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“Day One in the Dead Set house and it's off to a...”

written by Dreadlocksmile on 28/10/2008

Good Points
Fast paced, tongue-firmly-wedged-in-the-cheek zombie goodness from this five part mini-series. The wheelchair bound zombie was a definite highlight.

Bad Points
Ropey and wooden acting...but not so much that you won't enjoy this low-brow, light hearted tv series.

General Comments
Day One in the Dead Set house and it's off to a cracking start. Ok, so some of the acting is a little ropey. The majority of the 'Big Brother' housemates seem to have taken lessons from the Keanu Reeves school of acting. The Big Brother behind-the-scenes production crew were uber cheesy, hitting almost every possible tv crew stereotype there is. Still, you'd expect no less from such a tongue-in-cheek zombie romp.



I found the pace was set well from the very start, diving straight into some flesh ripping zombie action within the first 20 minutes or so. The characters were established quite quickly, with their individual characteristics and hints towards sub plots already forming, without losing sight of the zombie action enfolding around them.



A nice and subtle little homage for all the zombie fans out there with 'she's got a face like a Manchester morgue' thrown in a heads up to Jorge Grau's 'The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue.'



Davina's death was superb, with a nicely atmospheric and well orchestrated torturous death. Re-animated Davina was nothing short of pure zombie class. And they've taken to the new style (28 Days Later) running and general more able zombies, as apposed to the better known slow and lumbering zombie of the Romero years.



The wheelchair zombie was a personal highlight for me. Is a disabled zombie a first? I can't seem to recall there ever being a wheelchair ridden zombie before. Nice to see some originality still hitting the now ever popular genre.



And what an ending! Some strong gore was shown for a tv mini-series with the head battering using a fire extinguisher scene. Nice!



All in all, I'd say this first episode set the scenario nicely and will definitely have me on the sofa each night this week.



Bring on tonight's episode!