Dance of the Dead

2008 "It's their night to come alive."
5.8| 1h27m| R| en| More Info
Released: 14 October 2008 Released
Producted By: Compound B
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://danceofthedeadmovie.com
Synopsis

With Prom only hours away, the usual suspects of Cosa High (Cheerleaders, geeks, bad boys and the happy-go-lucky student council alike) are preoccupied with the annual rituals of teendom. On the night of the big dance when the dead unexpectedly rise to eat the living, polar opposite groups will be forced to unite in their final chance to save the town from the zombies.

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GamerTab That was an excellent one.
ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
Paul Magne Haakonsen This was a zombie movie, so of course I am there to watch it.However, it turned out that "Dance of the Dead" was a stereotypical zombie movie, to say the least.The movie was crammed with very uninteresting characters, and that gave the acting performers very little to work with. Despite having so little to work with, then the acting performances was actually adequate. And the casting crew had done a good job in finding the actors and actresses.Aside from the cardboard characters, then the movie also suffered from having a very generic plot. And it offered nothing new to the zombie genre in any way.Some of the special effects and make-up was good, while some was very low budget in appearance. And worst of all, the movie had running zombies in it, which is a huge no-go for me. And some of the zombies were saying 'brains' when chasing after the living, whether or not that was an homage to "Return of the Living Dead" or not, I can only speculate.It made no sense that music could keep zombies still in a trance-like state. But hey, I guess directors and writers are free to alter and add to the zombie lore, so sure, why not?
daggersineyes What a wonderful surprise this movie was. After reading a lot of miserable, negative reviews I decided I'd give it a go anyway because nothing in the bad reviews was telling me it was boring. I approached it with caution hoping I wouldn't end up feeling like I wasted my money and time. But truth is, I liked the idea of a movie with a "low budget" feel, unsophisticated special effects, cheesy humour and even bad dialog. Sometimes they are entertaining because of all that.But it turned out to be an absolute gem! Instead of being entertained by how bad it was, I was entertained by how GOOD it was. What this director has achieved with just a teensy budget puts a lot of the big players to shame. The characters were quirky and adorable, there was actually a little bit of character development and unexpected twists in their behaviour. Cool music, wonderful camera work and direction and perhaps the biggest surprise - lots of good acting! Sure there was some hammy performances but many of the actors were REQUIRED to be hammy. The characters were drawn larger than life. They were exaggerations of the kind of characters you find in this genre all the time. The movie was deliberately parodying the stereotypes and clichés and messing around with them. I guess those negative reviewers missed the point - unfortunately for them.After I saw this movie I read a bit about how it was made and that increased my admiration for all of the people involved in it. There is a genuine warmth and a sort of joy that emanates from everyone and everything about it. It must have been awesome to work on it together - and it shows. There were so many characters I really loved I found myself hoping for a sequel!! And some of the scenes were astounding. The "makeout" scene in particular was gruesome & hilarious. I also liked the way the scenes in the graveyard were done, loved the walking torso and of course, the zombie carrying it's head around so it could see. LMAO So much to love!! Ignore the nit-pickers and people who didn't get it. It's not an Oscar winning movie. It's a well directed low budget funny horror flick. It's a barrel of fun. Watch it. You wont regret it.
Nick Damian It's a zombie movie - what can you expect? Like countless others before and after it...it has the same plot.Don't look for anything different than what you have seen in previous movies about zombies - there just isn't.The nice touch however is the band that just wants to play and finally they have an audience.The song version of "Shadows of the Night" fit nice with the entire operation of the movie, but aside from that, it's another zombie movie - with the same sort of story you would expect.High art, and intriguing storyline this is not...but enough of a solid film to entertain on a temporary basis.
DeviousMrBlonde I find it very difficult to find anything redeeming about this film. It's not funny, it's not scary and it's not even b-movie enough to be so-bad-it's-good.I'm bewildered by the gushing essay long reviews here, there is no way somebody of sound mind could find this film to be good, charming for trying so hard maybe, but in no way can it be viewed as good.The whole thing reeks of a high school writing project. The protagonists are pushed from one scenario (where they get to beat up zombies) to the next (where they get to beat up zombies) as fast as possible in the hope that no one recognises there's no actual plot. Silly, childish stuff, and definitely not in a good way.