blandteknik Review of Severed

Severed (2005)

Zombiemovie so low-budget, they couldn't afford make-up or gore.

[2/10 · 1 March 2006]

I love zombie movies. Even the cheap ones. This film however, is a total disappointment. If, as a film maker, you realize you cannot afford any proper zombie make-up (white foundation and red contacts just don't cut it) or any splatter or gore, why bother? Every time they kill a zombie in this film, you see the actor swinging an axe, but never ever the impact. Just a lot of blood spraying into the cameras field of view. For a movie called "Severed" I find that pathetic. They were on such a shoestring budget, they couldn't even afford to film a car running into a ditch. They retorted to the trick of swishing a hand- held camera and then cutting to the car stuck in the ditch. This camera-swish is used with tedious repetition throughout the whole movie. The only reason for proceeding making the film anyway would be if the screenplay is amazing with intense and/or shocking plot-twists. It's not. The script lacks any semblance of drama (they couldn't even come up with an ending) and is completely without ingenuity. The photography is OK. The acting competent. The visual effects non-existent. The directing desperate. Don't bother watching this film, it's a total waste of time. It's just some silly people running around in a forest.