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Another big disappointment here. I remember reading glowing reviews for Shatter Dead in Fangoria way back in the day when these movies weren't readily available to me. During that time I could only read what Fango said about these wild, indie films and imagine what they'd be like. I didn't imagine Shatter Dead to be this terrible. I'd also read a lot of essays and reviews by the writer/director, Scooter McCrae, and he always seemed intelligent and knowledgeable of his subject matter. So I was really blown away by how awful this flick was. What I thought was going to be the storyline was great. The dead are returning to life but they are not flesh-eating ghouls. They just want to exist in our world (I think McCrae was alluding to the homelessness situation here, but I may be looking too deep). Sadly, that aspect is dropped all too quickly and meaningless gore and porn is introduced. Not what I wanted to see, to be sure. Thankfully someone (the French no less) ran with a similar idea and made the quite surprising They Came Back. I'd urge you to watch that film instead.
Another big disappointment here. I remember reading glowing reviews for Shatter Dead in Fangoria way back in the day when these movies weren't readily available to me. During that time I could only read what Fango said about these wild, indie films and imagine what they'd be like. I didn't imagine Shatter Dead to be this terrible. I'd also read a lot of essays and reviews by the writer/director, Scooter McCrae, and he always seemed intelligent and knowledgeable of his subject matter. So I was really blown away by how awful this flick was. What I thought was going to be the storyline was great. The dead are returning to life but they are not flesh-eating ghouls. They just want to exist in our world (I think McCrae was alluding to the homelessness situation here, but I may be looking too deep). Sadly, that aspect is dropped all too quickly and meaningless gore and porn is introduced. Not what I wanted to see, to be sure. Thankfully someone (the French no less) ran with a similar idea and made the quite surprising They Came Back. I'd urge you to watch that film instead.