Rise of the Dead (2007)

Rise of the Dead (2007)
Director: William Wedig
Writers: Jeff Crook, Josh Crook, Kris Scotto
In the sleepy small town of Dudley, Ohio, a terrifying future awaits. Laura Childs (Erin Wilk) is almost raped by a normal lawyer who appears to have gone crazy. When her boyfriend, Jack Walther (Stephen Seidel) saves her by running him over with her car, the cops don't buy the story. Things get complicated when Laura's roommate is murdered and the local police (Chris Ferry and Peter Blitzer) start asking questions that Laura and Jack can't answer. Jack is held in jail and Laura learns of a loosely connected murder. When Laura's mother attacks her, Laura takes matters in her own hands and must uncover the terrible truth of the powers at hand. The powers that come from Laura's past and might just be more than she can handle.
'Straight to video horror that runs at just over hour and 10 minutes no doubt just enough to justify its status as a feature. Title and packaging would have you believe this is a zombie movie, but its actually about Laura Childs who when only 16 put her baby son up for adoption, now a good few years older everyone around her are starting to go crazy and kill people. Turns out the baby she got rid of died and has returned to plague those who wronged it. Its by no means the worst direct to DVD horror ever the deaths are bloody without really showing gore though oddly they’re speeded up, we even get a few sex scenes. The cast don't do such a bad job the goofy cop is fun and lead actress Erin Wilk as Laura Childs at least tries her hardest with the trite plot. B-movies fans are recommended to try stick with it till the end, it’s really rather sick and sleazy like something from the 70's. I wouldn’t urge people to rush out and see this, but least it was over quickly and there are so many worse STV genre films doing the rounds than this one.'

(4½ out of 10)