"The Dead" My Fourth Must See Pick for the Halloween Season

What would a Halloween season be with out a good Zombie flick? and “The Dead” is right up that alley when it comes to good Zombie flicks.

In  the vein of the “Walking Dead” , “The Dead” is more about the humans that are caught up in the crisis of the recently deceased returning to life and using the living like fat people use a smorgasbord at your local “Old Country Buffet”, then it is about the zombies per say as we find ourselves caught up with Flight Engineer, Brian Murphy (Rob Freeman) as he hops one of the last planes out of Africa where -it should come to no surprise since Africa seems the place to find end of the world diseases originating (Ebola anyone?)- a zombie virus is plaguing the continent. But, unfortunately, for Murphy, things do not quite go according to plan and the U.N. relief flight he is on crashes just off the coast. Murphy now finds himself the sole surviving member of the doomed flight and is now completely cut off and on his own.

As Murphy fights his way through the Dark Continent -his only saving grace are his wits and ingenuity that he has learned through years as a soldier, that lend any hope for him staying alive long enough so he can escape and make his way back to his family- Murphy crosses paths with Daniel Dembele (Prince David Osei), a Sergeant in the African Army, as he finds himself on his own pilgrimage of the damned across the inhospitable landscape of zombies and the insane, as he tries to find out where his son was taken when the army evacuated his decimated village.

The two desperate men decide to join forces in hopes of perhaps evening out the odds against what are no doubt insufferable odds and with no real hope of winning.

Shot on location in never-before-seen on film parts Africa (Burkina Faso, French-speaking West Africa, and Ghana, as well as the Sahara), “The Dead” announces the arrival of the Ford Brothers onto the horror scene with what is being touted as one of the most unique zombie films ever. And a definite must see of fans of the genre.

Enjoy.

Until Next time…