Rating: R
Genre:
Horror
Theatrical Release: 09/04/2003(Australia),
Release Date: 10/11/2005
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity, Gore
Distributor/Studio: Lions Gate
When deadly meteorites start striking the calm, peaceful community of Berkeley, Australia, a ragtag group of strangers fight for their lives against a hoard of red-blooded zombies that have mysteriously infected the residents. Headed by the town's ex-beauty queen
Rene (
Felicity Mason) and the village kook,
Marion (
Mungo McKay), the clan of survivors battle their way through farmhouses, bomb shelters, and back roads until they are faced with a much bigger problem than just the gut-munchers on their trail. The debut feature of writer/directors
Michael and
Peter Spierig, the film was two and a half years in the making, echoing other no-budget
splatter epics like
Peter Jackson's
Bad Taste and other similarly themed
sci-fi horror romps. It went on to garner accolades from the
Melbourne International Film Festival and the
Catalonian International Film Festival, Sitges, Spain, among others.
~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
;)
