Apatros Review Ep-0037: Children of The Living Dead [2001]

AR-0037: This was perhaps the very first zombie film of the 2000s & was for a time one of the most infamous, although it seems to have slipped into obscurity nowadays. An alternate sequel to the original "Night of The Living Dead" that was only possible due to the split copyright between George Romero & his Image Ten partners, this unholy beast was the brainchild of female producer Karen Lee Wolf who was given half a million dollars by her father & told to go & make a horror movie. Getting into contact with John Russo, this clueless sheila wrote a poor script, hired Russo & original zombie Bill Hinzman as DP on ridiculous salaries, got a newbie director right out of film school & effectively micromanaged the whole production in a way that would make Stalin proud.

In short, the production was a disaster of epic proportions.

A sobering lesson on the pitfalls of filmmaking.

This was released in Australia on DVD through Force Entertainment twice - originally with an R18+ rating [Aussie equivalent of American NC-17] but then reissued a very short time later with the rating downgraded to an MA15+ [Aussie version of American R rating]. The disc quickly went out of print & the film has never been reissued again.

My Grade: D- [Atrocious]

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