Yesterday I told my dad about "Dead Snow" a movie about Nazi zombies. So he told me about this, "Rome Against Rome" a movie about Roman zombies. So naturally, I had to look it up and check it out. It's a low budget Italian horror movie made in 1964, and… More
Yesterday I told my dad about "Dead Snow" a movie about Nazi zombies. So he told me about this, "Rome Against Rome" a movie about Roman zombies. So naturally, I had to look it up and check it out. It's a low budget Italian horror movie made in 1964, and it's age really shows. The effects, while awesome then, are pretty weird now to say the least. The acting is decent, you can tell though that all the actors were stage actors by the way they talk and look off into the distance, it's pretty amusing. The major thing about this is that it takes too long to get to the zombies. The movie is around 90 minutes long, and the zombies don't show up til the last 15 minutes. The rest is basically a roman military drama, with some supernatural stuff going on in the backdrop. The zombies are also more like ghosts than zombies you'd see in "Night of the Living Dead." I'm sure when my dad saw it when he was younger it blew his mind, but nowadays after seeing hundreds of zombie movies, it doesn't really hold up. I would LOVE however to see a remake, and put the zombies in battle with gladiators. That would be awesome! I love zombie movies, so I'll never pass up a chance to see a different take on them. If zombies are your thing, check it out, just don't expect much to be honest.
