Dead Moon Rising (2007)

I cannot believe this hack could have been allowed a permit to create this piece of garbage. The "actors" were just random people he brought with him. The effects crew had the skill of teenage girls with a dollar store make up kit. I don't believe Poole has even seen a Zombie movie.He cannot direct. He cannot edit. He is another waste of space on the movie shelf. He lied to his extras about his credentials.Ignore this movie. It was another waste from Louisville. Why can't the good directors get the budgets he got for this.Have fun finding a good movie to watch.andY?

Let's get some things out of the way: I was born, and spent a lot of my youth, in Louisville, Kentucky and it was very cool to see a movie shot there (last one I can think of was STRIPES). Also, I LOVE Zombie Flicks. See how I capitalized Zombie Flick? Look, I did it again! I'm also a fledgling movie producer of really dumb short films, and not half bad industrial films. (http://www.youtube.com/elcheapofilms) On to my review... I tried, tried, TRIED to like this movie but I couldn't. The lighting was bad, the plot was shaky at best, and the acting... oh the acting. How could you live in a city that holds the best Off-Broadway theatre troupe in the country (Actors Theatre) and have acting this bad? It's got a motorcycle gang, Zombies, and SCANTILY CLAD WOMEN! What happened?! You know what really gets me though? I've got a script sitting right next to me for a great little Zombie Flick and now the absolute best title I've ever heard for a non-Romero Zombie Flick has been taken. 'Dead Moon Rising'? Are you kidding me?! That title is so brilliant it earned them an extra star (and they only got two folks)! Also, check out that poster! It's like Evil Dead meets Duke Nukem (ED+DN=AWESOME). You've cut me deep Producers of Dead Moon Rising, you've cut me deep.

I am a huge fan of zombie movies and have most likely seen almost everyone one filmed. This indie film was near perfection and I am extremely impressed with the acting debut and directorial debut of the people associated with this film. Dead Moon Rising has a pretty standard plot for a zombie movie which is an outbreak of a disease that brings the dead back to life with a hunger for human flesh and those still alive are just trying to survive and as for my personally I can never get tired of the same gory plot. One of the stories major successes is with the characters and how each of them have a good background and mesh well with each other, also the beautiful actresses were well cast for this indie film made the experience even better. The film itself was done on a non-existent budget and it seems partly the reason it took more of a comedy route than being mainly horror because then the production would have had to spend for special effects to make the film genuinely scary. Others have commented on how cheesy the effects were such as the intestines of victims and I believe this may have been intentional due to the budget and they were looking to make this film in a comedy/cheese effect direction which worked beautifully. As for other effects such as zombie coloration I believe they did a perfect job and sort have reminded me to one of my all time favorite zombie movies the 'original' Dawn Of The Dead where the zombies just had a simple coat of makeup to change the skin coloration and it works great. Now even though I really enjoyed this film and some people reading this might think I am being bias and saying its a total piece of perfection but they would be wrong as there were some minor improvements that could have been made such as the sound and lighting issues but really nothing is ever perfect and for this being a lot of the crew's first film I am truly impressed. This review is from a normal guy in his early twenties from Toronto, Canada and I have no association with the production or even the location of this film, I just genuinely enjoyed it for being a great hilarious zombie independent film with a great cheese factor and am amazed at the final product for this being a first time production for many involved. I will recommend this to friend and others as its well worth a rent. I'm also going to post on the forums how I believe internet distribution is going to make this indie film huge which is how I obtained it, as I don't want to start a whole other topic and make this review longer than it already is.Congrats this was a great time!

Man, watching the first ten minutes, I had to keep looking at the cover of the DVD to see if I had picked up the wrong movie. Yes it's cheaply made, and there is nothing new with regards to this genre, but as I continued to watch the movie, I found the characters more and more likable. The gore looked like people were eating jam and sausages but hey, what else could they do on that budget.OK the extras. What makes this movie worth buying or even watching is watching Jesse a dancer at Fox Den do her strip tease like dance. I could sit in front of her all day slipping dollars into her pants. She can really shake it. I heard she might be in the sequel too. What song was she dancing to by the way anyone know? All in all, it wasn't a bad movie by any means, I've seen a lot worse crap at the video stores being hawked these days. I am actually looking forward to seeing more from Mark Poole, and I hope everyone of the actors who didn't die in the film are back for more.