germ z
tags bernard setaro clark beth pratt fangoria fangoria' s germ z germ z j. t. boone john craddock marguerite sundberg mark chiappone michael flores zoe miller
all things considered i’d give germ z a 5. 2 out of 10 .
germ z is presented by fangoria. so, this zombie flick has to be good, right ?
urltoken fangoria presents: germ z: marguerite sundberg, michael flores, mark chiappone, john craddock, j. t. boone: movies & tv
lafer em, sousa r, rosen b, hsu a, rich a. isolation and characterization of z - dna binding proteins from wheat germ .
blaho ja, wells rd. left - handed z - dna and genetic recombination .
ok, i love b movies. watched tons of them and i generally am a truly easy to please watcher. however i am disappointed in germ z .
germ z by j. t. boone, john craddock | j. t. boone, john craddock, michael flores, marguerite mitchell | 687797141590 | dvd | barnes & noble®
the zombies: germ z features infected humans with a desire to eat one another. they’re fast suckers who will sprint after you for a distance, even if you’re riding a bicycle .
de felici m. germ stem cells in the mammalian adult ovary: considerations by a fan of the primordial germ cells. mol hum reprod. 2010; 16: 632–6 .
and pointless really is the simplest term to describe “germ z. ” no one seems to be on a path of counteracting the germ or the infected. it is a lot of aimless running around and nothing about the outbreak itself sustains any interest. without a unique look to the afflicted as a consolation, watching “germ z” is about as pointless as the non - extant character motivations. unless going anywhere or doing anything simply because the script said so is considered an acceptable motivation .
lancillotti f, lopez mc, arias p, alonso c. z - dna in transcriptionally active chromosomes .
a crashed satellite unleashes an alien germ that turns the residents of preachers mill into bloodthirsty cannibals .
this is not quite the romero living dead versus the “28 days later” infected argument either, since that still implies some style of zombie. although those afflicted in “germ z” are more accurately described by the latter classification .
disc # 1 - - fangoria presents: germ z play scene selection set up audio english 5. 1 digital surround english 2. 0 stereo subtitles english sdh subtitles: on spanish subtitles: on subtitles: off trailer
zou k, yuan z, yang z, luo h, sun k, zhou l, et al. production of offspring from a germline stem cell line derived from neonatal ovaries. nat cell biol. 2009; 11: 631–6 .
grivna st, beyret e, wang z, lin h. a novel class of small rnas in mouse spermatogenic cells .
the atmospheric germ theory, from a lecture given to the royal college of surgeons in edinburgh, 1868 .
kmiec eb, holloman wk. homologous pairing of dna molecules by ustilago rec1 protein is promoted by sequences of z - dna .
title: germ z director: j. t. boone and john craddock writer: j. t. boone cast: marguerite sundberg, michael flores, mark chiappone, beth pratt, and zoe miller run time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
ng jh, kumar v, muratani m, kraus p, yeo jc, yaw lp, et al. in vivo epigenomic profiling of germ cells reveals germ cell molecular signatures. dev cell. 2013; 24: 324–33 .
mclaren a. meiosis and differentiation of mouse germ cells. symp soc exp biol. 1984; 38: 7–23 .
germ cells are sexually bipotential in the early embryonic gonad and commit to either male or female development by e13. 5 [
when “redd inc. ” was picked up for distribution in the usa, “fangoria presents” re - titled the film as “inhuman resources, ” which does have a bit more bite. “fangoria presents” has similarly tried beefing up the attractiveness of “germ” by adding a letter and renaming it “germ z. ” undoubtedly, the intention is to give “germ” an association with the evergreen sub - genre of “zombie, ” which is completely understandable from a marketing perspective, although not entirely on target for fans of reanimated corpses .
the bad: there’s nothing terribly original in germ z. it is entertaining, but we’ve seen all this stuff before. there are also a couple of threads left hanging and some things that don’t make sense at all…like having the zombies heads randomly explode without reason or explanation .
the z - dna motif d (tg) 30 promotes reception of information during gene conversion events while stimulating homologous recombination in human cells in culture .
germ z
will bring an exciting package to the table, a shot of zombie movie that' s head and shoulders above what we commonly find, especially in the subgenre. i can only hope that the rest of fangoria' s lineup turns out anywhere near this good .
hamada h, petrino mg, kakunaga t. a novel repeated element with z - dna - forming potential is widely found in evolutionarily diverse eukaryotic genomes .
the good: for a low budget, formulaic zombie feature, i found germ z fairly entertaining. the acting and pacing are decent. there’s some good action and humor, and the filmmakers were smart enough to make some of the action that was beyond their reach happen off - screen .
gan h, lin x, zhang z, zhang w, liao s, wang l, han c. pirna profiling during specific stages of mouse spermatogenesis .
i have to admit, seeing titles come out of fangoria again was a bit of a treat. i remember most of the fangoria frightfest fondly, so seeing titles with the fango name left me pretty happy. so i settled in with a copy of
germ z
just to kick things off .
the primitive gonad of the drosophila embryo is formed from two cell types, the somatic gonad precursor cells (sgps) and the germ cells, which originate at distant sites. to reach the sgps the germ cells must undergo a complex series of cell movements. while there is evidence that attractive and repulsive signals guide germ cell migration through the embryo, the molecular identity of these instructive molecules has remained elusive. here, we present evidence suggesting that hedgehog (hh) may serve as such an attractive guidance cue. misexpression of hh in the soma induces germ cells to migrate to inappropriate locations. conversely, cell - autonomous components of the hh pathway appear to be required in the germline for proper germ cell migration .
fishel ra, detmer k, rich a. identification of homologous pairing and strand - exchange activity from a human tumor cell line based on z - dna affinity chromatography .
first time feature co - directors j. t. boone and john craddock could benefit from a tutorial on managing simultaneous story threads. “germ z” is all over the place in more than one way, but the most identifiable is the odd sense of timing it has when it comes to checking in on various characters .
when a meteor knocks a satellite to earth near a small town, military responders and residents are infected with a mysterious germ that turns them into aggressive cannibals. to survive, the uninfected must evade infection and cannibals and find a way to stop the germ from spreading before it is too late .
faulting the editor for the plentiful timing and pacing issues would be ignoring the more important issue of “germ z” not knowing what it is doing in general. after the outbreak turns part of the town into mindless flesh eaters, the humans who are not afflicted begin madly running around themselves without any stated purpose or discernible goal .
nordheim a, rich a. the sequence (dc - da) n x (dg - dt) n forms left - handed z - dna in negatively supercoiled plasmids .
kocer a, reichmann j, best d, adams ir. germ cell sex determination in mammals. mol hum reprod. 2009; 15: 205–13 .
a meteor crashes into a satellite, which falls to earth. it releases a germ which causes cannibalism in its victims, including military responders and locals alike .
verdict: germ z is better than it could have been given it’s low budget nature. definitely better than a host of other movies in its class. unfortunately, that doesn’t make it a great movie and i feel like there might not be anything particularly memorable about it when i look at the title a year from now. grade: c
special features include audio options, your choice of english or spanish subtitles, and trailers for
axed ,
inhuman resources ,
and
germ z ,
though the first two won' t be accessible from the dvd menu. it' s odd that there was no trailer for
entity
here, but it is what it is .
the beginning of the film – the first ten minutes or so – is very, very rough. i vividly remember sitting in front of my television and thinking, “fangoria is presenting this? ” luckily, j. t. boone and john craddock were able to turn it around and the rest of germ z ended up being a somewhat enjoyable horror flick .
: figure s1a). then we examined the expression of other germ cell - specific markers by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rt - pcr). we found that
mcglynn ka, devesa ss, sigurdson aj, brown lm, tsao l, tarone re. trends in the incidence of testicular germ cell tumors in the united states .
the gore factor is pretty high, and we all love lots and lots of violence. the suspense level is high as well, as is the performances from all the actors. the production value is a little low for a larger budgeted indie film. and believe it or not, germ z does have some funny points and one or two spine chilling moments .
another error is one of omission. sprinkled throughout the book are mentions of germline manipulation; dr. z. is a “germline genetic engineer. ” we learn that fooling around with a germline is evil and powerful, but not exactly what it is. and herein lies the confusion. to a biologist, “germ” means “germ cell, ” as in precursors to sperm and eggs. to a normal person, however, “germ” means a pathogen, such as a bacterium or virus. so it isn’t clear that a germline manipulation actually means changing future generations. and germline manipulation won’t even be necessary, because if the viruses work, there won’t be another generation. they need only obliterate existing sperm and eggs .
cheng j, guo jm, xiao bx, miao y, jiang z, zhou h, li qn. pirna, the new non - coding rna, is aberrantly expressed in human cancer cells .
when a meteor knocks a satellite to earth near a small town, both military and local residents are infected with a mysterious germ that turns them into extremely aggressive ...
murray sm, yang sy, van doren m. germ cell sex determination: a collaboration between soma and germline. curr opin cell biol. 2010; 22: 722–9 .
ushida h, kawakami t, minami k, chano t, okabe h, okada y, okamoto k. methylation profile of dna repetitive elements in human testicular germ cell tumor .
germ z is a zombie - thriller about a satellite accident that unleashes an easily spread virus throughout a small, remote town. the side effect of the disease is obvious – the infected become violent, hellbent cannibals. now the sporatic survivors – a police officer, a jogger, a father, and a girl scout – must navigate through the ruined town while researchers and military men try to contain the epidemic .
shen y, yue f, mccleary df, ye z, edsall l, kuan s, et al. a map of the cis - regulatory sequences in the mouse genome. nature. 2012; 488: 116–20 .
hu m, xia m, chen x, lin z, xu y, ma y, su l. microrna - 141 regulates smad interacting protein 1 (sip1) and inhibits migration and invasion of colorectal cancer cells .
skakkebaek ne, berthelsen jg, giwercman a, muller j. carcinoma - in - situ of the testis: possible origin from gonocytes and precursor of all types of germ cell tumours except spermatocytoma .
belge g, dieckmann kp, spiekermann m, balks t, bullerdiek j. serum levels of micrornas mir - 371 - 3: a novel class of serum biomarkers for testicular germ cell tumors ?
since the second infected attack does not occur until the 40 - minute mark, “germ z” opens on a chase sequence featuring one man running from a raging cannibal. following right behind this is a scene of lawman max meeting his sorta - girlfriend brooke for a nighttime rendezvous in the forest. third in this sequence is the military monitoring the end of a satellite’s life cycle as an onscreen graphic adds, “40 hours earlier. ”
this isn' t really a zombie movie but a movie about people infected with an extraterrestrial germ. of course it makes them insanely violent and cannibalistic, but it' s not like ...
the original title for this film was
germ
and i' m guessing the z was added for
zombie
. however the infected in this film, while they do have a taste for human flesh, they aren' t really zombies. so i believe the film should have used its original title. in any case, germz is your typical, paint by the numbers horror. but is it worth checking out ?
yan z, hu hy, jiang x, maierhofer v, neb e, he l, hu y, hu h, li n, chen w, et al. widespread expression of pirna - like molecules in somatic tissues .
gross ds, garrard wt. the ubiquitous potential z - forming sequence of eucaryotes, (dt - dg) n. (dc - da) n, is not detectable in the genomes of eubacteria, archaebacteria, or mitochondria .
while it kinda pissed me off, it also managed to hold my interest, with the action sequences providing good, solid entertainment. however, “ germ z ” is predictable, and not memorable. i highly doubt anyone would opt for a second viewing. you could do worse if you’re bored or in the mood for a no brainer kill fest, but, like most germs, i suggest you avoid this one if you can .
germz is available now and while i have some hefty negatives mentioned up top, i still found the film to be pretty entertaining and gruesome. is it good enough for repeat performances? i probably wouldn' t watch it again, then again i' m not the biggest zombie or zombie - esque fan. still, out of tov 5 stars, i' m gonna meet germ z halfway and give it a 2. 5 .
the observations and actions of ignaz semmelweis, joseph lister and john snow would retrospectively be acknowledged as contributing to the acceptance of germ theory. but it was the laboratory researches of louis pasteur in the 1860s and then robert koch in the following decades that provided the scientific proof for germ theory. their work opened the door to research into the identification of disease - causing germs and potential life - saving treatments .
however, despite its staggering unoriginality, “germ z”, ain’t all bad. production values are good, even if it’s clear the budget is a bit too slim to pull off reasonable looking military headquarters at the beginning, and the meteor crash leaves a bit to be desired. there are a few definite weak spots in the cast, but the acting is surprisingly good. the deputy especially is played by a compelling actor who raises the films credibility level .
fortunately, dr z’s scourge won’t drive humanity to extinction, because a few people are randomly immune to the virus. random? how does that work? wouldn’t a resistance genotype be quite specific, invented by those genetic engineers, and not random ?
as mentioned above, prmt5 forms a complex with the pgc determinant blimp1 and is involved in the commitment of germ cell lineage, whereas the blimp1 / prmt5 complex translocates from the nucleus to cytoplasm after e11. 5 [
dieckmann kp, spiekermann m, balks t, flor i, loning t, bullerdiek j, belge g. micrornas mir - 371 - 3 in serum as diagnostic tools in the management of testicular germ cell tumours .
zhang y, yang z, yang y, wang s, shi l, xie w, et al. production of transgenic mice by random recombination of targeted genes in female germline stem cells. j mol cell biol. 2011; 3: 132–41 .
so…if this movie has a setup that has elements suggesting science fiction, such as the involvement of satellites and meteors, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life infecting humans, why does it turn into a really obvious, run of the mill, typical zombie flick in no time at all? because this movie is a really obvious, run of the mill, typical zombie flick, and don’t let it try to tell you otherwise. that’s right - germ “z” is for zombie .
white ya, woods dc, takai y, ishihara o, seki h, tilly jl. oocyte formation by mitotically active germ cells purified from ovaries of reproductive - age women. nat med. 2012; 18: 413–21 .
spiekermann m, belge g, winter n, ikogho r, balks t, bullerdiek j, dieckmann kp. microrna mir - 371a - 3p in serum of patients with germ cell tumours: evaluations for establishing a serum biomarker .
yamaguchi s, hong k, liu r, inoue a, shen l, zhang k, et al. dynamics of 5 - methylcytosine and 5 - hydroxymethylcytosine during germ cell reprogramming. cell res. 2013; 23: 329–39 .
gillis ajm, stoop hj, hersmus r, oosterhuis jw, sun y, chen c, guenther s, sherlock j, veltman i, baeten j, et al. high - throughput micrornaome analysis in human germ cell tumours .
the scientists (accidentally) stuck zombie blood directly into his bloodstream. that' s a big difference between getting a tiny bit of zombie drool into your mouth. as was previously mentioned, maybe brad pitt' s stomach acid killed the germ. maybe it was such a small amount that it wasn' t impacted. his skin wasn' t broken and the germ didn' t get into brad pitt' s blood stream, so he didn' t turn .
brooke and her mystery brother’s parents fall into the same time warp. after their first encounter with the infected, father stu screams at his wife to retreat to the house, which they do. “germ z” then jumps to another thread. when the parents are next seen four minutes later, they are only then entering the house. the distance from where they were in the backyard to their backdoor was maybe 10 yards, so only poor editing can explain why it took four minutes to cover that length .
ancelin k, lange uc, hajkova p, schneider r, bannister aj, kouzarides t, et al. blimp1 associates with prmt5 and directs histone arginine methylation in mouse germ cells. nat cell biol. 2006; 8: 623–30 .
the plot point that sets everything into motion is when “genetic engineer” bertram zobrist explains the exploding human population problem to who’s silver - haired leader dr. elizabeth sinskey. i assume dr. z has a phd — he’s described as a “genius of genetics, ” whatever that means .
in no time at all, everyone and their neighbour either becomes a snarling, fast moving, flesh hungry beast of their former selves, or is in danger of becoming one, since being bitten transfers infection of the mysterious germ from space .
maeda i, okamura d, tokitake y, ikeda m, kawaguchi h, mise n, et al. max is a repressor of germ cell - related gene expression in mouse embryonic stem cells. nat commun. 2013; 4: 1754 .
when a meteor, host to an alien germ, falls to earth, a small town is infected. the local deputy and his girlfriend must battle their way through an army of infected townsfolk as they struggle to save themselves and their loved ones .
but there' s no denying that what will be presented here is easily one of the most bombastic, exciting, and often scary zombie films that has been put up in some time. that' s extraordinary for a zombie movie, and frankly, it' s a little out of the ordinary for most any movie of any type in some time. if you' re looking for a zombie movie that' s every bit a match for romero at his best, then
germ z
is going to be a great place to look .
voorhoeve pm, le sage c, schrier m, gillis ajm, stoop h, nagel r, liu yp, van duijse j, drost j, griekspoor a, et al. a genetic screen implicates mirna - 372 and mirna - 373 as oncogenes in testicular germ cell tumors .
palmer rd, murray mj, saini hk, van dongen s, abreu - goodger c, muralidhar b, pett mr, thornton cm, nicholson jc, enright aj, et al. malignant germ cell tumors display common microrna profiles resulting in global changes in expression of messenger rna targets .
syring i, bartels j, holdenrieder s, kristiansen g, muller sc, ellinger j. circulating serum mirna (mir - 367 - 3p, mir - 371a - 3p, mir - 372 - 3p and mir - 373 - 3p) as biomarkers in patients with testicular germ cell cancer .
so dr. z. hires a shady organization called the consortium, led by the shady “provost, ” which is headquartered on a big yacht full of mysterious bad guys and the spiky - haired woman. the consortium is to shield him for a year as he invents and plants a viral plague to control population growth, without asking any questions .
murray mj, saini hk, van dongen s, palmer rd, muralidhar b, pett mr, piipari m, thornton cm, nicholson jc, enright aj, et al. the two most common histological subtypes of malignant germ cell tumour are distinguished by global microrna profiles, associated with differential transcription factor expression .
]. although unipotent, gscs have a unique capability to continuously generate gametes. in recent years, extensive efforts have been made to understand the specification of primordial germ cells (pgcs) and the profound epigenetic reprogramming (including genome - wide dna demethylation and histone remodeling) which is necessary for the zygote to acquire totipotency after fertilization [
disc # 1 - - fangoria presents: germ z 1. opening credits [: 04 ] 2. good weather [: 11 ] 3. too much ice cream [ 8: 25 ] 4. a monster outside [ 6: 52 ] 5. standard procedure [ 8: 52 ] 6. an unexpected guest [ 6: 41 ] 7. surviving the outbreak [ 7: 24 ] 8. on foot [ 9: 31 ] 9. get them dogs? [ 8: 51 ] 10. escape [ 5: 14 ] 11. my everything [ 7: 58 ] 12. end credits [ 4: 38 ] 13. chapter 13 [ 6: 55 ] 14. chapter 14 [ 2: 52 ]
one of the major issues in germline stem cell biology is how unipotency is maintained. during the specification of germ cells, the blimp1 / prmt5 complex plays an important role in the maintenance of unipotency through repressing targets by generation of repressive h2a / h4r3me2s and this complex translocates from the nucleus to cytoplasm in embryonic day (e) 11. 5 pgcs [
small non - coding rnas play essential roles in gene regulation, however, the interplay between rna groups, their expression levels and deregulations in tumorigenesis requires additional exploration. in particular, a comprehensive analysis of microrna (mirna), piwi - interacting rnas (pirnas), and trna - derived small rnas in human testis and testicular germ cell tumor (tgct) is lacking .
germ theory states that many diseases are caused by the presence and actions of specific micro - organisms within the body. the theory was developed and gained gradual acceptance in europe and the united states from the middle 1800s. it eventually superseded existing miasma and contagion theories of disease and in so doing radically changed the practice of medicine. it remains a guiding theory that underlies contemporary biomedicine .
barring a sudden interest in bath salts being the cause, the local medical examiner discovers a non human lifeform, an “alien germ”, as it were, left inside the corpse, possibly brought to earth by the crashed satellite. soon, the local firemen start acting really funny and unprofessional like, as in they chase people through the woods biting them, and other such behaviours unbecoming gentlemen of their stature .
germs! we learnt about germs and what they do. we played ‘the germ doctor’ where 3 children put their hands in glitter, then touched other people and items in the class. the glitter represents germs and this is a good way for children to understand how we pass germs on. we also found out about shrove tuesday, why and how it is celebrated. we made our own pancakes, adding sugar and lemon .
brooke’s brother continues his trek into the woods. a dead fireman is shown. davidson explains the autopsy results to max. human bite marks are discovered on the body. the police interview the dead man’s wife kim, who is upset that they ask to take a mold of her teeth. davidson notes that there is more than one bite pattern on the body, however. the germ he has isolated appears to be of alien origin .
cell fate decisions are fundamental for development, but we do not know how transcriptional networks reorganize during the transition from a pluripotent to a differentiated cell state. here, we asked how mouse embryonic stem cells (escs) leave the pluripotent state and choose between germ layer fates. by analyzing the dynamics of the transcriptional circuit that maintains pluripotency, we found that oct4 and sox2, proteins that maintain esc identity, also orchestrate germ layer fate selection. oct4 suppresses neural ectodermal differentiation and promotes mesendodermal differentiation; sox2 inhibits mesendodermal differentiation and promotes neural ectodermal differentiation. differentiation signals continuously and asymmetrically modulate oct4 and sox2 protein levels, altering their binding pattern in the genome, and leading to cell fate choice. the same factors that maintain pluripotency thus also integrate external signals and control lineage selection. our study provides a framework for understanding how complex transcription factor networks control cell fate decisions in progenitor cells .
awareness of the physical existence of germs preceded the theory by more than two centuries. discoveries made by several individuals also pointed the way to germ theory. on constructing his first simple microscope in 1677, antoni van leeuwenhoek was surprised to see tiny organisms - which he called ‘animalcules’ - in the droplets of water he was examining. he made no connection with disease, and although later scientists observed germs in the blood of people suffering from disease, they suggested that the germs were an effect of the disease, rather than the cause. this fitted with the then popular theory of spontaneous generation .
hey gang, valkor here. so i was taking a walk down memory lane, taking a look back at all the films i reviewed and i have to say, i review a lot of horror… and yet i don' t consider myself a horror buff. i enjoy a good scare but i' d reach for a comedy or action flick well before i do horror. and there are tons of filmmakers who walk this road and i wonder why? is it easier to try and scare someone rather than make them laugh? i don' t know... regardless, this next film to reach my media player (ps3) is called germz. what does the z stand for? well it should be called
zoinks
from all the scooby - doo running around in this film. and yet the film isn' t all that funny. beware spoilers !
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the military’s attempt to shoot down an orbiting satellite unleashes a space - borne epidemic on a remote, small to wn .
the deputy sheriff of the sleepy town known as preacher’s mill meets in the woods for a early morning tryst with a ginger haired jogging lady. at the same two become one in the biblical sense, a meteor of unknown origin slams to earth, knocking out a satellite (that the military is trying to shoot down anyways) along the way (and i thought “i felt the earth move” sentiments were so passe) .
like an aggressive sperm burrowing into a willing egg, the meteor makes its home in the side of a hill in the little town, causing a big, fuel - y fire that wipes out communication and power for preacher’s mill. all is inconvenient, but fine as the citizens use the local fire department to subdue the flames and wait for the feds to show up. evening brings with it darkness not just of the night sky variety, when a man, or, what is left of him, is discovered torn apart and largely eaten. forensics determines that it was a human, or rather, humans, not a grizzly bear that gnawed the poor gent to death .
a group of local likables, including our lusty, trusty deputy sheriff and some of the surviving military ban together with shotguns and ingenuity to try to fight off the hordes of hungry human skin lovers…. lots of fake blood and screaming and ripping apart of limbs ensues, with a little vomiting for good measure. the little town is thrown into blood streaked chaos, with communications out and everyone in danger…even the characters you’re rooting for the hardest. the humanity of it all .
zombie bitch, please. you must have a mental disease if you think you can pass off that premise as anything but old and tired. okay, so the plot is as fresh as a rotting leg discarded three weeks ago by a member of the undead. that’s annoying, of course, since i think we’re all a bit tired of the played outness of the zombie genre .
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in the midst of all the chaos, there' s a bit of a love story between the town' s deputy max (michael flores) and his jump off (casual lover) brooke (marguerite sundberg). max wants to take things to the next level, but brook isn' t feeling it. however at the end of the film, the two lovers confront their feelings for one another before they either join the infected or die trying to survive .
though i have a few qualms with germz, overall i was pretty impressed with the film. the story is dark, gorey, well paced, with lots of action. though the action kicks in at the jump, it takes a little time for the full story to settle in and once it does, it does an excellent job of holding your attention with a nice balance of story with savage eatery. from a guy who' s not a fan of these types of films, i' d have to say germz was a pretty decent experience .
the cheesiest moment in the film is when deputy max faces a swarm of infected. the film cuts just as the swarm reaches him and when we cut back, he' s alive struggling under a pile of dead bodies. come on, son !
poor chad (brendan nagle)! some folks simply had chunks taken out of them. they chewed through him to the bone .
if it sounds familiar, it' s because for many it probably is. it' s essentially the plot of
night of the living dead ,
compressed and ratcheted up. but it' s still surprisingly fun; there are so many separate elements looking to collide in this little package that it just screams disaster. it' s like that
calvin and hobbes
strip where a train jumps the rails, a plane loses its engines, there' s a crevasse opening up and a gas leak, all converging together on one particular farmer' s house. he' s just about to light a match when he notices all that stuff descending on his house. the strip ends with calvin pronouncing direly
his eye twitches involuntarily ,
and hobbes wishing the two could
play something else .
the ending is a little on the inconclusive side, but given the nature of the movie, that' s par for the course. zombie movies seldom end so much as stop - - they' re setting up the end of the world, after all - - and this one proves to be no exception .
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there is absolutely nothing new brought to the zombie cinema world here. i can count at least five films off the top of my head about zombies brought on by a space - induced event. and the “zombies” are just infected humans that you would see in 28 days later .
my biggest problem with this flick is the lack of originality and my disconnection to the characters. i literally did not give a crap about any character in the entire film, and frankly can’t even remember one character’s name. it’s hard to watch a horror movie, especially a zombie film, when there isn’t a single character that you are routing for .
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the military' s attempt to shoot down an orbiting satellite unleashes a space - borne epidemic on a remote, small town .
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the military' s attempt to shoot down an orbiting satellite unleashes a space - borne epidemic on a remote, small town. deputy max brody and his girlfriend brooke must battle their way through an army of infected townsfolk and soldiers as they struggle to save themselves and their loved ones from a horrible, early death. when cannibalism is contagious, will even the strong survive ?
when brooke' s mom gets the shotgun, the shotgun shells have no primers, indicating that they are dummy rounds .
i agree with reserved, but positive opinions. this movie has potential for some of the settings and scene direction, as well as some actors' acting. for the budget expectations, this movie shows promise to those involved on many levels. granted, some of the actors make you cringe, but that happens. as for the overall movie itself, it is an acceptable addition to the zombie genre. some negative reviews suggest that those reviewers didn' t even bother to watch past the first few minutes but merely passed judgement. if you' re looking for up and coming, this would be the movie to see, rate, and find talent to recommend. if you' re looking for hollywood polish from every angle and related clichés that comfort you look elsewhere .
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this is
andromeda strain
plus zombies. there are a limited number of characters in this film that involves a small mountain community. i managed to like one of the characters, the deputy with a sense of humor. the rest of the characters lacked depth and dialog. the film moves slow for the first half and i was fairly bored up until that last 20 minutes. the plot while simple was haphazard. there is plenty of blood splatter. not fangoria' s best film, a disappointment. parental guide: f - bomb. near sex. no nudity .
i was a little skeptical at first, based off of the reviews. the movie wasn' t great and the acting wasn' t excellent, but it did hold attention pretty well. there were a few inadequacies that i don' t want to point out and the character decisions were flawed at times. the gore was done well, the storyline was there and the ending wasn' t awful. all in all, i' d watch again if it was on tv, but it isnt worth the effort to put the dvd in again. laziness always trumps a 3 star product .
i found little about this film to be original, but it was entertaining. in fact, there were several moments when i thought it did a really good job of portraying how average people would react when zombies marched into their front yard. that includes a lot of confusion, disbelief and running from room to room... until there are no more rooms to hide in. i also liked how survivors would often hear screams and gun fire in the woods, but never actually see what was going on. wish the ending had been a little less down beat, though. i liked the deputy .
for a low budget zombie movie, i would have to say this a nice surprise. yes, it' s slow as the start as they develop the characters. this initially made me think
come on, come on, get started
. but at the end of the movie i liked it. what they did tied all the characters together. i think the actors gave this movie a good shot, the deputy was my favourite. i couldn' t help thinking image what they could have done with a bit more money .
a meteor crashes into a town turning many folks meat - hungry - - and those who aren' t hungry are on the menu. worth one watch .
this was no bear .
a person did this! ?
let' s just say a 4 year old can do better acting than all the people in this movie. i would literally rather spend 48 hours straight watching spongebob if i had the choice between ...
you' ve seen it all before if you are a sci / fi - horror buff: a satellite containing an alien virus enters the earths atmosphere and crashes in a remote town infecting the populace ...
usually i' m not into
b
movies, but i really enjoyed both deputies (one very funny, like jack black, and the other with awesome facial expressions, and just plain hot) .
i cant believe this movie has good rating, this movie was by far one of the worst movie i ever saw, who ever gave it good rating they where in the movie .
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studio: fangoria presents director: j. t. boone, john craddock writer: j. t. boone producer: john craddock stars: michael flores, marguerite mitchell, bernard setaro clark, mark chiappone, jody pucello
a screaming man covered in blood chases a man wearing a bloody lab coat. something bubbles on the back of the screaming man’s head before it explodes and kills him. meanwhile, deputy max brody meets his girlfriend brooke in the forest .
40 hours earlier – the military prepares for a satellite to crash land on its return to earth. max and brooke discuss their relationship. brooke’s parents discuss their youngest daughter’s upcoming girl scout trip. their son leaves to do some nature - related work in the woods .
the satellite crashes in preachers mill and starts a forest fire. brooke drops off her sister steph at the girl scout camping retreat. at the police station, fellow officer davidson tells max that the satellite hit the side of south mountain and the army has warned them to stay clear until the fire is contained. one of the firemen in the woods finds a metal piece covered in a strange liquid. davidson meets with the firemen. the father of one of steph’s friends is killed after the power goes out in his home. max recovers the body .
brooke’s brother is attacked in the woods by an infected fireman. he makes it back to his home, but his mother cannot load the shotgun in time and he is killed. stu comes home and more infected attack, prompting stu to retreat inside with his wife. max tries rescuing several people as the infected attacks begin spreading through town. brooke survives the attacks and makes it home, where her parents are fighting infected. brooke escapes before the house is overrun. in the woods, brooke meets an army man named cooper and they make their way to an army vehicle to call for help .
max finds steph by the side of the road and takes her back to town after the girl scout troop disbands following an attack. max leaves steph in the car while he meets davidson at the police station. davidson is attacked. after he is infected, davidson bites max. stu arrives and rescues steph. max fends off more infected and drives away. he finds brooke. he shows her a ring he planned to give her and they prepare to make a final stand. as the infected beat against max’s police car, max and brooke ready their weapons and open the doors for the confrontation .
so far, so good. except this is then followed by a morning scene of max and brooke discussing their relationship while lying down in the forest. is this them 40 hours before their moonlit meeting? it would have to be. otherwise, what else was the military scene 40 hours earlier than? but if so, they are in the same clothes they will be wearing in two days time. and if not, what was the point of showing them meeting in the woods before the “40 hours earlier” sequence? more likely, “40 hours earlier” should have come after the first scene of an infected attack and the forest rendezvous was merely out of place .
as mentioned earlier, these cannibals are not exactly zombies, and the lack of makeup reflects as much. there are a few scenes of flesh being bitten, except skin is never shown being torn from the body. dangling chunks are already in the infected’s mouths in these shots, so gorehounds do not even have visuals to redeem the pointless story .
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maybe his stomach acid killed the disease, but the researcher accidentally got infected with a hypodermic needle? i find that at least a little plausible. i dunno though there' s a lot i didn' t like about that movie .
i felt like it was a tolerable film by itself, but i don' t think it added much to the world of zombie flicks. anyone who has watched the walking dead will probably be disappointed.
germ z , also billed as germ , is a 2013 american horror film . it depicts the residents of a small town who become infected with a bacterium that has fallen to earth from space . it was produced by two thirds productions . 
germ z, also billed as germ, is a 2013 american horror film. it depicts the residents of a small town who become infected with a bacterium that has fallen to earth from space. it was produced by two thirds productions.
germ z, also billed as germ, is a 2013 american horror film. it depicts the residents of a small town who become infected with a bacterium that has fallen to earth from space. it was produced by two thirds productions.