MrGKB ...but not all that great, either, "Days of Darkness" plays like a movie that was made because someone found what they thought was a cool location for a cheap zombie film: an abandoned Norad installation. A flimsy script was written, low-rent (not that there's anything wrong with that) actors were hired, and a highly derivative film was churned out, headed direct to video. "Days of Darkness" is make-work filmmaking all the way, without an original idea in its mercenary little head, but whatever glimmers of talent it evinces (some of the acting is commendable, and the lighting is remarkably good, but mostly negated by slipshod editing/composition and indifferent direction) simply can't remove it from the province of Sturgeon's Revelation. The characters are mostly cardboard, ineptly developed, and saddled with dialog that desperately mimics better films like George A. Romero's "Day of the Dead" and falls far short. Worse (for a zombie film), there are no major payoffs in the gore department, no memorable feature zombies, nor any serious attempt to immerse the viewer in an apocalyptic world (cf. any of Romero's classics, or even Zack Snyder's utilitarian remake of "Dawn of the Dead"). It's just another cinematic misfire that will vacate the viewer's consciousness in a matter of minutes. Late night insomniac viewing only, of interest only to hardcore zombie geeks, and precious little for them to chew on anyway.

kosmasp There are some fresh ideas here, which weren't that bad. Unfortunately the bland characters and the actors portraying them never really reach the same heights the ideas here may have deserved. I still thought it was worthwhile, it has some decent effects and although there are quite some inconsistencies and rather "illogical" behavior, you have moments where you just can't help liking the characters (especially when they have to put on a shirt with a "message" on them! (you'll know what I mean, if you watch the movie) It's not too gory or too scary though and hints of social criticism never survive (no pun intended) the first ten minutes of the film. Still you could do worse and if you need a movie to have fun with and especially a laugh with, you can watch this with your buddies (as another reviewer also stated) ... first and foremost: Take this movie as intended ... not seriously!

lovecraft231 A comet crashes, the dead rise...I don't even want to go on to describe this. You know what to expect.A tiny part of me doesn't want to hate this, only because there's a creative manner as to which the zombie apocalypse occurs. Here, it's alien parasites, but this time they are alien spores that want to meld with humans to create a new species. Also, they make your penis fall off and a birth sack replaces it.That's creative, but the movie itself is still just another really bad Direct to DVD zombie flick, meaning you get the usual-clashing personalities, terrible attempts at humor (a mom who was a Pornstar, how funny. I'm just laughing right now) terrible acting, a generic as they come score, a zombie apocalypse apparently made up of 40 people, a lot of gore but nothing new or innovative, ham handed attempts at characterization-I could go on. Also, there's a religious fanatic character, and while I'm all for seeing religious bigots getting theirs, his character is so clichéd and such a forced attempt at social commentary and trying to come off as progressive that it even embarrassed a liberal like me. Finally, as a friend of mine said, the problem with so many of today's zombie movies is that nobody in these movies seems to have ever seen a zombie movie. I'm not asking for some kind of "Scream" type of self awareness, but come on people, act rationally in one of these for at least once.Original twist aside, "Days of Darkness" is just another bad Direct to DVD zombie flick that's been done more than the film's ex Pornstar mother. It's a step up from shot on camcorder fair, but that's not exactly an accomplishment. You'd be better off never seeing this.

lastliberal OK, I am a sucker for any zombie movie. I have seen so many, starting with the very first, White Zombie (1932), and I'll watch any one I find.A motley crew of survivors is holed up in a compound after a comet hits the Earth, including a bible-thumper (John Lee Ames), who makes me want to run out and join the zombies that are trying to get through the fence.Well, Chad (Tom Eplin) is not much better - a real a**hole. You spend the entire movie hoping he becomes a victim.Lots of blood and flying body parts as they fight the zombies. Lots of really weird stuff as they try to find out what they are dealing with. Jane (Ashley Elizabeth Pierce) and Trent come together in a way that is unimaginable. Mimi (Roshelle Pattison) gives birth to one of the creatures, as Steve (Travis Brorsen) figures it out.