Cabrini Green
01-15-2004, 09:15 PM
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If it weren’t for Marilyn Burns this movie would quietly almost disappear without very many people missing it. Even she can’t do anything with this material. The plot is absurd, as two telekinetic kids also have the ability to resurrect the dead as they decide to when a clumsy biker gang kills their father. The movie rolls along at a slow pace as Marilyn arrives in town playing a social worker with a masters in English but instantly falls in love with the dopey deputy. She finally pieces together that something is wrong about the ninety-minute mark (the movie is ninety minutes long). The child actors are painfully wooden and it comes as no surprise their acting careers lasted about as long as mine. This is both their only movie. If it weren’t for the unintentional belly laughs and dear, sweet, Marilyn this movie would be hard to take in one sitting. These include a continuity error were the zombie attack is filmed at night yet when the undead rises from the ground the camera work is in broad daylight and an exciting car chase when both participants are traveling at a robust 20 miles per hour. This movie also has a Psycho homage/rip-off and the appearance of eighties relics Atari, Tab cola, and animal crackers. Overall I don’t think it deserves its current rating of 1.7 at imdb but certainly nothing to write home about.
If it weren’t for Marilyn Burns this movie would quietly almost disappear without very many people missing it. Even she can’t do anything with this material. The plot is absurd, as two telekinetic kids also have the ability to resurrect the dead as they decide to when a clumsy biker gang kills their father. The movie rolls along at a slow pace as Marilyn arrives in town playing a social worker with a masters in English but instantly falls in love with the dopey deputy. She finally pieces together that something is wrong about the ninety-minute mark (the movie is ninety minutes long). The child actors are painfully wooden and it comes as no surprise their acting careers lasted about as long as mine. This is both their only movie. If it weren’t for the unintentional belly laughs and dear, sweet, Marilyn this movie would be hard to take in one sitting. These include a continuity error were the zombie attack is filmed at night yet when the undead rises from the ground the camera work is in broad daylight and an exciting car chase when both participants are traveling at a robust 20 miles per hour. This movie also has a Psycho homage/rip-off and the appearance of eighties relics Atari, Tab cola, and animal crackers. Overall I don’t think it deserves its current rating of 1.7 at imdb but certainly nothing to write home about.