Wow! Such a good movie.

Too many fans seem to be blown away

Disturbing yet enthralling

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

When I was watching the Chiller Channel yesterday, they were hyping up this movie. It sort of looked good. So I tuned in. After 10 minutes, I was just done. I mean, the plot was old, the accents were unnecessary, and it just felt like a horrible, stupid remake of Night of the Living Dead. After the frog scene, I was just like "This is ridiculous." I thought this movie was going to live up to my standards, but it didn't even come close. This was an awful film. Very bloody and horrific. My sister turned an uncanny shade of green by watching the doctor's daughter eat the body parts, and she loves horror movies. I felt very sick too. It was an overuse of blood and guts. I know it was supposed to be a zombie-eats-human-parts movie, but they strongly overdid the blood. Awful screenplay. Terrible film.

"Night of the Dead" is an incredibly low-budget knockoff of the much superior "Re-Animator" series. A general rule of thumb I have when selecting a horror flick to watch is that if more than two cast and/or crew members have the same last name, I lower my expectations. In "Night of the Dead," we have a writer/director, two actors and a producer all named Forsberg. Another indicator: a line on the DVD cover stating that this movie is "More shocking than Re-Animator!" My expectations were very low, but I love cheesy B (and lower!) grade horror flicks, so I gave it a chance.For the most part, Night of the Dead is just another straight to video, forgettable zombie splatter flick. A mad scientist with an unconvincing German accent and even less convincing lab techniques has whipped up a serum that re-animates the dead, but the dead kill the living and won't die again themselves. Somehow, the re-animated dead are contagious. If you get bitten, or if their blood gets into your bloodstream, you turn into a crazy zombie, too. This movie's greatest shortcoming is that there's absolutely nothing innovative or imaginative about it. Every single scene is interchangeable with the scenes from scores of other low-budget zombie horror movies.Most of the acting ranges from mediocre to downright awful (particularly noteworthy in this regard is David Reynolds as Gunther, the Igor to the film's equivalent of Dr. Frankenstein). There is one actor who I found very watchable, though; Diedre V. Lyons, the lead female zombie, does as good a job with the material she's given as I can imagine anyone doing. Clearly, she can act, and I wouldn't mind seeing more of her in future films, horror or otherwise.Another high point in this otherwise undistinguished flick is the special effects makeup. For such a low-budget effort, some of that work is actually very good, easily on par with noteworthy films by Romero and his ilk.There's not much more to say about Night of the Dead, though. Horror fans have seen all this before and it seems that we'll see it all again. For most viewers, the identity of this film will merge over time with those of any number of others in the genre, forming a shapeless mess quite like the buckets of gore splashed liberally about the set of the film itself.

Other people have posted reviews and have stated "beware of those who give this movie a low rating because they have some kind of ax to grind or they're jealous, etc." Well I'm here to say I knew nothing about this film when I picked it up at the local rental store, knew nothing of it's director or producer, anything at all. The cover looked interesting! I'm a bad horror film fan...love 'em. Re-Animator being one of the best! This film compares itself to that wonderful piece of shlock, and "Night of the Dead by Eric Forsberg" is so far from being comparable, I don't even know how to put it into words. I joined up to IMDb in order to write this review -- that's how bad this film is. I can not recommend this film at all, the story is weak, the camera work is terrible and looks like a home movie, and the acting?... shameful. Sorry guys but this is one horror film fan that is very disappointed. You did get me to rent it though, with your packaging and enticing text... congrats on your marketing! Maybe you should try that field and leave film-making to the professionals.

I think Eric is all about having fun! And not being afraid to have GORY fun in the industry! He's like the kid who runs into the kitchen to glee-ishly show mom the squishy worms he just dug up in his muddy palm. He knows he'll get that Ooooooo ... ICK! and aghast look of horror ... followed by a loving giggle. Anyone who misses the mastery in achieving this will miss the skill of Eric Forsberg.If you're gonna step into it ... STEP INTO IT!!! I think Eric dove in head first. And as shockingly gross as this film was (YEAH!!!) it provided moments of well-placed humor.The performance by Lola Forsberg was touching. Gee, did I say that about a horror gross-out film? Yep! Hollywood, keep your eye on her.Watch it the first time to adjust to it ... watch it the second time to just enjoy it.I have a further note on the Message Boards for this film.Liz