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This has been SUCH a letdown, but I guess I should have expected it. The original Creepshow movie was like a Shaun of the Dead homage-showing its love for horror anthologies and comics, but also putting a spotlight on their problematic aspects, which, in horror, are necessary for being subversive. The movie was a wonderful tangle of depravity, misogyny and rampant murder. Bothersome while, yes, fun.

The second movie lost that edge and forgot there was commentary behind the stark worldview of the first. And I guess that second movie is the real model for this show-weak storylines, throwaway characters, and unfortunately thinking the fun is in the kill, not in the horror of the kill.

Mildly interesting as a study of how people cover up their own weaknesses by admiring horrendous sociopaths, but as a documentary this proves pretty inauthentic. With staged segments that resemble more like so-called reality television, and utterly doctored footage of GG Allin, don't expect an honest view of the subject matter.

Ann is surviving alone in the woods during the zombie apocalypse. She's no Ripley, but she's not a scream queen either. Holing up in the woods of upstate NY was the idea of her survivalist husband in an effort to save them and their infant child (ominous tone). But Ann isn't a strict adherent to her husband's survivalist tutoring, shown especially when two uninfected strangers show up and present an immediate tension in the rationing of the already meager supplies. But also the tensions of three people living alone in the woods. The Road meets No Exit.

A nice touch to this movie, besides the slow reveal of the outcomes of the rest of Ann's family, is how there doesn't need to be a clear sign of zombie for the first half hour or so, merely suggestion and peripheral sightings. But the movie doesn't hold off from seeing the monsters for too long to make their absence distracting. The film doesn't quite cash in on its interpersonal tensions by the end, but overall an intriguing effort.