| View Larger Image | Automaton Transfusion | DVDStarring: Juliet Reeves
Directed By: Steven C. Miller
| List Price: | $14.95 | | Price: | $11.99 | | You Save: | $2.96 (20%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 75 minutes | | Format: | Closed-captioned, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Studio: | Weinstein Company | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.66:1 | | Release Date: | March 04, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 27,913th |
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Description
Three teens find themselves in a town over run with zombies. Deciding to fight back, they go on a punch you in the throat, action packed, non-stop ride through the swamps, forests, blood and ZOMBIES! |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 2.0 based on 71 reviews)
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A Complete Waste. by Donald A. Prentiss (minneapolis, mn United States)  1 Stars
November 25, 2009
I remember before this film came out, all the anticipation that horror mags offered on this crap-bomb. It sounded like it was going to be good, the stills looked great, the cover art was awesome but.... This movie sucked. The acting was terrible, even for an indie low budget horror and to be honest this film isn't even worth mentioning all the things wrong with it. Not worth a rental and not worth the time to watch even if it is a free showing.
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For the hard-core fan only by A Hermit (Southwest Pa.)  3 Stars
November 12, 2009
"Automaton Transfusion" is a mess, bottom line. But this type of film isn't meant to be high-quality, or even thought-provoking. It is simply a splatterfest. But fans of this type of film will enjoy, however perversely, the non-stop gross-out throughout the entire thing. It's as nasty as Peter Jackson's "Dead Alive," only without the humor. And make no mistake, "Dead Alive" is a very black comedy.
One thing that works against this offering is the choppy camera work. The cameras are obviously low grade pieces of equipment, as is the film stock. Watching this is like having way too much to drink, and then trying to focus as you walk home. Anyone who has ever overdone it with the bottle will identify with this; even if you like this kind of movie, the constant jarring of the visuals is an extremely uncomfortable experience. Maybe it is intentional, but it really is to this film's detriment. But as I have said, the fan base of this type of film is of the mindset where low quality film, bad acting, and thin plots are secondary. It's about the on-screen carnage. And boy, does it have a lot of it! And this alone makes it a surreal experience.
But the real self-administered slap in the face this movie goes through, is the ending; it has no ending. I made myself sit through this, just to have it stop, the screen goes blank, and a caption says "To be continued." If it has a follow-up, it would have been worthwhile to indicate on the box that it is a first part. In its present context, it seems they just ran out of money and/or time, and simply hung it up.
Many reviewers on Amazon have panned this movie, understandably, but they seem to have expected more out of it. Just expect to see some of the most gratuitous, visually shocking scenes in any movie; don't read anything into it, and don't expect Romero's calibre, and see just how far a low-budget film can go over the edge.
In all candor, these types of movies don't do much for me, not any more, anyway, but I sat through it out of morbid curiousity, what with the caption on the label that says "...The best zombie film in decades..." This is probably a reference to George Romero's "Living Dead" series, which is obviously the template against which these movies are compared, but there is no comparison. The scenes of violence and evisceration do go beyond the former's scope, but the movie is patently inferior.
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Silly gore-monger by D. Gross (Northern USA)  2 Stars
November 07, 2009
Automaton Transfusion is a rather mindless gore-fest. This disappointing movie features a pretty weak plot and no theme to speak of. The special effects are perhaps its one redeeming feature. Standout scenes include a living son versus undead dad scenario, in which the undead dad gets a shard through the brain, and a gal getting her face torn off. This movie has surprisingly very little in common with the films of George Romero, which include compelling themes and interesting characters. My opinion of this film: gore for the sake of gore.
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Not worth it by Sean O'donnell 1 Stars
October 25, 2009
I purchased this movie because I read on bloodydisgusting that there would be zombies, gore, violence, and most importantly chainsaws. Technically, I got what I expected and should have been happy. Unfortunately, Automation also tries to throw a storyline and acting into the mix, and it fails miserably. I could have overlooked the bad acting if the film had been as zombie-violence heavy as I was lead to believe it would be, but for some ungodly reason much of the movie focuses on a nonsensical plot that seems to have been written as the movie was literally being filmed, and the movie, and its viewers, suffer because of which.
One star only because it delivers on the violence, gore, zombies and chainsaws, more but mostly less. Expect nothing else, or you may end up like me at the end of the film: asleep.
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and you call yourselvez horror fanz by J. Henry (alabama)  4 Stars
October 15, 2009
i kept seeing all the bad reviewz on this movie so i had to go get it for myself..and i wasnt disappointed, alot of people judge this movie because of the quality of the filmwork but if you can get over the shaky camera then this iz a really enjoyable movie..it has everything you could possibly want in a zombie film, tense scenez, viscous zombiez, and plenty of blood and gore...the only thing i was disappointed in was when it ended cause it had me wanting more!!!!!!
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