Rise of the Zombies (2012) poster
2012 · action · horror · thriller · zombie

Rise of the Zombies

Directed by Nick Lyon1h 30m2012
ElsewhereIMDb3.63k
  • heavy
  • kinetic
  • extreme
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, breathless, extreme action / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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When zombies overrun San Francisco, a desperate group survives by locking themselves inside Alcatraz Prison. When the undead breach the island, our heroes are forced to return to the mainland overrun with the undead.

Our read · Rise of the Zombies (2012) reads as a heavy, breathless, inventive action · horror · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want low budget zombie action trapped on Alcatraz with undead hordes.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakengrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 3/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencegorejump scaresbody horror

Skip it tonightSkip if zombie gore and desperate survival horror will keep you up.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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