Episode 64: Amityville Uprising and Among the Living

Send us Fan MailIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times. As the incredible Dead Island 2 game is released (high), but without co op play (low) we here at the Undead Symphony are working our way through the z list, as well as finding new movies.This episode we watch Amityville Uprising, a movie so bad I had to air out the house after watching it. And that was a struggle too. Off the back of Amityville Moon (a werewolf movie) and Amityville something else (a vampire movie) they made this - one of the worst movies we have seen, with some of the worst acting and worst writing combined (low). Set in a police station in Amityville, a US Army base explodes sending chemicals into the air that come down as acid rain that kill people and bring the dead to life. The effects are awful, the rain is an effect added in post, and there is a constant red hue on the clouds. The acting is the real drag here and there is nothing redeemable about it at all.In contrast the British Among the Living looks beautiful in places, akin to Eradication, which was set in the US forest, this is the British countryside, the stunning rolling hills and lakes. We follow Harry (Dean Michael Gregory) and his sister Lily as they head across the country to their father. At times a bit slow, and always mired by the dreadful choice in music, the rest of the movie is suitably tense, and dramatic. It makes the most of a small cast and limited locations to create a pretty decent post apocalyptic tale, where the cautious and nervous Harry tries to keep his sister safe from the infected and uninfected alike.