Savageland (2015)

Cruising through my Fire TV; thought I'd give this one a try. Whoa! Kept my interests, no fast forwarding needed due to lengthy dialogue. All of the actors did great jobs, especially the survivor. Law enforcement portrayals were funny, though rang true in some places. Photos were creepy, especially the one with the little girl. Appreciate that there was no conclusion as to what really happened. The survivor ended up being a folk hero at the end. Recommending to my sister, another horror lover!

I guess that's too many genres for one movie, but I think they're all accurate. The story revolves around an apparent spree-killing in a tiny, destitute Arizona border town near Nogales, Mx. The main suspect is also an amatuer photog and though not initially found, when a roll of film that he had taken during the entire night of the killings is developed, the story takes on a much darker tone. I have a soft spot in my heart for low budget horror films, but this one really is pretty high quality. Only one or two of the actors couldn't pull off the doc/reality part (the sherriff being the most annoying of them). There is a bit of a twist at the end, when one of the characters' book is published, and a "cover-up" is potentially revealed, but for the most part this fizzles at the end unfortunately. Over all, it's really well done for the resources they had, and the photo vs video aspect of the found "footage" was unique and really something I hadn't seen before. If you like "The Bay" but weren't really into the heavy-handedness and lack of "fright" you may just like this a lot.

Slow...very slow, but worth a watch.A very different take on zombie films and though this movie leaves a lot to be desired, a definite "A" for effort.Loads of plot holes and I really don't understand the lack of cast listing.This film is listed here on the IMDb, so it's obviously not real footage, so the lack of listing of ALL cast members is not only a disservice to them, but extremely frustrating.Some trivia on parts of the film that were actually interesting, would have been wonderful.Such as, the town. Was it a real town, possibly abandoned? It looked like it and being a film maker myself, trivia is always an important part of helping immerse a viewer in the world you're creating.More explanation into how the border zombies came to be and less on the survivor, would have helped.As I said...great concept, good movie...but needed a LOT of help to see its full potential.

Yeah so I rented this after I read the reviews and I'm kinda bummed I did. It wasn't terrible but not worth the $5. Basically this is a documentary style movie about a town invaded by zombies (?) and it has some social commentary about the racism against immigrants, and the failure of our judicial system in cases that people want an easy scapegoat , and are too lazy to think outside the box . It's not a bad film. But it's also not a horror movie . There is no scary parts. There is nothing here except the subject matter and the loose assumption we come to about zombies, but even that is not entirely clear. So my suggesting is to rent another movie called "The Girl with all the Gifts" which is worth the price of a rental at least and wait to watch this one for free, or support independent film and watch it. It's interesting , it's just not a horror or a zombie film, which is what it's marketed as.. so that's the main problem. They should have marketed it properly and it would be more worth it, and not as disappointing. The acting is pretty good with the exception of the truck driver and a few of the other smaller parts .. with this style movie, the acting has to be top notch to make it truly believable . I thought they could have made this really really good. With more detailed photographs and more footage of the massacre and also not really ever having a conclusion made it worse than it had to be. I kept expecting the zombies or whatever they were ( we never find out for sure ) to attack another town. I was really waiting for that radio host to get eaten. I think that would have made this so much better. Have all the jerks that thought he killed them all get attacked and the documentary crew start filming that, the new attacks and then re-evaluating the verdict and all that. I guess this way is more realistic but who wants too much reality when it's boring and frustrating,right? I mean , this is why we watch movies. To escape the crap of the USA.