Autumn (2009)

- written 7-14-09

Summary: Based on the acclaimed cult novel by David Moody, AUTUMN is cold fear, projected 24 frames a second, “a modern horror classic”!           As the last autumn leaves slowly peel away from the trees, a mysterious airborne virus ravages the planet, and within a few hours billions die. Victims suffer horrific deaths as their internal organs liquefy, and whole towns’ expire within minutes. Soon cities become infested breeding grounds for the new apocalyptic virus. By the end of the first day there are only a handful of survivors.           A small group of ordinary strangers are soon forced to work together to stay alive. The survivors are lead by Michael (Dexter Fletcher “Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels”, “Doom”) a lonely soft ware consultant, and Carl (Dickon Tolson “Peak Practice”, “Eastenders”) an ill-tempered mechanic. When Michael and the survivors escape from the infested city to an isolated country house, they discover the real horror has only begun!           When the dead start to gruesomely reanimate the group have naive hopes that the “walkers”, or the “meat suites”, would decompose and simply fall apart but they discover the longer the reanimated corpses are alive the more they learn, the cleverer they get, the more aggressive and treacherous they become – the more they became killing machines.           When Phillip Evans (David Carradine “Kill Bill”, “Kung Fu”) is discovered as a lone survivor in the lifeless city, a new hope emerges, but nothing is as it seems in a world turned upside down, and hope soon turns into terror. In order to endure the winter each survivor must find the strength within themselves to fight their personal demons and find the courage to combat a war against the vicious dead.           What follows is a shockingly clever adventure of survival, in a thrilling desolate world. This Autumn, the darkness will come!           Overall: A new film from Renegade Motion Pictures, it really focuses on the few remaining survivors and their growing sense of loneliness. If this viral disaster occurred, how would people deal with it in an attempt to make their way in the world? For me the film succeeds based on atmosphere, the scenery and the mood. We get enough of our zombies and the gore that goes with it, but the film is really about our survivors and their mindset. The film is very thought provoking and gives you what you need to realize there are more emotions and decision-making for the future, then just getting thru each “walker.” And unlike most films of its genre, our antagonists get smarter and more deadly as the film goes on. That provides for a very exciting conclusion!           Comparison:

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