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QUESTIONS: Help a Sistah out...


This film has VERY poor production quality. I get the whole Blair Witch, shaky camera indie bit, but it gets lost in translation when the music and fake a$$ sound effects are sky-high loud and the dialog is barely audible. LOVE the Scottish brogue, watch a ton of foreign films and can understand it just fine, but with such poor sound, subtitles are necessary. Most films with poor sound, what's happening on-screen can carry you past the dialog at times, but this was shot so poorly.

Could have very well become a cult classic if executed better in terms of technical presentation. The classic Night of the Living dead was seemingly "poorly shot", but that was part of the charm because everything else came together. This film just stepped all over itself. Watch parts several times to no avail...

I see from other posts that the filmmakers are in on the discussion (lame). But since you're here - Help a Sistah out...

1. What's implied with her family?
Some became infected, she killed them - infected and non-infected - hard to know what an "infected" actually is in this film. April was then was locked up? Broke out/let go, came back home, set up the old constantine perimeter and began target practice with an extended case of PMS?

2. Are we to understand that April is apparently immune, but wants no one to know? Is not "used" to other people? It's only been 6 months since the breakout, not enough time to become 100% hermit/a-social.

3. Kate, the chick that shows up. What was she trying to accomplish? Was she trying to take April somewhere to produce a vaccine, knowing April is immune? Or was she just trying to do away with April and take her place on the farm? If this is the case, just drug her and lay her out in the field for the zombies.

4. Are we to assume that Kate was infected from the start, but able to act normal or was she just crazy? Or, was she infected after she crashed and wandered off?

5. Where was the dog in the end? Did they just leave him tied up? He wasn't in the car. The last we see him, he's tied up and barking as Kate drives away with April only to crash. A good ending ALWAYS saves the dog at the end. I may have rated it higher had they saved the pooch - hee-hee-hee...

Rename the film to: "What they say?!" (strains to hear, frowns with nose scrunched, mouth opens by default)

UPDATE: 11/6/2013: I failed to give KUDOS to the film makers for a new take on the genre. I liked the twist on the form of zombie.

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I Just posted the EXACT same questions above your post - it's good to know I'm not the only one who was wondering about this stuff! (good catch on the dog though - even I didn't notice that until you mentioned it!)

Hopefully someone comes around and answers our questions!

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I was under the impression that April and her mother(?) and/or sister(?) were taken away by some feds who were tipped off that they were immune by the grandparents. The place they took them to was a testing facility were horrific things happened. When April escaped she went back to her grandparent's to take revenge on them for giving them away.

April does not want anyone else to know for fear that she'll end up back at the facility.

Kate kidnaps April with intent to take her somewhere to find the cure, after realizing that April will not come willingly and that she is being kicked out of the house the next day.

No idea about the dog...haha.

Does that make sense to anyone else? Also, are we supposed to be looking at something in that final camera shot? A white building? Potentially barbed wire?

Also are we to assume that the house that Daniel is clearing out at the end was his, and he goes back to finish the deed and kill his demented family to put them out of their misery?

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OK, guys - after seeing your responses, I checked and Netflix now has a version WITH subtitles. So in leftover spirit of Halloween, I'm watching it now - 2 years later to see what I come up with. Stay tuned...


OK, it's a few hours later - watched in again on Netflix:

1. Somebody remastered the sound - it's much better.
2. Somebody added subtitles

I have to say that it's still not that interesting. Good job upgrading the film quality.

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