Herd

2023

Action / Adventure / Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 66% · 13 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 66% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 3.8/10 10 896 896

Plot summary

When a woman trying to outrun her past ends up trapped between a zombie outbreak and warring militia groups, she is caught in a world where some fight for survival but others fight for control.

Director

Steven Pierce Photo
Steven Pierce

Top cast

Matt Walton Photo
Matt Walton as Governor Diraldi
Corbin Bernsen Photo
Corbin Bernsen as Robert Miller
Ellen Adair Photo
Ellen Adair as Jamie Miller
Timothy V. Murphy Photo
Timothy V. Murphy as Sterling
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887.85 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 2
1.78 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by kannibalcorpsegrinder 5 / 10

An overall disappointing effort with only a few positives

Hoping to rebuild their fractured relationship, a woman and her girlfriend head off into the countryside for a weekend retreat, but when they come into contact with a zombie virus that affects one of them must turn to an equally-dangerous militia group for safety against the hordes of undead.Overall, this was somewhat disappointing if still decent enough effort. The main thing with this one is the rather focused use of the zombies here which is what generates nearly all of the positives here. The backstory for why they're out and about is fine enough for this kind of feature, and when given the behavioral adjustments where they seem fine and not that harmful to others unless they're provoked generates the kind of effective creature here even before getting to their impressive design. The overall look of the creatures with their snarling faces and growing pustules makes for a fun time so that the main attack scenes here are highly effective and enjoyable swarming scenes that are full of solid stunt work where they come after others and generate some grisly effects in the interim. While this is all heavily featured in the first half and last third of the film, that's pretty much the majority of the positives to be had here. There are some issues here that lower this one overall. One of the main drawbacks here is the film's seemingly overwhelming amount of stupidity exhibited by the leads which keep this going along. The whole thing offering of the trip as a means of keeping their relationship intact serves as an excuse to keep the secret about the rapidly-spreading infection from her girlfriend away from others due to some narrow-minded commitment to the relationship instead of thinking about the safety of the group around her for no real reason. This is exacerbated by the wholly uninvolved series of bits beforehand where they seem perfectly aware of everything at the start but their strange fascination with the relationship instead puts them into the fray so that they become infected when around others. This causes a wholly unlikable situation to occur here with the leads being very unlikable and not at all that fun to follow throughout here. The other issue here is the film's wholly reliant ability to utilize some of the most egregious and overdone tropes in the genre as a means of trying to tell a story that isn't all that impressive. The characters being part of the gay community is really the only interesting fact of the film, but it's all wiped away by the increasingly unnatural use of the characters going more for a fear-of-man situation that gets played out quite quickly since it's a feature of every zombie effort. Using the idea of man as the more fearsome enemy in the face of zombies invading is tired, cliched, and really grinds the film to a halt with the use of these features which have very little zombie action in favor of draining dialogue scenes reinforcing these factors. That ends up causing the film to be quite disappointingly absent of zombie features at the expense of irritating characters and genre tropes, so it's got some big factors holding it back.Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.
Reviewed by jamesengh 8 / 10

Don't listen to the haters

Different, is probably why people didn't like this movie. Which is exactly why this movie was good. Original story line. The reviews of this movie is a great example of art reflecting art. The haters are the dipshits in this movie motivated out of fear of anything different that their preconceived notions of what a Zombie movie is supposed to be. It was realt weird though having Master Shake as a doctor. It took me awhile to put it together. And now I'm just talking cause I guess I have to have 100 more characters to make a review so if your still reading stop. Jesus why do they no much words?
Reviewed by msnaomischey 8 / 10

Good flick. Basement dwelling keyboard warriors back at it.

Yes. This movie's main characters are a lesbian couple and THAT is literally what a bunch of these reviews are about; not the content itself. This is a solid movie that speaks on current topics and truthfully isn't a "zombie" movie per se, but the title itself is fitting. Without revealing too much, this is a well scripted and well shot lower budget movie that focuses on biases, relationships, and yes, surviving "zombies". Leans more towards drama than horror, so don't expect a bunch of jump scares or anything like that. Consider looking up reviews from reputable places that don't just allow mouth breathers to down vote movies because they're convinced there's an agenda, or it hurts their fragile feelings. Be best.
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