EATERS

EATERS

Alternate Title:
Eaters: Rise Of The Dead

Italy, 2011

Directors: Marco Ristori & Luca Boni

5/10

Ok, we all know that the glorious days of True Italo Horror are long gone and  - but (as I mentioned before) it's nice to see that there are a few young filmmakers up-and-coming who try to revive bits of pieces of that Golden era, like Marco Ristori and Luca Boni: their debut flick "Eaters" is a flawed but fairly enjoyable low-budget post-apocalyptic zombie-road-movie, in terms of atmosphere comparable to European 70s/80s zom-b-movies.

The Good:

Most of the time, it's pretty tense and entertaining; only a few dull scenes in the middle. The 2 main characters (played by Alex Lucchesi and Rosella Elmi) are cool, extremely likable and they constantly drop pretty funny lines.

The plot is interesting and there are many surprisingly great, surprisingly inventive plot points and plot twists. The industrial soundtrack is rocking, the zombie make-up looks great (especially the design of the hilarious 'talking zombies') and there's lots of ace-looking abandoned locations.

Oh, and there's even some outrageous nazisploitation (silly neonazis, a laughable dumb-looking Hitler imitator...).

The Bad:

It's packed with crappy CGI effects, even more crappy practical-effects-mixed-with-awful-CGI (why??) and horrid-looking Bluescreen stuff . Script and direction are so-so, many scenes are too dull and slow-paced, much of the acting plain sucks and the camera work is quite weak.

Far from being a must-see, but worth seeing if you enjoy stuff like "The Zombie Diaries" or "Tooth & Nail".

By the way: don't be put off by Uwe Boll's name on the cover, he's only co-producer/presenter and has nothing to do with the actual movie :-)

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Big thanks to The Cyn who persuaded me to watch "Eaters" - you were right, it's actually way better than I expected :)