i saw part of this film on the sci fi channel and but miss the end . i buy the dvd to see the whole movie and and i be glad i do . a young mother and her two daughter move into a house out in a backwoods area that they inherit from the husband and who die from an illness . it very run down and but the three woman make the best of it . the teen daughter ( scout taylor compton ) be warn by a local boy about the zombie that come out at night . she ignore him and but since he have a cute friend and she join his group . meanwhile and the young daughter ( chloe grace moretz ) make a friend in a zombie girl her age name mary . it turn out that mary and several other kid die in a mine in 1913 while work a child labor . now that they be zombie and they attack and kill anyone who not a blood relative . this movie be direct by j. s. cardone and whose previous film include the slayer ( 1981 ) and shadowzone ( 1990 ) and two movie i do not like in the slight bit . this be why i be surprised that i actually enjoy this movie . the film be deliberately pace and which i like . this allow you to get to know the main character and most of whom be likable . child zombie have be use at least since george romero 1968 classic night of the living dead . still and i find the tool use child zombie in this movie interesting . it would seem that cardone finally find the right script and cast . only the stereotypical scene of the teen smoking and drinking and make out in a parked car be bore to me . taylor compton also appear in the halloween remake . moretz appear in the amityville horror ( 2005 ) and the horror film room 6 ( 2006 ) .