Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Paul Magne Haakonsen "Days of Darkness" is actually a rather decent low-budget zombie movie. However, it is not full-out a zombie movie as in the likes of Romero's movies. No, "Days of Darkness" sort of takes the zombie genre and spice it up with "The Thing" and "Invation of the Body Snatchers". Of course it is a matter of preference whether or not you enjoy this mix of horror genres or not, personally I am not too keen on it, as I prefer zombie movies to be 100% zombies, not a hybrid of other genres.But I will say that "Days of Darkness" actually manage to pull off the mixture in a good enough way.The story is about a small group of people making a stand atop a hill in an old bunker installation of sorts, after a meteor (yeah, they went with the organism from outer space theory) crashed onto Earth and infected people with some strange alien parasite that turns people into ravenous flesh-eating zombies. But as if zombies wasn't enough, then the parasite also evolves and mutates within the host organism."Days of Darkness" have a great variety of characters, as in types of personalities and backgrounds. And I think that the people they had cast for the various roles actually did good jobs with their roles, and did bring the movie up a notch.If you are an avid zombie aficionado like me, then you might be a little bit disappointed with the lack of gore and mayhem in the movie. They had opted to go in a more scientific approach to the movie and not turn it into a gore fest. But if you like movies such as "The Things", then I am sure you will find this movie interesting.For a low-budget movie, then "Days of Darkness" actually pulled it off quite nicely. However, it just didn't leave a lasting impression on me, unfortunately, and I guess it was the mixing of various horror genres that sort of blew it off for me. But it is not a bad movie, far from it actually. And it is well worth checking out if you enjoy these kind of movies.Just don't expect to be scared out of your seat, because that will not happen. "Days of Darkness" is a story-driven movie and a character-driven story, not a splatter and scare fest.

sol1218 ***SPOILERS*** This movie has a new twist, or twist of lemon, on an old story about an army of flesh eating Zombies who are, in their own unique way, impregnating both Earth-men and Earth-women with their mutant offspring's. The Zombies in the movie don't come from the Caribbean or the African bush country but from the residue-that they were exposed to-of a pulverized comet that exploded when it struck the Earth's atmosphere.In the film the few human survivors of this Zombie, due to the dust of the exploding comet, onslaught are holding out in an abandoned underground NORAD command center. Running out of both food and water the survivors headed by former Hollywood macho superstar Chad, Tom Eplin, try to hold out as long as they can until help finally arrives. It's only later that Chad & Co., some dozen of them, finally realize that their the only humans on Earth that haven't been Zombified!We get a series of gory and grossed out scenes, like in most Zombie films, of Zombies attacking and cannibalizing their human victims. We also get the added attraction of seeing the Zombies impregnate their hosts by just having their victims breath the air that's filled with microorganisms that were laying dormant, until it hit the earth's atmosphere, inside the comet for millions of years.Back inside the NORAD command center survivors Steve and Mimi, Travis Brorsen & Roshelle Pattison, begin to realize, after a nauseating Zombie autopsy, that Mimi's pregnancy has nothing to do with her cheating on Steve. It was the result of the dust, from the comet, that she was breathing. ***SPOILERS***Steve later also realizes that the way to stop the Zombie menace was as close to him as the nearest bottle of Yukon Jack or Smirnoff Vodka which the underground silo, thanks to Chad, was well stocked with. If Steve only knew this earlier it would have caused a lot of pain and suffering, for him and his fellow survivors, from happening! Better then you would expect Zombie movie with the Zombies, all 40 of them, besides suffering themselves with human flesh look as if their having more fun then a barrel of monkeys in knowing that even if their dead they can still experience the joys of sex. But not quite the kind of sexual experiences that they knew, and participated in, while they were still alive and human!

Nightmare-Maker I have read some really bad reviews for this movie, and I can see their point of view if they are not a horror movie fan, but as I love horror movies I actually admire the film makers attempts here.OK, the acting is average at best but they have put a nice little twist into this one which took balls to do I think. The film involves a hand full of survivors trapped inside a government building after a meteor has turned everyone else on the outside into zombies. But how come the there was only a few survivors?...I won't ruin it for you, but I really think this deserves a go, it is well made considering the budget. It has some really good gore (one particular scene will make you wince!), and it does stand out as one of the better DTV horror films for some time.It's how RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 4 and 5 should have been.Decent effort...7 out of 10.

joemamaohio A comet lands on Earth, and aboard is a parasite that invades human hosts, turning them into zombies, of sorts (they don't turn people into zombies by biting them, and they can be killed more ways than just decapitation).A small group of survivors have banded together, and try to find a way to make it out alive.Basically it's your typical zombie movie with a little twist - the zombies weren't turned due to a virus or something like that, but are actually controlled by alien parasites (think "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"). The funniest thing to me was the character Steve (Travis Brorsen). He looked so familiar to me, and it hit me - he's on a reality show called "Greatest American Dog" where he and his dog compete to be top dog. I found that very funny considering. Anyway, it's an okay movie to watch when you're bored or have nothing better to do.