Review of Rise of the Dead

I am going to ruin this cruddy little movie for you right off the bat. I rented Rise of the Dead based upon three things. 1. There was a great and gruesome picture of an undead creature on the front of the box. 2. The synopsis promised a zombie movie and I love zombie movies. 3. The film was distributed by Lionsgate and I normally enjoy their films. All that said, this movie's packaging is a bald faced lie!!! The movie is not about zombies but some sad sack young woman's dead baby risen from the dead to possess people. Possession does not equal zombies and the hordes of undead walkers the film's packaging alludes to are never present in the film. Instead the viewer is lead on a dull and ponderous ride through bad film making techniques and really bad sets. The asylum scenes are pretty amusing if you have ever been near a real mental institution. I love how an asylum looks like a cheap motel room in this picture. The only good thing about this movie is that it is short! The trivia for this film says the title was originally Tantrum. That title fits the film and if the synopsis would have equally fit the film I never would have rented this lousy excuse for a horror film. I guess the studio figured that out and used a savvy promotion department to sell on the zombie laurels of other more deserving films. I give an A+ to the cheeky creative type who thought up the advertising and an F- to the director and writers. The lead actress did an OK job with the mediocre fair she was given, so I hope this film's extreme badness doesn't lose her future jobs. Stay away from this totally rotten little film. I love bad movies as much as the next midnight movie film fan, but this one is just too bad to bother with and being lied to still stings my wallet. I actually paid for this one too instead of using a free coupon like I usually do. Ouch, that hurts!