While attending a festival to commemorate the original zombie attack, Ash and her friends encounter the living dead and must fight back or be devoured.While attending a festival to commemorate the original zombie attack, Ash and her friends encounter the living dead and must fight back or be devoured.While attending a festival to commemorate the original zombie attack, Ash and her friends encounter the living dead and must fight back or be devoured.
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Plot holes galore. Unlikeable characters and dumb script.
Soska Sisters haven't made a decent film since the entertaining AMERICAN MARY. Rabid was an insult to the original and Dead Hooker in a Trunk was just ok.
This has so many annoying parts it just spoils the whole thing.
Unlikeable characters who don't seem to like each other at all so why are they friends or together!?
The script is lazy and full of holes and the charactersaking more than. Your normal dumb decisions.
The acting is bearable (except that awful actor the Soska Sisters keep using) who this time was blessedly only in it briefly as a Zombie Paramedic. (He is the worst wooden actor out there, ruins any scene or film he is in.
This could have been fun.
A festival to celebrate the memory of all those killed in the '68 Zombie outbreak. (Seemingly suppressed and dormant ever since) Yet meteors bring it all out again which just happens to coincide with the Festival (Right!!) Some cheap but ok looking practical FX makes for a couple of ok death scenes but it's all so background and edited so quickly don't see much. Maybe because not best quality FX.
Couple of ok gore gags.
You usual trend of diversity inclusions are here but don't feel forced like most others and aren't distracting so that's good.
It's a shame.
I wanted to like it but was left disappointed and struggled to keep my attention. I simply didn't care for the characters at all. The main lead was cute but that it. Rest were cliché after cliché.
I remember Return of the Living Dead 2 Rave to the Grave having a similar feeling. And YouTube series Zombie Rave/ Beyond the Rave having similar theme but with vampires.
Soska sisters had potential to become a popular name after the fun American Mary but seem to be taking a step backwards every film they do. And now seem destined to survive in low budget Tubi level hell. Maybe they are happy with that. But I think it's a shame as they had potential. Need to work with better scripts and better actors if wish to continue imo.
Soska Sisters haven't made a decent film since the entertaining AMERICAN MARY. Rabid was an insult to the original and Dead Hooker in a Trunk was just ok.
This has so many annoying parts it just spoils the whole thing.
Unlikeable characters who don't seem to like each other at all so why are they friends or together!?
The script is lazy and full of holes and the charactersaking more than. Your normal dumb decisions.
The acting is bearable (except that awful actor the Soska Sisters keep using) who this time was blessedly only in it briefly as a Zombie Paramedic. (He is the worst wooden actor out there, ruins any scene or film he is in.
This could have been fun.
A festival to celebrate the memory of all those killed in the '68 Zombie outbreak. (Seemingly suppressed and dormant ever since) Yet meteors bring it all out again which just happens to coincide with the Festival (Right!!) Some cheap but ok looking practical FX makes for a couple of ok death scenes but it's all so background and edited so quickly don't see much. Maybe because not best quality FX.
Couple of ok gore gags.
You usual trend of diversity inclusions are here but don't feel forced like most others and aren't distracting so that's good.
It's a shame.
I wanted to like it but was left disappointed and struggled to keep my attention. I simply didn't care for the characters at all. The main lead was cute but that it. Rest were cliché after cliché.
I remember Return of the Living Dead 2 Rave to the Grave having a similar feeling. And YouTube series Zombie Rave/ Beyond the Rave having similar theme but with vampires.
Soska sisters had potential to become a popular name after the fun American Mary but seem to be taking a step backwards every film they do. And now seem destined to survive in low budget Tubi level hell. Maybe they are happy with that. But I think it's a shame as they had potential. Need to work with better scripts and better actors if wish to continue imo.
Quit trying to jump on everyone else's work. They play crap music way too loud throughout most of it. The zombies in this are nothing like the zombies out of the original they're their own entity. Again teenagers don't make the smartest choices but do they have to be as stupid as they actually are... Speaking of stupid is it really that difficult to pay a couple people with knowledge of the original movie of anything medical and spice things up with a little bit of knowledge? The little kids diabetic with low sugar they're dumping sugar in him and want to give him insulin from an ambulance?? Even an elementary school level of medical knowledge knows insulin takes high sugar makes it low sugar ingested elevates. Maybe it's Romero's fault for setting the bar so high on his original. It is tough for other movies to compare. But then why are you using his name and trying to update a story with such hot garbage. It's obviously not worthy. Romero could slap his name on it and it would not be worthy cuz he would obviously done it for a paycheck.
OMG... I really had the misfortune of watching "Festival of the Living Dead", a horror movie that fails on nearly every level. It's really a ridiculous nightmare.
The actings are atrocious, with wooden performances that feel forced and unconvincing, making it difficult to become invested in the characters' plight.
The production values are equally subpar, with cheap special effects, poor lighting, and a general air of amateurishness.
The story is a cliched, predictable mess, relying on hackneyed tropes and plot twists that are both far-fetched and implausible.
The script is clunky and poorly written, with cringe-worthy dialogue that sounds like it was penned by a high school student.
To top it all off, the directing is uninspired and lacking in vision, failing to bring even a hint of tension or suspense to the proceedings.
Overall, this "Festival of the Living Dead" is really a festival of 'dead' ideas and innovation, a trainwreck of a movie that is best avoided, unless you're a fan of unintentional comedy or enjoy mocking poorly made films.
The actings are atrocious, with wooden performances that feel forced and unconvincing, making it difficult to become invested in the characters' plight.
The production values are equally subpar, with cheap special effects, poor lighting, and a general air of amateurishness.
The story is a cliched, predictable mess, relying on hackneyed tropes and plot twists that are both far-fetched and implausible.
The script is clunky and poorly written, with cringe-worthy dialogue that sounds like it was penned by a high school student.
To top it all off, the directing is uninspired and lacking in vision, failing to bring even a hint of tension or suspense to the proceedings.
Overall, this "Festival of the Living Dead" is really a festival of 'dead' ideas and innovation, a trainwreck of a movie that is best avoided, unless you're a fan of unintentional comedy or enjoy mocking poorly made films.
I absolutely hated this film, the premise and the setting was great and it could've been something amazing to kick off the resurgence of the night of the living dead universe but it fell short.
The characters are so unlikeable that it's hard to root for anyone in the film, they all seem to hate eachother too which kept me asking "why are they even together?" And whether or not the script was written by the AI prompt "stupid gen z kids try to survive a zombie attack and add fu**ing into every other sentence"
Honestly it was really bad and I'm kinda annoyed I wasted my time watching it when I should've known better.
The characters are so unlikeable that it's hard to root for anyone in the film, they all seem to hate eachother too which kept me asking "why are they even together?" And whether or not the script was written by the AI prompt "stupid gen z kids try to survive a zombie attack and add fu**ing into every other sentence"
Honestly it was really bad and I'm kinda annoyed I wasted my time watching it when I should've known better.
Im twenty minutes in and I'm ready for all these characters to get eaten alive by zombies. I don't see a lick of talent between the lot of them.
I think this movie is going for a blood fest/hellfest vibe but failed miserably with the lack of campiness and likeable characters. There is an overarching lack of plot and the characters consistently make irrational decisions.
Somehow 10 seconds after a violent car accident the blood on the characters is already dry on their face, not sure they thought that one through.
To be honest the commercials on Tubi are a nice break from this movie. I can say with 100% certainty I will never watch this movie again, and I recommend you avoid it.
I think this movie is going for a blood fest/hellfest vibe but failed miserably with the lack of campiness and likeable characters. There is an overarching lack of plot and the characters consistently make irrational decisions.
Somehow 10 seconds after a violent car accident the blood on the characters is already dry on their face, not sure they thought that one through.
To be honest the commercials on Tubi are a nice break from this movie. I can say with 100% certainty I will never watch this movie again, and I recommend you avoid it.
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- TriviaThis film is set to take place 55 years after the original Night of the Living Dead and the lead actress will be playing the granddaughter of Duane Jones character in George Romeros classic.
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- Фестиваль живых мертвецов
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- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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By what name was Festival of the Living Dead (2024) officially released in India in English?
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