All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos (2005)

Director:

Jeremy Kasten

Writer:

Mark A. Altman (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The dead shall have their day.

Plot:

During a Day of the Dead celebration, the dead come to life to prey upon the living. |

Plot Keywords:

Severed Tongue | Bathtub Scene | Human Sacrifice | Jail | Haunted Hotel

Cast

Jesse Jam Miranda	...	The Undead / Town People (as Jesse Miran)
Marisa Ramirez	...	Alicia Barena
Travis Wester	...	Joss Gilbert
Nichole Hiltz	...	Erica
Laz Alonso	...	Tyler
Laura Harring	...	Martia
David Keith	...	Sheriff Blanco (adult Ricky White)
Julia Vera	...	Oleta Diaz
Danielle Burgio	...	Esmerelda
Mircea Monroe	...	Lilly White
Jeffrey Combs	...	Thomas White
Ellie Cornell	...	Sarah White
Noah Luke	...	Ricky White
Damien Luvara	...	Raoul
David Figlioli	...	Bull

Also Known As:

All Souls Day (Australia)
Dia de los muertos (USA: Spanish title) (short title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company:

All Souls Day Inc.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Despite the assertion in this movie, the Day of the Dead (Dia de los muertos) is observed on the Catholic All Souls Day which is November 2nd, not November 1st (the 1st is actually All Saints Day).

Movie Connections:

References American Pie (1999)

So-so zombie flick

All Souls Day is just like I said in my title there. Its a so-so zombie flick. Is it great? Short answer: no. Is is bad? Short answer; no. Its a movie that really falls in the middle of the road. There are moments in the film that border on some of the best zombie mayhem in quite some time. Then there are moments where a cheerleader uses her skills to take out a horde of zombies and you can't help but shake your head and groan at how lame that just was. In all fairness, the filmmakers have at least tried to do something fresh with the zombie subgenre. You won't find any Romero zombies here. These zombies harken back to the Val Lewton kind. There's a lot of shuffling going on but no real gut munching. If you want that go rent a Fulci flick, cause you won't find it here. The setting is also a nice change of pace as there really aren't too many Mexican zombie flicks out there. unfortunately these two things alone don't make the film quite good enough to elevate it among the pack as a great zombie flick and so it'll most likely fade off into the sunset. All in all it could have been better, but it could have been a lot worse too.