I can't really complain that much though, it is a horror film.so what can you expect? Suspension of disbelief is important. So this scene with the gun flipping out of this dude's hand and getting stuck in his face seems a little preposterous. And I say slight because the film doesn't deal with this in a realistic manner. This idea of a flesh-eating disease isn't as preposterous as one would think, so in a way, while it's obvious that this is exaggerated in some form being that it is a horror film, there's some slight realism involved. I think it defies every law of physics ever conceived. What I don't get is the gun flipping AND then flying into his face. I can get the fact that it would kill him because his skin was so debilitated due to this virus that this gun could get stuck in his face. When he shoots the gun, the force of which was so strong, that it caused his hand to completely detach itself from his arm, flip around and get stuck in his face, which killed him. He points a gun at Dobbs, to kill him obviously. You can see that this guy has been suffering from the effects of this virus for the longest time. Dobbs, escaping like the coward he is, runs into this big guy with a gun. So Dobbs selfishly locked the door behind him to leave Marcus to fend for himself against an infected person. There's also a really hilariously bad scene there. That's just the one I can think up off the top of my head. That's the main highlight as it relates to gore, because there's so much going as far as make-up effects, the actress who plays Penny had her entire body covered in this, so hats off to them, but it's not the only instance of good gore effects in this film. And it actually did fall off at the slightest touch. Their skin looks absolutely terrible, as if it was almost to fall off at the slightest touch. It really looks as if a flesh-eating disease has truly taken its horrible toll on them. It's horribly choreographed, but the make-up looks absolutely outstanding. Look at the scene where Penny and Bridgett fight each other. Massive respect to the production crew for that and it really pays off. You have to applaud the production crew for letting a big chunk of their budget go to the practical special, and make-up, effects when they very easily could've saved that money by doing everything on computers. There's absolutely no delegating to a CG team to handle all the blood and gore, it's absolutely practical and the film really is better for it. Then again, my appreciation for the film mostly comes in the fact that the special effects and the make-up for the film are absolutely top-notch. You know, given that it is a direct-to-video, low budget horror prequel. But, for a movie that deals in cliches and established horror conventions, this film is never as bad as you think it was bound to be. Yes, for the most part, it is a by-the-numbers affair with a typical horror cast and horror tropes. You know, this was quite the surprising film.
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