When I stumbled upon the 1994 movie "Shatter Dead", of course I had to watch it, as it was a zombie movie of sorts. However, I must admit that I just wasn't harboring any hopes for this horror movie from writer and director Scooter McCrae, as the entire thing just permeated low budget and second rate zombie movie.
But hey, a movie deserves a fair chance, and thus I sat down to watch "Shatter Dead". And boy, was "Shatter Dead" a low budget movie. In every sense of that term. The storyline and plot, as written by Scooter McCrae, was pretty poor. I found little entertainment in the 25 minutes of the movie that I managed to suffer through.
The special effects in "Shatter Dead" were special alright. And I don't mean that it a good way. No, the special effects in the movie were low key, low budget and looked amateurish. And the zombie make-up, for the majority, was just painted faces with shades of grey and green.
As for the acting performances in "Shatter Dead", well... You can surely imagine the level of talent that you are in for here when you sit down to watch "Shatter Dead". Yup, the acting performances were staggeringly amateurish, wooden, rigid and just generally laughably bad to behold. And I suppose that counts for something. Needless to say that I wasn't familiar with a single actor or actress on the cast list here.
While I managed to endure a staggering 25 minutes of "Shatter Dead", I can in all honesty say that I am not going to bother to return to watch the rest of the movie, because virtually nothing appealed to me in the 25 minutes that I suffered through.
My rating of "Shatter Dead" lands on a one out of ten stars. This is a pretty terrible movie, even for a low budget zombie movie.
But hey, a movie deserves a fair chance, and thus I sat down to watch "Shatter Dead". And boy, was "Shatter Dead" a low budget movie. In every sense of that term. The storyline and plot, as written by Scooter McCrae, was pretty poor. I found little entertainment in the 25 minutes of the movie that I managed to suffer through.
The special effects in "Shatter Dead" were special alright. And I don't mean that it a good way. No, the special effects in the movie were low key, low budget and looked amateurish. And the zombie make-up, for the majority, was just painted faces with shades of grey and green.
As for the acting performances in "Shatter Dead", well... You can surely imagine the level of talent that you are in for here when you sit down to watch "Shatter Dead". Yup, the acting performances were staggeringly amateurish, wooden, rigid and just generally laughably bad to behold. And I suppose that counts for something. Needless to say that I wasn't familiar with a single actor or actress on the cast list here.
While I managed to endure a staggering 25 minutes of "Shatter Dead", I can in all honesty say that I am not going to bother to return to watch the rest of the movie, because virtually nothing appealed to me in the 25 minutes that I suffered through.
My rating of "Shatter Dead" lands on a one out of ten stars. This is a pretty terrible movie, even for a low budget zombie movie.