Shadow: Dead Riot

Shadow: Dead Riot (2005)

  • 20% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 29% of users liked it
    (476 ratings)

A supernaturally-charged serial killer rises from his prison grave to seek out the sacrifice that eluded him in life in Hong Kong cinematographer-turned-director Derek Wan's exploitive mash-up of women's prison films and zombie gut-munchers. As a child, Solitare (Carla Greene) managed to escape… More

R, 1 hr. 29 min.
Directed By
Derek Wan
Genres
Horror
In Theaters
Aug 19, 2005 Wide
On DVD
Sep 12, 2006

Critic Reviews

  • Nathan Lee, New York Times

    Written by Michael Gingold and directed by Derek Wan, this berserk little B-movie is obviously the greatest zombie flick ever set in an experimental women's prison.

  • V.A. Musetto, New York Post

    [The film] contains third-rate acting, anemic special effects, an unexceptional story and sickening violence. If it is to be seen at all, it should be for the kinetic martial-arts finale.

  • Drew Tillman, Village Voice

    A horror movie set in an experimental women's rehabilitation facility has so much inherent promise that it's hard to watch as the makers of Shadow: Dead Riot squander their sublime setup.

  • Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide

    It's by no stretch of the imagination a good film, but it delivers what it promises: naked girls whaling on each other, flesh-ripping zombies and genre stalwart Todd growling and glowering satanically.

  • Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine

    Director Derek Wan's Z-grade aesthetic is so sad and unpretentious its almost endearing.

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  • Nicky M


    Low budget badness. Bad acting. Lots of naked women lol.

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