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Thanks for the memories!

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

When I first began watching this movie, I was expecting to see a zombie flick. "(Something) of the Dead" just has to be a zombie movie, right? Well, in this case, no. Its original title was "Tantrum," and it was subsequently changed by the distributor, presumably to make it more marketable. I can understand the disappointment of some reviewers, but if one accepts this movie for what it is -- a creepy little ghost story -- it's actually pretty good.For some reason, residents of a town are turning into homicidal maniacs. The reason becomes clear as the story progresses. The spirit of a young boy who died an accidental and tragic death is coming back to seek revenge on those responsible. His spirit moves from one host to another, as the body count steadily mounts. I can understand why some reviewers found the ultimate resolution to be controversial, but in my opinion the ending is imaginative and very much in the spirit (so to speak) of the movie.This movie was done on a very low budget, and several of the actors double as producers, make-up artists, costume designers, and so forth. I thought it had a very professional look considering the budget. The acting, while not of academy award caliber, was competent. And it definitely was creepy enough to make me feel that the short amount of time (about 70 minutes) it took to view was not wasted.Not the greatest movie ever made, by any stretch of the imagination, but well worth a watch.

Just watched this movie on one of those bootleg movie sites (I would mention it but the M.P.A.A. might shut them down like they did with TV Links, but I digress, this flick was aaaiiight, as far as your B movies go. The acting was second rate but the kill scenes were great, bloody was gory man, just the way I like them, ha ha ha. There was a scene where the mom and daughter were arguing I had to rewind twice to catch something, hee, the mom asked "Where do you think you're going?", before the daughter even reached for her jacket! brrrrooother. The title is what caught me eye. I thought it would be a zombie flick, but it was far from that, oh yea, check out the scene when the kid grabs the gun oh man, this was a baad flick, hence B movie I suppose, oh well, Hollywood keeps turning them out, and we continue to watch them. All in all, it was worth watching. Okay gotta go, love ya, buh bye Grouphome

I just finished listening to the commentary on this (non-zombie but rather spirit/ghost possession) small little film and I have to say that this thing is quite a freaking achievement! With a total budget of 20 thousand dollars and a crew willing to work basically for free they were able to make this movie, which not only cuts together, it looks completely professional! And has lots of death and murder! Not necessarily some of the best scenes I've ever seen from a horror film but damn: This thing is glossy! It even has a super creepy, twisted and completely original ending (which you'll just have to watch to find out what I mean). In any case, it's creepy and weird but makes total sense for the story (the first kill is specially good and creepy and if anything this scene and the last one make this movie worth watching. There's also a good scene in a church where a women gets her head crushed with a statue of the virgin mary. It's messed up.).I don't know how many of you out there actually are indie filmmakers yourself but I've had friends who have made 20 thousand dollar films before and they are usually just un-watchably bad. Bad sound, bad acting and bad cuts tend to plague these super-low budget films but this one seemed to gloss over and past those issues to deliver a very watchable, coherent and driven story. Say what you want about the film sucking, being boring, poor production value or whatever other problems the film may have, but don't take for granted that most movies you see are shot for well over 2,000 times this budget (and that's only a 40 million dollar movie, not the giant $150 million dollar movie that blockbuster's like Transformers cost).I'd recommend this film to anybody who's interested in independent cinema (the film was independently produced with the name Tantrum, which I think suits the film way better, and then sold to Lions Gate for distribution), anybody who's interested in seeing new ideas and scenes in the horror genre and anybody who likes a good old fashioned horror flick complete with all the elements to make for an extremely entertaining Saturday night.

The movie wasn't bad for a B-movie. I have definitely seen far worse! The acting wasn't too bad (minus a few of the actors) and the story actually had promise.However, the description is all wrong, as others have stated. This is NOT a zombie movie!!! There is no flesh eating and no brain munching!!! Without giving a spoiler, my only other problem with the movie was how they ended it. Not only was it creepy-gross, but it seemed like the writers couldn't figure out how to make a conclusion! The BEST scene in the movie was when the preacher was giving his sermon (I won't go into details). If there were a category for best supporting actor in a B-movie, that guy should get it.