Review of Colin

Colin (2008)
6/10
Colin
8 October 2010
Warning: Spoilers
I literally heard about this film on the entertainment news, I heard this home-made camcorder horror film was considered so good and professional, that they made it a cinema release. Basically Londoner Colin (Alastair Kirton) just about escapes the zombie devastation outside getting into his house, but he has the misfortune of one being in his house. He manages to kill it, but not before it managed to bite his neck, although he initially already had a zombie bite on his arm this speeds up the process of becoming a zombie himself. The next thing you know Colin is a full flesh eating undead creature, and the rest of the film follows him in his journey to find a human victim. He goes through houses and towns among the many other hundred recently dead returning to life people wreaking havoc. There is a point when those who know Colin best, including sister Linda (Daisy Aitkens) and her friend Marlen (Tat Whalley) try to make him remember his previous self, but of course ti doesn't work. Soon enough, a gang of heavy types with weapons of all kinds seem to have bludgeoned Colin to death, and used a little dynamite to blow some of his face off. But of course he still "lives" and in his still undead state he returns to his house and falls to the floor, where his former life before becoming a zombie flashes back to him. These flashbacks reveal that Colin and his girlfriend Laura (Leanne Pammen) were holding up in the house from the situation, and she managed to tie up one of the creatures for safety. Of course a false move allows the zombie to escape, and when Laura is bitten and became a zombie, Colin had no choice but to kill her, and of course she was the one who bit his arm, this is the conclusion. Also starring Kate Alderman as False Laura, Kerry Owen as Colin's Mother, Leigh Crocombe as Damien and Justin Mitchell-Davey as Slingshot Guy. The usual zombie film would obviously look from the perspective of some survivors, but this is actually quite a clever idea to see from the flesh eaters point of view, makes it different. It is quite astonishing that this home made film from debuting director Marc Price only had £45 budget, achieved by free extras, home made special effects and saved make-up, but it looks actually very professional, and it's fun viewing. Good!
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