Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2018) – Film Review

I was eager to see this film, when I saw it on offer on Netflix I am totally in love with anything within the Zombie genre. I had only just finished watching “Fear of the Walking Dead” Sadly it took just one minute to know how poor this film would be. Instantly the acting hits you (or rather the lack of it), Zombies bite into someone and they explode into a cloud of red and could run faster than Usain Bolt.

Each scene just became more disappointing than the last, the dreadful way it's filmed, the very shoddy cheap sets... and again with the acting... I just cannot begin to convey how appalling the acting is; the blood is there but does not make up for the rest of this mess.

That being said, the acting is still better than the script! This really is a one lose story with no subplots or outside influences that get you thinking, this is a 'mind in neutral' film as you just allow the very basic plot to play out in front of you.

The premise of the film is set in a post-apocalyptic world, is a bit different a kind of one-sided love story in a zombie-filled world. Former med student Zoe was attending Whittendale University and reluctant to attend a party at her University she is persuaded by a friend. Her patient Max is infatuated with her, at the party attacks her, and attempts to rape her. During the rape attempt, Max is attack by a Zombie and turned. Five years later, Zoe heads back to Whittendale to find some medication and Max is still wandering around as if a love struck cuddly puppy. Has Zoe and her companions fight off the zombies Max manages to get a lift under one of the vehicle back to the bunker where survivors are hiding out. Mayhem breaks out.

The Love Birds

It is worth noting that you need to rethink the Zombie rules with this film as they have turned the main, and pretty much only Zombie character into a more free thinking and stalker type (that talks!) and in doing so you forget this is meant to be a Zombie film based on the incredible 1985 masterpiece.

It's a very sad attempt and it seems it was made by people who have never seen a zombie film before. I guess the casting director should also write an open letter of apology for this cheap forgettable travesty. Guess what! After all that, I rather enjoy it because it was so bad.

My Rating