IT'S THE SUMMER OF 1979 AND SIX TEENS ARE MAKING A ZOMBIE MOVIE. ONE NIGHT THEY WITNESS A TRAIN WRECK, AND THE SMALL OHIO TOWN THEY ARE LIVING IN IS SOON OVERRUN BY THE MILITARY AND THEN SOME VERY STRANGE THINGS BEGIN TO HAPPEN. THE TEENS CONTINUE TO MAKE THEIR MOVIE, BUT IN THE PROCESS GET INVOLVED IN THE STRANGE EVENTS AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON.
THIS IS A BIG BUDGET SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE, SO YOU GET ALL YOU WOULD EXPECT: GOOD STORY, EFFECTIVE ACTING AND SPECTACULAR SPECIAL EFFECTS. HOWEVER, I THINK THE EFFECTS GOT IN THE WAY OF THE STORY A LITTLE BIT, AND IT DIDN'T HAVE A SPECIAL FEEL TO IT. AS I WAS WATCHING IT I WASN'T DRAWN INTO THE STORY ENOUGH TO GET THAT SENSE OF WONDER THE TEENS WERE FEELING. THE ONLY OTHER CRITICISM I HAVE IS THAT THIS WAS A PG-13 WHEN IT COULD HAVE BEEN JUST AS GOOD WITH A PG RATING.
RATING 3.5 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD HAS NO EXTRA FEATURES.
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