Zombies are walking the earth, and obviously Death, or someone who bears a close resemblance to him is pretty pissed off with them, why? At this point we do not know, we shall have to wait I’m sure all will be explained in due time. Then again maybe it won’t. But then again this flick is from William Schotten, the guy who brought us the most excellent Dead Life so it’s gotta be good right? Maybe not. Sound ambiguous so far?

Unfortunately I sat through Sabbath and kept wondering when I was going to get an explanation as to why the dead are walking the earth, that’s it, I’m a pretty easy going guy. If you’re gonna give me zombies just give me some sort of reason why they’re there, if you don’t know why they’re there, make sure to tell me you don’t know and I’ll be fine with that to. Just don’t lull me into thinking that sooner or later I’m going to get an explanation.

Sabbath never really delivers anything to the viewer, there is a light plot lurking around in there somewhere, but it never really makes itself known, the film is very hard to follow because we never really know why it is anything’s happening. There is somewhat of a reveal at the end, but it left me wondering “why?” Sabbath very well could have been a 10 – 20 minute movie, but it is mostly uninspired filler thrown at us to justify calling it a “film” and not a “short.”

The acting is poor on almost all fronts, no one really seems enthused to be in the film the action sequences are all pretty much half-assed and there are a few characters *coughbaseballplayerscough* who are just downright annoying! The gore that was present in Dead Life is practically non-existent and what gore we do get is poorly CG’ed!!! Blood squirting from a bite victim’s neck, CG. Baseballs launched from a PVC cannon are CG’ed and the resultant hits to the zombies noggins, is CG’ed, but only sometimes. Some of the zombies just basically fall over for no apparent reason.

It’s also very difficult to become attached in any way to characters played by uninspired actors. Add to the fact that there really isn’t any back story to any of the characters to make us relate to them, or care about them in any way. Again, we find out why everyone is there basically, but the end of this film most definitely does not justify the means.

I had a hard time writing this review just as I had a hard time watching the movie. William Schotten is capable of so very much more and I can honestly say that I wanted to like this movie, but there just isn’t any substance whatsoever. No story, no characters meaning there’s no one to sympathize with, care about or dislike. Everyone in the film is either a zombie, or they aren’t, that’s about all the depth you get.

The Good Some good death metal and one good gut-munching.
The Bad Everything else.
Review Rating: 2 out of 10 JFK’s.