5.8 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
Zombies come out at night and two families must survive until morning.
Starring: Daryl Hannah, Anthony Michael Hall, Alan Ruck, Shirley Jones, Rachel G. FoxHorror | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
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25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A, B (C untested)
Movie | 2.0 | |
Video | 3.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 1.0 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
What are the absolutely most fundamental, need-to-have ingredients for any Zombie flick? There need to be bushels of zombies -- not better known as walkers, biters, moaners, call them anything but "Zeke," for pete's sake -- of course, as well as a band or two or three of survivors fending them off so that the zombies have victims on which to give chase and munch. So those are the two main pieces in The Asylum's Zombie Night, a retread genre movie from the cult favorite bottom-scraping studio that produced such genre gems as 2012 Zombie Apocalypse and Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies. This film falls somewhere in the middle in terms of quality. It's a bit more full and satisfying than the empty, meandering world of the former and nowhere near as novel or fun as the latter. But it still inhabits a fairly cruddy middle ground littered with the forgotten corpses of countless other films that have been made to capitalize on the successes of George Romero and Robert Kirkman, no surprise considering the source.
Head and dead.
Zombie Night features a consistently nondescript but generally even 1080p transfer. It's flat and dull, predominantly, with a good deal of low light shots, scenes, and sequences that don't allow for an explosion of detail or color. The HD photography does offer crisp, accurate clothing and facial lines, and there are some nice textures here and there inside houses and out in the cemetery, but viewers shouldn't expect any sort of eye-catching levels of detail. What colors there are satisfy. Home interiors are suitably warm, clothes and skin tones appear natural, metallic morgue surfaces and body bag textures look fine, and some greenery satisfies in terms of basic shading. Black levels are a bit problematic, with paleness and a light push towards purple both evident problems. Occasionally light-to-heavy noise also interferes in these darker shots. Otherwise, this is a fairly stable and watchable 1080p transfer from The Asylum.
Zombie Night features a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack that's probably the best-case scenario for a lower budget Horror film. Musical clarity is fine, with solid stage presence, good spacing, and a tight low end, critical in particular here since music is practically a nonstop companion in some capacity throughout the film. Stage balance is sometimes impressive as sound rises and lowers, for example, in one scene featuring police and a little girl in chapter four. Various sound effects are nicely implemented and well defined, from someone beating on a thick wooden door to low zombie moans and groans. A few gunshots rank better than "puny" but never excel to anything resembling a high level of realism. An explosion later in the film does offer some good oomph and spirited bass. Dialogue delivery is accurate and center-focused. Overall, this is a good all-around performer from The Asylum.
Zombie Night contains the usual throwaway Asylum extras.
Zombie Night is about as generic a genre movie as one can make. It satisfies basic requirements and stars a few recognizable faces, but it's otherwise a paint-by-numbers sort that's unimaginative and content to simply put all the ingredients together, not do anything even remotely special with them. It's the zombie movie equivalent of a decent fast food burger. There's much, much better and some that are worse. The Asylum's Blu-ray release of Zombie Night delivers adequate video, good audio, and a couple of needless extras. This should be a pass but for the most ardent genre and Asylum fans.
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