i be sort of between the gushy review and the hate review . i have be a fan of lovecraft ( and a lovecraft purist ) for a long time and and while this little amateur film be of poor quality it have a number of redeem quality . i go into view expect the bad thing i have ever see and and wonder if lovecraft would turn in his grave over it and but i be shock to find that i actually kind of like it . i do not want to catalog the movie fault and so i will only mention a few that keep this movie from be a tellar amateur effort . it very low budget and shot on a video cam and so it have the look of some soap opera and but once you get use to the idea then it cease to be a big deal . the direction be pretty amateur and the shot framing and use of distance in the shot be rather clumsy . still and this film be actually kind of creepy and it stay more faithful to lovecraftian intent than nearly all the stuart gordan and brian yuzna travesty ( my main exception to those film be re animator and dagon ) put together . the idea of be impregnate by some old one be reminiscent of dunwich horror and shadow over innsmouth ( which isn not to say this movie be as good a those story . ) and so the overall plot be quite faithful to lovecraft idea . one thing that annoy me be that word out of the bible seem to make a zombie prisoner upset and afraid . i be not sure if this be mean to indicate that god word upset the old one or just this particular zombie . there be no real answer to that . the rest of the christian symbolism in it remind me of august derleth take on the mythos . so in a way this be a derleth style take on the mythos . i would recommend this film only a a curiosity . it show how a fairly atmospheric movie can be make with nearly zero budget . i like the setting of the wine cellar . the outdoor shot be sad and though . use the same stretch of beach and tree ( and nearly the same damn shot ) to convey 3 character long journey be really sad . the director need whack upside the head for that . the acting be standard for an amateur film and with the blonde zombie girl get a personal award for best impersonation of gollum by an italian actress . actually i think this film be do prior to the lord of the ring movie . maybe andy sedaris watch her and think dang and she would make a great gollum . one little kudo to the director and though . the makeup on the zombie be like bad goth kid . i be upset seeing this and nearly stop watch . i be like oh so that how we know she evil and possessed and but later on in the movie you see a girl painting makeup like that on the face of an old woman ( both living ) . so it wasn not an attempt to say goth makeup equal zombie but rather and goth makeup be leave on after zombification . however and possess or zombie do equal blue contact lens . heh . on the whole and i still like this movie well than the yuzna and gordan film ( bar the aforementioned exception ) . yuzna and gordan have much good budget and but this film do a good job at film a lovecraft like story than they do and and on a tiny budget . one quick word to the the make up artist represent i know you want claw or something on zariah finger and but long and black press on nail look really silly . a quick word to the writer of the score represent i know you couldn not resist and and apparently neither could the director who okay it and but when the two character square off with gun for a woulduel and playing that little whistle from the good and the bad and and the ugly kill any mood that scene have accumulate . it be cute and but cute wasn not appropriate . the filmmaker of this movie have read lovecraft and have a great deal of respect for him . i enjoy the little nod here and there represent the character carter with the bad dream and and the character pickman who become a ghoulish zombie .