis)
    Andreas Kontopoulos
    Andreas Kontopoulos
    • Lieutenant Vakirtzis
    • (as Antreas Kontopoulos)
    Yannis Katsambas
    Yannis Katsambas
    • Giannis
    • (as Giannis Katsampas)
    Daphne Larouni
    Daphne Larouni
    • Dafni
    • (as Dafni Larouni)
    Stathis Kokkoris
    Stathis Kokkoris
    • Friend in Football Match
    Themis Katz
    Themis Katz
    • Topographer #3
    • (as Themis Katsimichas)
    Yorgos Noussias
    Yorgos Noussias
    • Topographer #2
    • (as Giorgos Nousias)
    Manos Fakaros
    • Friend in Night Club
    Giorgos Stefanidis
    • Hidden #1
    Louizos Aslanidis
    Louizos Aslanidis
    • Hidden #2
    Giannis Zahariou
    • Radio Speaker
    • (voice)
    Claudio Bolivar
    Claudio Bolivar
    • Man in Night Club
    • (uncredited)
    Christos Houliaras
    Christos Houliaras
    • Garage Zombie
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Yorgos Noussias
    • Writer
      • Yorgos Noussias
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    8metalforos

    First Greek Splatter/Horror film

    It's the first Greek attempt to make a splatter film. Just for that it deserves a credit and an overlook for it's low budget. But believe me this doesn't mean that this movie cannot be compared to Hollywood zombie movies because they couldn't afford tanks, mansions and 1000 zombies. This movie is exactly what a zombie movie has to be. The effects are awesome, and not only for the Greek standards. The zombies are so believable, just for an example a taxi driver happened to pass with his car in some of the "zombie's" takes and started running with his car. The directing is a bit strange but stunning, your eyes are stuck in the screen not to miss anything. The actors are amateurs but play their roles very well and were a bit creepy in some of the scenes when they began to act crazy! I give an 10 for a Greek movie and an 8 for a film not to be judged by it's country. You must see it, it's somehow different for any zombie you have seen so far and it won't disappoint you! I'm really looking forward for "To Kako 2".

    p.s. The ending is just NOT a Hollywood one, but i don't want to spoil it, i loved it though!
    8BA_Harrison

    Tzatziki and tzombies, or 'Zombie the Greek'.

    I think it's fair to say that Greece is hardly renowned for its horror movie output (to date I have only seen one other scary film from this country—Nico Mastorakis' infamous 'video nasty' Island of Death), but having just enjoyed zombie romp 'To Kako' (AKA Evil), I reckon that the Greeks should spend less time smashing plates and more time smashing skulls, 'cos they're actually pretty good at it!

    Director Yorgos Noussias begins his film with the discovery of an enormous cavern on the outskirts of Athens, within which lurks an evil force that is capable of transforming people into flesh-craving zombies. After initially possessing three construction workers who investigate the cavern, the force spreads rapidly throughout the city leaving only a small group of survivors—buxom teenager Jenny, her sexy neighbour, a randy taxi driver, a soldier, and a football fan—desperately searching for a way out of their predicament.

    Whilst this might not be the most imaginative of plots, Noussias's superb handling of his material more than makes up for the lack of originality in narrative: genuinely atmospheric scenes of horror are expertly combined with bloody moments of knockabout splat-stick comedy to make this a thoroughly entertaining 83 minutes of scares, OTT gore and laughs. And for a film with such a small budget, this film looks absolutely fabulous, with great cinematography (the shots of the deserted city are particularly cool), snazzy editing (the MTV stylings are a little over-done, perhaps, but it's still technically impressive stuff), and loads of amazing special effects (both traditional and digital).

    The blurb on the DVD packaging describes the film as 'a rapid-fire series of over-the-top-gross-out gags and gore' but I feel that this description does not really do the film justice. Yes, 'To Kako' offers gore-hounds a smörgåsbord of splatterific effects and bad-taste humour—crushed heads, decapitations, eviscerations, and juicy impalements—but there is more to Noussias' movie than just a mindless comedy gore-fest: in addition to making viewers laugh, the director also manages to deliver carefully constructed scenes of tension and excitement, allows his viewers to care about his characters before he has them pulled apart and eaten, and presents an excellent downbeat ending that sees the last four survivors facing insurmountable odds as the undead close in for the kill, thus qualifying 'To Kako' as a bona fide horror experience.
    8colaboy7

    For Us By Us

    When I first heard about the making of Greek zombie film, I must admit i felt really excited but a bit weary at the same time.

    Excited because this was going to be a first for my country, but a bit uncertain of what it could turn out like...I knew that the guys that made the film were working on a shoelace budget and I was worried that as proper "gore" is quite expensive to create, the whole film would be just people with ketchup on their faces walking around Athens.

    From the first moment watching this film you realize that it is made by people who love this kind of genre , for people who love this genre.

    Don't expect any hidden meanings when watching "evil". The film is here to entertain us and it succeeds in doing so big time!

    The acting is good, the effects are surprisingly convincing, and most of all it is really funny!

    Obviously the guys who made this film were inspired by Peter Jackson's "Braindead" . Trying to combine humor with horror is really difficult but they did a great job!

    I heard somewhere that the guys have currently plans for a new movie. I just cant wait! And guys if you are reading this... please please please let me be in it! I'll do it for free!
    7jbbeverley

    Nothing too special, but a decent effort!

    "To Kako" (aka "Evil") was a film that I didn't expect much out of. A Greek zombie film seemed like a disaster waiting to happen, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it a noble effort despite it's flaws.

    The film does come off as fairly novice. It may be cultural boundaries, but I am also picky. Certain people around here call this film "trash", but I don't think that is fair. Compared to Romero's films, EVERY zombie film COULD be considered somewhere between second rate and "trash". This film is somewhere in between, but is worth a look if you like the genre.

    What I did like about the film what what they were able to do with an obviously limited budget. The acting is nothing above average but also not "horrible" as some have suggested. Given the budget, the prosthetics and other optical FX were passable. I was relieved to not see an assault of CGI animated gore. I found a couple of the effects laughable, but others to be much better.

    There are come continuity flaws, and some moments where the film drags, but the story is fairly well crafted, and the the gore-hounds in the audience will be happy at the amount of splatter and nastiness. Also, some of the dialog moves rather fast, and you may find yourself having to read a bit quicker than usual. But if you can get past these few limitations, you may find this to be an enjoyable movie. I would give it a 4 or 5 normally, but since it is a cut above the majority of non-Romero zombie films, I gave it a 6. You zombie buffs see it for yourselves and decide for yourselves.
    5paul_m_haakonsen

    The dead are stirring in Greece...

    I didn't really expect much from this movie, being a Greek zombie movie and all, but my prejudice was quickly put to shame. "Evil" (or "To Kako") turned out to be somewhat of a surprise.

    Think a mixture of "28 Days Later" and Peter Jackson's "Dead Alive" (aka "Braindead"), then you sort of have the thing that is "Evil".

    Personally, I am not keen on zombies that are super agile and running around, as they are in this movie. That being said, then the director of this movie managed to uphold a very "28 Days Later" feeling all throughout the entire movie, and for that, thumbs up.

    There was a good amount of gore in the movie as well, though the movie was fairly low-budget, they managed to make the effects look nice and realistic enough. And again, thumbs up on that.

    However, one thing that didn't really sit well with me was the characters in the movie. They weren't really given much space to unfold or develop. And as such, they were fairly two-dimensional. There were some attempts thrown in at being funny, particularly from the Argyris guy, whether or not that is good, is a personal preference, I, however, just didn't find the forced humor at place in the movie.

    Now, this movie is of course a mile and a stone away from being up to most Hollywood productions, but still, if you are a zombie aficionado, there is some good stuff here and good entertainment, and "Evil" should - and deserves - a place in the movie collection of any zombie aficionado.

    So you might wonder why I am only rating "Evil" a 5 out of 10 rating. Well, simply because I don't find agile, running zombies particularly enjoyable, and also because of the misplaced attempts of humor in the movie. "Evil" has a lot to offer, but with some adjustments, it could have been so much more. But with "Evil", Greece has put itself on the world map of the zombie infection.

    On a closing note, then the ending of the movie was just priceless. It was the best part of the entire movie. And what a way to leave the audience hanging. Several rotting thumbs up for the bold ending of the movie.

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    • Release date
      • March 16, 2006 (Greece)
    • Country of origin
      • Greece
    • Language
      • Greek
    • Also known as
      • Evil
    • Filming locations
      • Athens, Greece
    • Production company
      • Ekso Productions
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      • €140,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 23m(83 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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