Comparing it to Primal, which was flashier looking with far better physical effects, I enjoyed it far more. But Primal is one terrible movie in my opinion. The filmmakers behind Damned at least seemed to try and make a good movie even if the atmosphere is lost at sight of the first Atmosphere Video Board Game CG skeleton.
The trouble is, and I've ranted about this many a time, distributors use ridiculous quotes for the covers of movie releases and give audiences the entirely wrong view of a movie. Sometimes, the art doesn't help (citing Zombie Diaries and Siege of the Dead as clear examples of art not imitating content).
I wonder how these "reviewers" come to these conclusions in the first place. Likening DBD as something akin to an Evil Dead 4 is shockingly stupid. There's not even much in the way of a parallel to an Evil Dead movie in the first place.
Despite the fact I thought the movie was ok in a drought of new genre releases does not mean that I recommend it. Anyone curious should wait until it turns up on whatever the Horror Channel calls itself nowadays.
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