The Knackery

Gathered together to participate in a new episode, a group of contestants selected to perform for a popular game show find themselves dumped in an abandoned warehouse to fight to the death only for a slew of flesh-eating zombies to appear and eat the others forcing them to fight off the creatures.

This was a somewhat fine if slightly flawed indie zombie effort. One of the better elements with this one comes from the rather likable and generally silly setup that comes off incredibly well for the type of film presented. The initial setup of the group holding a game show under the guise of the contestants fighting each other to the death ar this abandoned factory in the middle of nowhere with hidden cameras capturing everything for a host to provide commentary on as the fights escalate to include ravenous zombies being set loose to kill the survivors is perfect for this type of film. This accomplishes the type of worthwhile starting point where the characters get introduced while also serving as a decent twist with the zombies to come about, which all forms the proper kind of gimmick-based presentation for the show to be as popular as it is. That also serves the film nicely to generate a near-constant series of action scenes here with two different kinds of features presented. As the main gimmick of the contestants fighting each other throughout the factory proves, there are all sorts of better-than-expected martial arts displays to try to take each other out, so the various kung fu bits are really fun. Mixing hard-hitting moves with a nice bit of fluidity in the performers while also utilizing their surroundings to get the advantage, this is all exciting and thrilling enough with the frenetic action keeping this one moving along at a fantastic pace in between the more traditional zombie swarming encounters. The running zombie feature is put to good use here with the contestants forced to run through the area to escape, with various situations of them coming together to pull their victims to pieces in several solid and rather fun sequences with plenty of bloodsplatter to cap everything off. As a whole, these are enough to give this one a lot more to like than expected. There are some issues here that bring this one down. The biggest issue is the complete lack of sense on display from the characters here, who are never given any form of realistic intelligence. Far too often, the film devolves into the characters narrowly escaping death from the zombie hordes only to then immediately begin engaging in a heated fistfight with someone else in the competition simply because that's the way the game is to be played, which just doesn't make any sense how that mindset works. Knowing the zombies are out there and have to be dealt with, but being more focused on fighting each other makes it feel far too much like the kind of idiotic low-budget indie this is, somewhat similar to the goofy effects-work featured here, which does a lot of that as well. The zombie make-up and cheesy indie gore also manage to showcase this effectively and offer up the film's main issues.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

I really hate to be harsh but this is legitimately - single handedly - the worst film I've ever seen in my entire life. I have seen The Room. (Glorified as the worst film of all time). I have seen Birdemic. (Also hailed as one of 'The worst films of all time'. I have seen Trolls 2. (There is no prequel.. it's just called Trolls 2. And yes it's ALSO hailed as one of the worst films of all time).

The aforementioned films were at least entertaining to watch, not for it's horror, but for its unbelievably bizarre quirks.

This isn't the worst film of all time because it's not a film. It's an absolute joke.

I HATE labelling films bad - people put time, money and effort into it. But this is just.. I need to stop. People complain about movies being bad when what they really mean is it wasn't to their taste. THIS, however, is genuinely A W F U L.

1. The audio is appalling - from the VERY first scene - it's apparent there are no mic's being used. You can't hear a word they're saying over the noise of the car.

2. You can see the green-screen.

3. You can see where the (probably Poundland) make-up runs out on one of the receding zombies hairlines.

4. You can see the actors occasionally laughing during the serious scenes.

Apparently The Knackery had a low budget - so what? It annoys me when that's used as an excuse. The budget for Paranormal Activity was essentially just the cameras they used and it's one of the most profitable films of all time - because it was actually good.

This film angers me. I hate to sound bitter but that's because I am. I ordered this film and it came on a CD. It seemed legit. It wasn't. It's a complete and utter waste of time.

1/10, if I could go lower I would.