Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

DBLurker Doesn't really do anything new with the Zombie genre.It's the same old story about few survivors coming together to survive, and form a bond while they're at it. Even ends with a fairy-tale Disney Ending, to keep everybody happy.The only problem is, the survivors are as interesting as watching paint dry on a wall, same goes for the zombies who occasionally attack and never really do any damage. Only interesting and creepy bit comes with a "slight" twist to the zombies through an old woman zombie. But that's it. Overall, I was disappointed. Acting is OK and it would've worked fine in a movie with better script and more going on than just a farm the director rented for the weekend shoot. Could've pulled it off easily with a low budget, like Shaun of the Dead did.

loomis78-815-989034 An accident at a nearby chemical plant has turned an entire community into a virus infected undead. As the story begins Jim (Hayden) is trying to tend to his fatally wounded fiancée Emilie (McKenna Jones) who was attacked by one of the infected. Jim finds shelter inside a horse stable and quickly closes things up tight. He must face the disturbing fact that Emilie is going to die. He listens to the radio and watches TV gaining information. He is awoken to sounds inside the stable which lead to a thrilling and scary showdown between himself and a zombie which has found his way in. Out of the blue he gets a phone call at the stable from Scott (Lilly) a survivor who is holed up in a warehouse across from the stable and invites Jim to join him. Jim makes his way over and joins Scott, his wife Julie (Norman) and a girl named Ix (White) who initially clashes with Jim. Jim quickly becomes the leader of the small band of survivors as they fight for survival as the infected become aware of their presence. A romantic relationship is brewing between Ix and Jim when she takes ill. The group await rescue but need medicine dropped by the military in the area for Ix to survive. Jim ventures out in a thrilling scene to obtain it. State of Emergency is an excellent low budget horror film that plays with the zombie genre. Writer/Producer/Director Turner Clay crafts a small and simple zombie film that reflects how you and I might react of something like this happened. Jim is an ordinary guy and so are the other characters. In other words, these guys aren't hitting the bull's-eye every time they point a gun at a zombie and shoot. They miss and try again like we would if we were in that type of stressful situation. Clay makes all these characters believable and keeps his movie the same way giving it real credibility over many bigger budgeted zombie films flooding the market. We care about these people and want them to survive and are truly on their side, like in George Romero's first two Dead films. Clay plays with the genre in interesting ways like the zombies themselves. Many times they are just standing in the middle of a field waiting to react to sounds they hear or something they see. They are ferocious when they need to be and the film has some decent gore. The small cast, low number of infected and minimal locations would sink a lesser film but this one actually benefits from it because of its strong characters. The film definitely delivers many tense situations and scenes that deliver the horror goods along with solid scares. The cast is good with lead Jay Hayden turning in a great performance as Jim. Turner Clay in a truly breath of fresh air, memorably ends his film in such a deeply emotional way that takes his film to another level.

travisdunn This movie starts off like so many other zombie movies. Which made me fall into a unhappy funk. Then the movie shows some real heart by showing the survivors as real people not just stereotypes. This is the part I found so appealing. The Main characters are flushed out. You see them as people you may know in real life. Know actors that I can say I recognized. The movie unfortunately has a major issue about feeling small. The movie towards the end definitely has a small budget feel . The climax was very anti climatic in feel. This was the one thing I didn't particularly care for. Not a lot of twist really but a solid story and good acting. Worth a watch.

artpf Chaos consumes a small town when a chemical facility explodes releasing a deadly toxin. Moments after the leak, the town's residents show signs of mutation, causing the military to quarantine the area leaving any survivors helpless and trapped inside. The story follows Jim, a young man isolated within the red zone, as he eludes flesh eating zombies in an attempt to win back his freedom.I found this movie very hard to follow. And, yes, it IS just a zombie film, so what's to follow? But they set it up so that the exposition is very slow and doesn't keep your attention. I had a hard time trying to figure out why I should keep watching. There was very little zombie action until well into the movie. I'm still not sure where the main character lives. Sometimes it looks like a prison or hospital and other times it looks like a home. .There's no explanation how he gets up on a barn roof -- why would you go there with a ladder when the zombies could just follow you? How did the padlock open? By itself? Why doesn't he want to turn on the light when he hears noises? Why does he think the zombies understand English? Why does he run AWAY from his rifle when he needs it? Why when he finally gets the rifle, does he not load it? There are lots of little things like this that make no sense and causes one to lose interest because it's poor writing. Another example, he fires three shots, kills a zombie and suddenly the phone rings. He answers it and a stranger says "are you the guy in the barn? We heard shots and I tried every number in the book to get you." What? You called 3 seconds after the shots were fired! You had no time to look up anything. Nobody finds this weird? And the guy doesn't even know his name but somehow got his phone number!This could have been a really good film if it was better written and better directed -- especially the writing. It's very very poorly written. The acting inst bad, but the writing is horrendous.Also, the print I saw was filled with very tiny red specs throughout. Not sure if that was intentional, but it was annoying.