It Stains the Sands Red
In the throes of a zombie apocalypse, a troubled woman from Las Vegas with a dark past, finds herself stranded in the desert with a lone and ravenous zombie on her tail.
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- Cast:
- Brittany Allen , Juan Riedinger , Merwin Mondesir , Kristopher Higgins , Andrew Supanz , Michael Filipowich , Dylan Playfair
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Redundant and unnecessary.
Let's be realistic.
Awesome Movie
Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
This movie has some bad plot holes from the beginning and I wish the producers & director would have at least tried to fix them. This could really could have been a stellar movie. In truth, I almost left the movie during the 1st 10 minutes. BUT! and I mean this in the best sense. This is a movie of redemption, in a almost biblical sense. Like many of us, literally or figuratively, she finds her soul in the desert after experiencing a truly horrible event. She goes from being a very shallow, coke sniffing and empty headed stripper. To realizing that in her are great reservoirs of strength, courage and love. In other words she finds her humanity. She goes from hating her zombie persuer, to seeing in his fallen nature, that he requires compassion not hatred. If you do see this movie look at from that perspective and, see in her, yourself. What all of us can become if we leave our bad habits and dedicate ourselves to becoming a "True Human Being".
It starts off well, given that it's an indie flick with a decent premise, small budget and amateur actors. The first half is fairly straightforward, if slow. The second is where the filmmakers lose the plot and pretty much ruin everything with some ham-handed developments that are unnecessary, crude and make absolutely no sense. Perhaps it would have done well as an engaging short film. But in trying to make it a full length feature, it just drags on and on till you're wishing for the Usain Bolt zombies from 28 Days Later or World War Z to run in and speed things up. 4/10 cause it's an indie, but miss this and you miss nothing.
If there's anyone from the team that made this movie, here, reading this: THANK YOU. it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience in a sea of barely watchable nonsense.the other reviewers will have already provided you with the movie's plot, it's pointless to rehash it once again, except to tell you that it's really, really good.it takes a while before it starts tugging at the heart strings, so be patient.rent it, you won't regret it.
Hey kids, it's post apocalypse zombie b-movie time!Just when ya think the living dead well has run completely dry, another twist on the very tiring, tiresome and tired subject matter comes to the local drive thru, er in. "It Stains The Sands Red" doesn't really live up to the ominous, gore foreshadowing title. Sure there's an early ketchuppy scene, but for the most part this is a remake of that old Bing Crosby, Bob Hope buddy buddy crossing the desert vehicle - without the homoerotic tension. We have Molly, the coke snorting stripper in ridiculous heels traipsing across death valley (a better name for the movie) with a very persistent but slow zombie in tow. They bond, in a master slash puppy manner, with the added excitement that puppy wouldn't mind biting the hand that feeds him.It's a terrific premise, and looks fabulous on the widescreen, but the stumbling blocks of typical b-movie limitations (low budget, hammy acting, plot holes) is too much to overcome. Zombie faithful will probably enjoy it, but for the rest I say: Enough with the zombies already!