Grave Mistake

When the opening frames of Grave Mistake hit my screen I sighed, the camera effects were one of those they use when the budget is limited and it looked dreadful. I prepared myself for the worst and maybe that's why I came away quite surprised.

Grave Mistake though advertised as a horror is more of a comedy and tells the usual story of a group of survivors during a zombie apocalypse and does it quite well.

The first half is full of laughs, interesting deaths and competence.

The second forgets its a comedy and becomes a generic clichéd zombie flick and a distinctly average one at that.

And that is a damn shame as the first half really entertained me and was an example of what you can do to make the most of a minimal budget.

Full of quirky characters, some great deaths, oddly good sfx and some great comedy it's worth your time but expect disappointment by the end.

The Good:

Great first half

Really quite funny

Interesting characters

Strong sfx considering the budget

The Bad:

Weak second half

Camera effects are shoddy

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Fu-Manchu is a martial art

The creators definitely had a thing for zombie children

Why is it that some people waste valuable time and coin creating such tripe. I usually love independent b movies, especially anything zombie related, but this dead mess is beyond redeeming. The horror is not the zombie horde, but the crap plot, crap acting, crap FX, crap directing and so on. I really tried to give chance but couldn't hold the puke any longer. The script writing is plain dumb. Character are not believable with actors who seem to be all related to the director. This is one of those movies thought up, written and shot in one day on a drunken stupor. The obnoxious dummy what started the infections was just sickening to watch. This has to the the worst movie I've ever seen. PLEASE do you mind and stomach a favor and pass this up.

considering that this was a low budget grade z movie, it was fairly good. The acting in this may not be of great quality but it is an amusing story with some great special FX for a low quality production. The zombies unlike other low budget low grade zombie flicks do actually look really good and the special of the "kills" are actually fairly gruesome. it's nothing new to the zombie genre but you could do a lot worse with your 90mins than watch this. It is a comedy as well if you look at the characters in this. half of them had me laughing excessively because they were so larger than life over the top characters and even some of the things that they say are fairly cringe worthy but also make a giggle. don't expect too much from this movie and you'll have a good time. After all, this isn't a George A romero film.

Don't get me wrong, this is a pretty bad movie, but it does have some redeeming qualities. First, the idea of a knight guarding the entrance to an office building was novel. I don't know if all of the soundtrack was original for this movie, but I really liked a lot of it! I also enjoyed the scene when they cut to a band and went to the renaissance part. Many times, I thought the zombie makeup and effects were unusually good for a B movie as well. Or maybe it's just that this is a more modern B move than I usually see. It's worth seeing once.

This is just a really bad movie. I tried to find something in it worth liking, but I couldn't find anything. The actors are wooden, several of the actors seem to be faking accents and voices or trying to sound like different people, there are incidents and moments that are completely implausible and the production is just overall dreadful. If you look beyond the zombies, it just doesn't look like a zombie apocalypse. It looks like an abandoned town. The first few minutes of the film defy explanation. A guy goes out and dumps toxic waste on a gravesite without any reason. Is he a jerk? Does he have a grudge on the deceased? Is he just bored and trying something he saw in a zombie movie? It's not explained. From there, the film just kind of limps along introducing several of the weakest most boring stereotypes I've ever seen. No one in this film is worth rooting for, and when the "apocalypse" finally occurs, no one really makes any attempts to save themselves. The rest of "Grave Mistake" just limps along after that. Bottom line, you can really see the cheap production in this, and when it finally ends, there's really no big interest in this silly script. Maybe if they made it a comedy it might have been better, but all the references and allusions to other much better zombie flicks isn't enough to save this. .