The Lost Tape: Andy's Terrifying Last Days Revealed (Video 2004)

During the film Dawn of the Dead, the survivors in the shopping mall communicate with a lone man named Andy, who is on the top of a building across the street. This is the footage from Andy's last days.

Stars:

Bruce Bohne, Nicole Lvova, Andrea Adams

Cast

Cast overview:
Bruce Bohne	...	Andy
Nicole Lvova	...	Andy's Daughter
Andrea Adams	...	Susan (as Andrea Delesdernier)

Storyline

During the film Dawn of the Dead, the survivors in the shopping mall communicate with a lone man named Andy, who is on the top of a building across the street. This is the footage from Andy's last days.

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Plot Keywords:

found footage | internet | zombie violence | video camera | gun shop | 

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Genres:

Horror | Short

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

October 2004 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Wave Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

17 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This short is featured on the DVD for Dawn of the Dead.

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Quotes

Andy: Some people think these crazies out there are actually dead.
Andy: [to camera] Now I know that's BULLSHIT. I don't know what they are but I know that's bullshit.

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Connections

Spun-off from Dawn of the Dead (2004)

User Reviews

Intent does not always equal result

This is found on the DVD of the Director's Cut version of the Dawn of the Dead remake of 2004. Like the other extra features on there, it kind of underwhelms. The way it's produced is fine... they couldn't market it as a video diary if the camera wasn't just placed somewhere in front of Andy. This also sort of does the Cloverfield thing, with there already having been something on the tape, that occasionally pops up briefly when he stops recording for a while. That's all perfectly acceptable, if it does put the entire weight of carrying it on the shoulders of the actors, and of those, mainly Bohne. And that's where the real problem arises: None of these people are very good, convincing performers(the kid was by far the worst, then again, few children are that compelling, and they are typically considered OK if they can deliver lines and attempt to enunciate), and Bruce simply neither possesses the charisma or the talent to be the lead in a short anywhere near this long. This is only fifteen minutes, but with no real drama, horror or comedy(which they may have been going for here and there, though it's so vague that I can't be certain), you're gonna feel *every single second of it*. Yes, this does try to give back-story, flesh out "that gun store owner" we see in the film. If it didn't, there'd obviously be absolutely no justification for this at all. And it's still not that interesting. Heck, some of this takes away from the enjoyment of the movie, and one or two things may outright contradict it. At least this is pretty psychologically accurate. There is moderately frequent strong language in this, and disturbing content. I recommend this mainly to the biggest fans of the flick itself, and of this type of thing. 5/10