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MCT:September 2, 2008
movie was good, acting could have been better. very gory a couple of scenes actually made me cringe. Only recommended for true horror fans. The ending should have been better.
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MCT:September 1, 2008
One of the best indie/ zombie films ever made is what I thought while I was watching this movie and then I saw the ending. Ok the movie as a whole not too bad. This movie was truly a BloodBath in every sense of the word. There was Body splitting, fetus eating, brain bashing, and decapitating. Let me tell you this movie had blood. The plot pretty basic just the typical armegeton zombie plot. The acting really was just horrible. But it was an indie. But I personally think that the gore made up for the bad acting. The way the film was shot rather sucked. Then theres the ending. I am telling you there is no absolutly no excuse for that ending. To be Continued. What is that I meen come on people. It's like the director went "well I can't think of anything else to do so just throw somthing on the screen". The gore was good but that ending just basically ruined the film for me. I would say check this one out. But DO NOT go in with hjigh hopes.
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MCT:August 4, 2008I appreciate the craft and hard work that goes into any film, even if the final result isn't all it was meant to be. I'm doubly impressed by the work put into indie films. And I'm not talking about something like Pulp Fiction, that has a relatively huge budget, movie stars and professional crew. I'm talking about true independents, films that have zero connections to Hollywood, that are made completely outside of the system, with thread bare budgets. Automaton Transfusion is such a film, made in Florida, with a budget under $100K, and not a single recognizable actor.
I'm usually much easier on such films, because I know exactly how much love and hard work is donated in making a film like this. So while I wouldn't rate this as a fantastic film, I'm deeply impressed by what they were able to create. The filmmakers said screw-it in trying to develop a unique story, they used as few dialogue scenes as possible, and focused all their attention on creating some serious gore. They knew that hardcore horror fans would forgive the bad acting and the cliche' ideas, if they were fully entertained by the sight of nonstop blood.
It's a normal Friday afternoon in Grover City, a few high school seniors have a night of partying ahead of them, but things go awry when a horde of zombies attack their town and they're forced to fight for their lives. That's about it on the plot. One minute their biggest problem is a pimple, the next they're running to literally save their skin. Near the end of the film, the film comes to a screeching halt with a poorly done scene of exposition, as a soldier explains why everything just happened and also sets up the sequel. The filmmakers planned on turning Automaton Transfusion into a trilogy, and the film ends with a: to be continued...
However, you don't watch zombie films for originality, you watch them for bodies being torn apart and eaten. Automaton Transfusion has that in spades. Despite the low budget, they went all out on the gore. Every body part imaginable is ripped off in waves of the sticky red stuff. They created the most imaginative death I've ever seen in a zombie flick, as a girl's unborn baby is torn out of her stomach and bitten into, while she screams helplessly, before getting eaten herself. It's so disgustingly perverse, so over the edge, that I actually cheered when it happened. There are never ending waves of zombies, the filmmakers got every friend and friend of friends to show up to get turned into the undead. They're the new-style zombies, quick moving, with a touch of smarts in how to get to their victims.
If you're any kind of horror fan, you have to do yourself a favor and see this film. What it lacks in acting, most of the characters are seriously bad, the less talking the better; and story, it's your basic military experiment gone wrong plot; it more than makes up for in stylized gore. The make-up artists did a great job in creating some seriously sick imagery. They even got their city to shut down a few blocks, to add to the authenticity. There was one thing about the filmmaking that bugged me all the way through, I'm not sure if they were trying to get a film look out of their video source, but the whole film has that skipped-frame look. You know like some of the battle scenes in Gladiator, it's an effect that should be used sparingly, and they went a little nuts with it here.
Ultimately I believe that writer/director Steven C. Miller has a very promising future in horror. With Automaton Transfusion he created a lot out of a little, if he gets any kind of budget and a decent script, he could create a classic horror film.
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MCT:July 14, 2008
Blood pours, limbs fly and the zombies run. Anything else that happens is just to get to the next gory scene...
While the acting of the first-time feature male leads is competent, their female counterparts are reminiscent of the early horror actresses casted because they looked the part, not because they filled it...
The carnage achieved using minimal resources is worthy of the bloodshed in Dead Alive (but less pink), although the living are easily ripped apart by the zombies. In addition, filmmakers claim to have something never-before-seen in a horror flick: a zombie eating a human fetus...
For a full DVD review, visit: http://www.popjournalism.ca/magazine/2008/04/01/new-on-dvd-automaton-transfusion/ -
MCT:June 22, 2008
what the fuck was that?
what kind of ending was that?
to be continued, fuckin bullshit, its a movie how can it b to b continued.
+ the movie sucked ass bad acting.
only the fucki nfast pacin zombies nd the gory scenes gets a lil credit. -
MCT:May 31, 2008This movie sucked more ass than anything I have ever seen. With that said...the gore was off the hook!! It was awesome!!! But the movie just sucked the rest of the time. I mean yeah, decent story and plot but not that great acting. I mean the kids stood back and let themselves get attacked by the zombies...I mean were they so isolated that they had never seen a zombie movie. Acting just wasn't believable at all. The gore was the only good thing about this movie. I think thats where all the money went too because it sure didn't go to get good actors. The only reason this movie is getting so many stars from me is from the gore factor...cause that's all this movie has going for it.
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MCT:May 12, 2008
When did zombie movies have to be good to be considered good? Long before the days of Resident Evil, when 99% of zombie fans discovered zombies, zombie movies were treated much, much differently. We didn't have self proclaimed experts demanding that there be rules, we didn't have people spouting that there had to be a good story along with the gore, and a low budget was something to be merited rather than a reason to hate it. When the fuck did low budget become uncool? Fucking fanboys are determined to destroy every genre they decide they like. I'll let everyone in on a secret. Before Resident Evil all zombie films were low budget and almost all of them were badly done. And I loved every minute of them.
Which brings me to Automaton Transfusion, a fun, over the top gory zombie film that was shot in just 9 days. Considering the amount of camera setups and the fact that it does tell a coherent story, that is something to be admired. Hats off to these kids for making a decent entry into the genre. Sure it looks as if it were shot off a cell phone, the characters are about as one dimensional as a really, really one dimensional thing and the story is something you've seen before, but the gore... oh the sweet, succulent gore.
Anyway, I do understand horror fans binging on the genre for a couple years now and becoming sick of formulas, damning a movie completely for not being the most amazing movie they've ever seen. Even genre magazines are giving negative reviews to any movie that isn't mind blowingly amazing. Much like the way you'd get bored of the same food if you ate it every day, these critics should recognize that it's time to move on, they no longer enjoy the wonders of the horror genre. The balls out enthusiasm and the gore drenched scenes in a movie like this should have them smiling rather than smugly saying, "I'm bored! Next!". Well, much like how the 90s killed the horror genre, these petty critics and fanboys will probably have a part in destroying it again. Oh well, I'll still enjoy the heck out of films like this. -
MCT:May 10, 2008
this is a good no budget zombie film, it s similar to return of the living dead with its faster paced zombie style. The story is pretty decent and most of it is shot ver well. I would recommend this to people who are fans of zombie films or low budget film making. I wasnt a big fan of the ending,but i understand why it was done.
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MCT:April 29, 2008From the trailers the quality of the movie looks higher but when you see the whole product it is bad. The only positive thing that in this movie is that it has descent low budget gore but terrible editing, poor acting, mediocre story, stupid situations some plot hole. The movie ends with a "To Be Continued" but sorry I wasted 75 minutes in this and won't commit the same mistake.
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MCT:April 26, 2008THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE
that camera style was unbarable. it was glitchy and grainy and it wasn't even a cool effect.
the blood and all that was cheesy as u could tell when someone was going to get killed the creepy music started playing.
this movie is horrible.
the worst zombie movie out there.
if anybody likes this movie they can go to hell.
the acting was brutal and the ending was so stupid.
this movie is a disgrace.
this director is a disgrace.
and wahts with the name,
it doesn't go with the movie.
well im not sure, i flicked through it after the first 15 mins because it was so cheesy, but it was hard to "flick" through this movie bcause it was only an 1hr and 15 minutes long.
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MCT:April 24, 2008
Here's an interesting one for ya! Although it starts out a little sketchy, but in the end it's somewhat fascinating. The overall story plot is intriguing for a 'zombie' genre. Worth seeing!
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MCT:April 24, 2008
Not so much thought for a good storyline & even some scenarios wasn't so believable but considering is a low-budget film shot in 9 days for $30,000 i believe,it achieve a lot of good things that other films with bigger budget don't accomplish.The film manage to have some actors that were convincing with their characters & others just over the top,decent music & some well done gory effects.75 mins wasn't so bad & it gets down with the zombie action right away.I found this zombie film entertaining & compared to so many zombie films i seen,this wasn't so bad.Like most zombie films ,don't expect nothing original.
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MCT:April 13, 2008
No plot. No character development. No clue of how to make a movie even remotely watchable. This so called flick is a wall to wall joke. Not even the creative gore bits could save it from being a total bore and borderline unwatchable. Avoid it like the plague.
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MCT:March 24, 2008
I say for gore, this is pretty good. There is plenty of blood to go around. I find it ironic that the boy was wearing a "dance floor tragedy" shirt, and that, it what really happened to that band, ha ha.
The plot wasn't revealed until the very end, I wasn't intrigued about that. I didn't like the ending at all.
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MCT:March 19, 2008
Im a sucker for zombie flicks,but I feel like a sucker for watching this.Its not worth your time,but there is one scene where a zombie rips out a fetus from a pregnant girl who screams"MY BABY!!!"...that ALMOST made it worthwhile...
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MCT:March 14, 2008
This is one of the worst movie ever. The ending blew and it was like watching a viral video that was copied off the internet. If I could, I'd demand my money back
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MCT:March 9, 2008Good Lord. It's like, I realize this is an indie horror film, but holy fuck, there wasn't much to compliment here. I think the best part of the film was the makeup. The only scene worth watching is where a zombie rips a baby out of woman's womb and eats it. (It's fucking hilarious, trust me.) Everything else was just plain sad. Whatever camera they used was balls, the script seemed like it was written on a napkin, with the writer/director circling all the lines he thought were especially awesome. (Such as the Oscar-worthy, "I wanna ram a chainsaw through his FACE!") Oh, and I guess I can't forget to mention the Halo 2-style abrupt ending--
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MCT:March 8, 2008
For a film being hailed as the second coming by many horror/zombie afficianados, I was eagerly anticipating watching this. Lo and behold, I was left with a terrible script, wretched acting, ridiculous costumes (really? when did a camo t-shirt equate with military uniform?). And then the big reveal at the end is just retarded with a capital R TARD.
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MCT:March 6, 2008good indie horror film. some bad acting and some decent. it was very entertaining. it seemed real and the gore was good.
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MCT:March 6, 2008
If you're going to make an ultra low budget zombie flick and get noticed, this is probably the best way to do it. Not much originality or even acting talent on display, but plenty of hard edged, practical old school zombie gore. Delightful. Abrupt ending announcing (and presuming) a sequel will likely annoy some folks looking for resolution. This film simply stops.
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