I am blogging some of my past film reviews from Facebook.  Bill Mosely is a damn good actor who needs his own major feature film to star as the bad guy; I am also becoming a Stephen McHattie fan.

*****

“Exit Humanity” (2011) might not have been as great as I’d hoped.  (The trailer made it look amazing.)  But it was still a good and creative independent zombie film; I’d give it an 8 out of 10.

It’s a genre-buster that posits a zombie epidemic just after the Civil War, but that isn’t a gimmick.  There’s a complete absence of camp that makes this a “straight horror movie” and a hell of a lot more fun.  It’s got a great script, beautiful locations, two great leads, and a couple of great “that guy” actors in supporting roles — the incredibly underrated Bill Mosely (Otis Driftwood in “House of 1000 Corpses”) and the also-underrated Stephen McHattie.

The directing is very spotty, the pacing is way off, and the “book chapter” structure makes this feel less like a movie and more like a series of well-made webisodes.  (I’m starting to understand why many movies adhere to that “three-act” structure that critics refer to.)  The limited budget also shows — there’s a dearth off special effects and some of the zombies look remarkably like actors in white facepaint.  (Is this a kabuki zombie epidemic?)

One of the things that surprised me about this movie is how terrific Brian Cox’ voice is.  He narrates the entire tale retrospectively as an older version of the main protagonist.  I can’t believe I never noticed this before.  I think he’s better than Morgan Freeman or David Prowse.  Check him out in the trailer.

All in all, this was a good movie.  I’d recommend it to any zombie horror fan.