If you're looking for a classic zombie flick - rife with flying bullets and red-tinted corn syrup - then look elsewhere. This is less of a horror movie and more of a teen drama, and in my mind that's a good thing.
The characters are interesting and well-rounded, and their dialogue is funny and feels natural. Unlike many zombie films, where there's some undeveloped redshirt character(s) you know is/are gonna end up being zombie chow, I was genuinely loathing the loss of any one of the cast once the zombie shenanigans started in earnest.
I'm sure there's people who will deride this movie's lack of special effects, gore, or hordes of the shambling undead, but honestly there's literally hundreds of zombie flicks that fit this bill. Fairfield was relieving in not necessarily following the zombie movie formula, and while some of the characters do make your classic don't-open-that-door horror movie mistakes, their motivations and decisions overall make sense and serve the development of the story, rather than being used as a segue to the next jump scare or high-budget fight scene.
The characters are interesting and well-rounded, and their dialogue is funny and feels natural. Unlike many zombie films, where there's some undeveloped redshirt character(s) you know is/are gonna end up being zombie chow, I was genuinely loathing the loss of any one of the cast once the zombie shenanigans started in earnest.
I'm sure there's people who will deride this movie's lack of special effects, gore, or hordes of the shambling undead, but honestly there's literally hundreds of zombie flicks that fit this bill. Fairfield was relieving in not necessarily following the zombie movie formula, and while some of the characters do make your classic don't-open-that-door horror movie mistakes, their motivations and decisions overall make sense and serve the development of the story, rather than being used as a segue to the next jump scare or high-budget fight scene.
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