Day of the Dead 2: Contagium
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium is a low-budget quasi-prequel to the George A. Romero film Day of the Dead. Although it is advertised as an official sequel as Taurus Entertainment Company holds the rights to the original film, no one from the original film had any involvement in Contagium.
Plot
In 1968, in the Ravenside Military Hospital in a military facility in Pennsylvania, the army loses control of an experiment of a lethal biological weapon that changes the DNA and transforms human beings into zombies. A group of soldiers are sent to the hospital to eliminate the infected staff and interns but private DeLuca steals a test tube with the virus and hides it inside a vacuum flask. He is transformed into a zombie and killed but the vacuum flask falls into the grass.
In the present day, a group of patients in the mental institution Ravenside Memorial Hospital finds the vacuum flask and later when one of them opens the vessel, the culture tube drops on the floor of a bathroom contaminating the group.
Reception
The film has received dominantly negative reviews. One factor stems from the title, as the plot of the film and its depiction of zombies are at odds with those in both the original Day of the Dead and Romero’s Dead series as a whole. Heavy criticism have also been aimed at the film’s acting, special effects, and script.
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Are you kidding!!? 3 Stars!? Are you just giving it more than 1 star for shock value? Have you even seen this film? You should be ashamed of yourself!!!! Stop blogging. I’m afraid to look up your ratings for, actual, good zombie movies. Did you give 28 weeks later 5 stars?
I bet you did
Comment by Donovan — August 15, 2009 @ 10:19 pm
That’s a bit harsh.
would like some constructive criticism about this movie, though. is it any good?
Comment by Pilot — August 17, 2009 @ 1:13 pm
It’s really not that harsh…this is possibly the worst film I have ever watched….I wanted it to be good but the plot was really slow to develop and the actors were terrible!
Comment by G — August 21, 2009 @ 9:46 am
Oh yeah, this is the worst shitfest EVER. horrible acting, no story to speak of.
Insulting to zombie fans everywhere.
Comment by bub — October 5, 2009 @ 7:17 pm
a think a will give this 1, a wide berth
yeah!!!
Comment by HisPapa — October 20, 2009 @ 5:41 pm
I must say this movie did no justice to the Zombie film industry it was not a film that I would recommend anyone to watch if you are a zombie movie fan.
Comment by Peter Rieker — November 11, 2009 @ 9:57 pm
Bub you summed it up in a nut shell.
Comment by Peter Rieker — November 11, 2009 @ 9:59 pm
wankathon,thats what i had when this film was on,cos it was bollocks!
Comment by san — January 27, 2010 @ 8:09 pm