Decay (2012) Reviews

• Remember This Is a FREE Movie

  openbsd22012-12-13

  Remember This is costing you Nothing to get and watch. For a Free to download movie I have to give credit to the makers and actors.You have to take in account that these are not professional actors but physicists! & it was made for under $2000! (REALLY?) And to be fully honest I've seen MUCH worse on the SCFI channel!!!! Watch it with an Open mind and its rather enjoyable some of the effects are pretty good too. The guys in it are certainly not what the public idea of physicists are, and im sure there will be plenty of girls out there routing for the high IQ (in real life) actors. The plot is in theory plausible, because of the unknown nature of the subject matter.....we simply don't know enough about it to dismiss it, very clever as expected. All in all We liked it thanks to everyone involved :)

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• Very Impressive For The Budget But Let Down By The Cast

  Theo Robertson2013-02-28

  This comes with a marketing buzz . Written and directed by a real life physicist Luke Thompson on a budget of £2,000 DECAY centres around the premise of things going wrong at the Haldron Collider in Switzerland . You know what the Haldron Collider is don't you ? That's the famous energy particle accelerator that made headlines a few years back when some scientists tried to block the experiments via a court order claiming it might destroy the world by creating a black hole fears which turned out to be unfounded . When a scientist who knows what he's talking about uses the topical intangible fears of science to create a premise for a film then that that film is surely worth tracking down isn't it ? Thompson deserves great credit for getting off his backside and making a movie . While the vast majority of wannabe directors sit around and whine that no one recognises their undiscovered genius Luke Thompson has put his own money where his mouth is and produced on a shoestring budget a well shot , well edited film complete with convincing make up and a musical score that suits the film . Need I repeat that this only cost £2,000 ? Put it like this - every small group of film students must know several people who could raise a few hundred quid in return for a executive producers credit . This film proves there's no excuse for not making a low to no budget movie There is a problem with having a minuscule budget and it's obvious what it is - the cast . No offence but they really are quite dreadful in their debut roles all of whom are appearing in a movie for the very first time . Imagine you're trapped in a building and rabid blood thirsty zombies are trying to eat you alive ? How would you react ? Yeah me too but the cast here more often than not give the impression that someone has just turned off their favourite TV show rather than having to fight for their lives against zombie hordes . It's also a rather vapid menace of zombies when the Hadron Collidor offers so much scope for potential monsters like aliens from another dimension or anti-matter men but I guess having a few extras with fake blood running around pretending to be the undead is far easier to realise on screen than more imaginative creations I really did want to love DECAY and some of my expectations were meet and even exceeded from a technical film making point of view . One should perhaps be more forgiving towards the amateur cast but unfortunately they're a bit too amateur and it's interesting the film works much better in the second half when there's little dialogue hence the characters don't have to say any lines in a distracting , stilted manner . Perhaps Thompson should have invested just a little more money casting professional actors . As it stands the general consensus on this page is close but no cigar and I quite agree

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• Decay: One of the most amateurish messes I've seen in months

  Platypuschow2017-11-12

  Decay is a British zombie film with a brilliant unique concept. Alas that is the single only thing it has going for it. Telling the story of a group of young physicists who discover that an experiment has gone wrong and the underground tunnels have become bombarded with radiation while a team is down there. Before they know it they are besieged by its victims who have returned as the undead. I liked the idea and initially I thought this might be something special. Sadly it wasn't meant to be. This claustrophobic tale features some of the worst acting I've seen in a longtime, a laundry list of goofs including an actors hair length/style changing between scenes! How in the blue hell did they not resolve that? The zombies look terrible, the soundtrack is laughable and the whole thing became a chore to watch. Still a step up from the likes of The Zombinator (2012) but not by much. If you want zombies go check out Train To Busan (2016) or Wyrmwood (2014) The Good: Great idea for the zombie outbreak The Bad: SFX are weak Acting is dreadful Laden with goofs and inconsistencies Things I Learnt From This Movie: I need to take a break from the zombie genre

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• not just another zombie movie

  suzanne-knight22012-12-21

  As another reviewer said, its free to download and there is much worse on the Scifi channel! I came across it by accident while looking at a news article about something completely unrelated and found the whole idea of a movie made by physicists working with the LHC intriguing, so downloaded it. You have to keep in mind that this was an amateur production and as such is excellent quality, well edited, and a cool plot. The zombie theme may have been done many times over, but not like this.Despite the zombie theme it does have an air of realism to it, and its amazing to see the tunnel complex of the LHC which the general public do not get to see. I found it amusing and enjoyable to watch, and at no point did I think 'what a waste of time' and turn off as I have with so many other films, most of which fail to engage in the first ten minutes. Not so here - give it a chance - ten minutes in you will be hooked. Shaun of the Dead fans look out for the reference in the freezer at the start...

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• Not that good really.

  Michael-Hallows-Eve2012-12-25

  This British movie is meant to be a good quality low budget zombie horror. But for me it fails badly. The acting is quite bad and the plot moves along quite slowly too. I do like some of the blood and zombie effects, but that is all I liked about the film. Now normally I don't mind a good indie horror movie but this was not as good, in fact nowhere near as good as it could have been. There's not much I can say about the film, yeah it may have been a good idea in the pitch process, and yeah they only spent two thousand pounds on it, but after seeing 'Colin' (another almost no budget Brit movie which only cost a reported 75 pounds) which was quite good, they could have done better in my opinion. So I give this movie a 2 out of 10 (because of the effects).

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