Comments on: New Zombie Film ‘Colin’ is the Talk of Cannes

By: peejay

peejay — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:12:01 +0000

Excellent acting? Look at it again! If I was being eaten alive by zombies I’d be fighting like a wildcat, and screaming like a banshee!

All the ‘victims’on this thing just lay there as if they were enjoying it!

And ‘Colin’ just looked as if he had a hangover.

British horror films are nearly always amateurish junk – and I’m British.

By: peejay

peejay — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:02:21 +0000

Didn’t you think it was rather unconvincing? If I was being eaten alive I would be screaming like hell, and fighting like a wildcat! The ‘victims’ just seemed to lay there as if they were enjoying it!
And the ‘acting’ was pitiful!

By: peejay

peejay — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:47:13 +0000

Colin — hmmm. The idea was fairly good, i.e. following the story of a zombie (Colin) from first being bitten to his destruction by a vigilante mob, but it failed miserably because of the details. In other words: lack of story, poor camerawork, poor lighting, poor acting, poor sound, unconvincing special effects.
And, oh yes, a goofy-looking main character who could not act to save his life.
Indie film-makers should realise that using amateurs does not make a film more realistic – it just makes it look, well, amateurish. One of the many problems was that there was hardly any dialogue between the humans –people all shouting at the same time cannot replace a script (it’s a tried and tested method which has stood the test of time pretty well).

I think the worst fault, however, was the ridiculously unconvincing scenes of people being attacked and eaten alive by zombies. A man slumped by a wall while a zombie chews at his stomach — does he scream? No. Does he struggle? No. Does he look in pain? No!! Colin removes his ear (it comes off as if attached with selotape) and he doesn’t seem to even mind!
Another scene is so bad it’s laughable. A room full of people being attacked by zombies — one man standing on the stairs seems to be playing a game — he’s got some saucepans, and now and then he seems to be tapping zombies on the head playfully – like some sort of game. Again no-one seems to be very bothered by the process of being disembowelled. I would have thought the screaming would have been deafening – but not a sound.
All in all a boring waste of time.

By: Infamous Ruse

Infamous Ruse — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:06:14 +0000

Did something right. A lot of people are talking and noticing, which is how you initially attract an audience. Look forward to your tweets @infamousruse

By: Infamous Ruse

Infamous Ruse — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:06:14 +0000

Did something right. A lot of people are talking and noticing, which is how you initially attract an audience. Look forward to your tweets @infamousruse

By: Marc Draco

Marc Draco — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:08:35 +0000

Well, FWIW, I’m involved in a community project with a larger (unknown) budget right now with a new take on the Dracula legend – but definitely not Twilight [shudders].

It has a twist not unlike the ones in Usual Suspects/Sixth Sense because not everything you will experience is precisely what it seems but only senior production staff know what that is. Even the actors and crew won’t be briefed until we film the “reveal” scenes. Although we’re only working on HD video, we’ve gone back to basics of telling a story with moving images.

This is what all filmmakers should remember and a lesson I learned as an eager movie-maker aged 12 when my super-8 magnum opus was returned from a competition with a note remarking the special effects were excellent (for the day) but there was no story.

As for the $70 budget – that really is laughable but brilliant marketing; rather like the guy on Youtube with ultra-low-budget 4’21″ sci-fi extravaganza: everything costs money; particularly software.

The suite I’m using to cut our movie cost me (personally) nearly $5000 not to mention the 8-core mac to run it.

The production company is on a Facebook group (Solar Workshop) so anyone interested in working with is can find us there.

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By: Azze.

Azze. — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:42:35 +0000

Your personal opinions don’t make a difference to the general public. If you don’t like it, leave it and ignore it rather than kicking up a fuss like a two year old and making yourself look silly.

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By: superD

superD — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:04:38 +0000

$70 they say and a year and a half working on it? Add in the pizzas and refreshments the director bought for his friends over that time and the gas money to get to locations and the cost of the monthly internet usage which was used to gather the free actors and crew and on and on…
It’s a clever gimmick and we wouldn’t be talking about this low end first film otherwise. Take a look at the 2nd trailer
for the film on the Colin website. It looks like a home movie made by a bunch of kids who borrowed their parents’ camcorder. I wouldn’t pay to see it.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:13:54 +0000

As I understand it it was partially filmed in London and Wales – just the transport getting between locations would cost more than 45 quid – definitaly “hidden” costs!

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By: Marc Machado

Marc Machado — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:39:47 +0000

And, sorry again, the whole $70 thing is a bit of marketing, isn’t it? People had to eat, get to the locations, some equipment rented (or used and depreciated, for g*d’s sake), electricity bills, etc. Even if everyone involved paid for all of their personal expenses, it’s still production money. “Leftover makeup” just doesn’t cover it. But it’s a good meme, everybody is talking about the 70 bucks movie.

By: Marc Machado

Marc Machado — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:28:37 +0000

70 bucks? Looks like it’s worth it, sorry…

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:41:22 +0000

Yeah, this looks utterly ridiculous. I’ve seen some terrible zombie flicks in my day, independent and professional, and this one looks no different. I’m not seeing anything new being brought to the table. I would’ve loved to have seen at least DECENT zombie makeup, but I saw nothing but a few drops of blood around the mouth and eyeshadow. Better luck next time.

By: Statler Waldorf

Statler Waldorf — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:57:07 +0000

Uhh yeah, Im a firm believer that if you have blood and brain nuggets AROUND your mouth, MAYBE JUST MAYBE, you should have a spot of blood on your teeth. Thats all Im saying.

Lets just say it looks like it was made for under $70.

And, no. No I don’t have a movie, Im just someone who watches movies, has an opinion, a computer, and enough money to pay my internet bill.

Modern Film = I could have done that. + You didn’t.

By: Speedy

Speedy — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:19:46 +0000

Just from the trailer… if it is ANYTHING like cloversuck’s crappycam style, I will wait for the book or Simpson’s rippoff.

If it isn’t, I may see it.

By: Mario Alberto Salcido

Mario Alberto Salcido — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:59:53 +0000

Very impressive, considering what they had to work with.

I’ve seen many independent productions made for 1,000 times the amount invested into a film like “Colin”, only to fall flat on their faces.

I can only congratulate everyone involved for pulling something worth while together. GOOD JOB!

By: Paul Young

Paul Young — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:24:27 +0000

Well send him over here; we don’t review many horror films on this site but his story is fascinating to me. BTW, checked out your site, nice work.