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Night of the Flesh Eaters (2008) |
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Originally, the title of George Romero's 1968 classic film Night of the Living Dead was going to be Night of the Flesh Eaters. Before the film was released, there was a conflict with another film by the same name, so the title was changed to avoid legal issues. Rumor has it the title "Night of the Living Dead" was given to the film by the distributor as a last minute decision. Other than the fact that there was supposed to be another film with the name Night of the Flesh Eaters back in the 1960s, I haven't heard much about the other rumored film. However, none of this information has much of anything to do with this review other than to clarify for anyone who might be wondering if this is the mysterious 1960s film that forced Romero to change the name of his most famous masterpiece. |
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The makeup and monster effects, courtesy of Tom Devlin of 1313FX, are actually pretty damn good. They aren't mind blowing by today's standards, but they're as good as most of the average budget B-Movie monster effects from the 1980s. Mr. Devlin has quite a resume in low-budget film effects including work on the Troma film, Poultrygeist, so it's really no surprise that he did a good job here. When it come to the gore, I would have liked more quantity, but there is a fair amount and what was there was relatively well done. Maybe not quite as good as the standard 1980s horror gore, but close enough that the gore is definitely respectable for a film of this budget. Although there is no nudity, there is a hot babe (played by Jessica Green) running around the forest in her bra and panties, but that's about it for skin. Although Night of the Flesh Eaters won't be winning any awards for the story, it's actually pretty clever for a film of this kind. Plus, it has good pacing and at 82 minutes, it short enough that it doesn't drag. It starts out looking like your basic guy-kills-cheating-wife-and-boyfriend plot, but there are a couple of unexpected twists before you get into the monsterfest. Once the monsters start coming, they don't stop until the movie is over. What the monsters may lack in quality (which really isn't all that lacking to begin with), they more than make up for with quantity. I can't think of another horror movie with a greater variety of monsters than Night of the Flesh Eaters! If you like a good 'bad' movie, Night of the Flesh Eaters should be on your list of movies to see!
Skin-o-meter: 0.5 out of 5 (One girl in a bra and panties.)
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