Zero Hour Movie Reviews: Dead Within

Sometimes a horror film can be much more terrifying when the horror itself is left to the viewers imagination. This is especially true to films that have a tight budget, in which the director has to become clever with the way the movie reveals it's scares. Too much CGI can lead to the audience finding the movie laughable instead of scary. Dead Within is a movie that is very original with it's scares, I found it to be a very entertaining watch despite being low budget. Similar to Pontypool (film) the movie is filmed in one location, where the characters are faced with a unseen zombie threat. Rather then focusing on the undead hordes, the viewer is instead a witness to the paranoia the encompasses the lives of a young couple holding up in their barricaded cabin. From the start I found the movie to be very intriguing, which is why I happily give Dead Within a four out of five stars. If you liked Pontypool (film) then you should definitely give this one a shot!

Zero Hour Movie Reviews: How I Live Now

There have been plenty of times I wanted to give a movie a chance regardless of what my gut instincts told me. Despite the mixed reviews I had heard on ZEDD Radio, How I Live Now is one movie that made me regret the time I invested into it. Essentially, this post apocalyptic movie is about a grumpy teenager who moves to a farm where her cousins live. What unfolds next is the same tired formula of the reluctant "cool" adolescent who falls in love with the charming "uncool" country folk. The only horrifyingly original thing about this movie is the creepy love story featuring the main character falling in love with her cousin. I am not sure how the viewer should feel about this relationship, however it was definitely disturbing and kind of gross. Despite the romanticized incest relationship, the rest of the story could be considered your typical young adult love story. I really wanted to like this story since I like the post apocalyptic genre, however the love story was just awful. I seriously can not recommend How I Live Now, which is why I disappointingly give it a one out of five stars.