in 2013. The film was screened as part of the 13 episode series William Shatner's 'Full Moon Fright Night''' that originally premiered on SyFy (then spelled Sci Fi) in 2002. In the episode, Shatner slowly transforms into a zombie himself over his interludes edited into the film. Reception AllMovie did not recommend the film in a review written by Richard Gilliam, who noted that even the combined efforts of B-Movie icons producer Charles Band and director David DeCoteau (who is credited under his common Full Moon pseudonym, Victoria Sloan) could not save this film. The review criticizes the script for being full of uninspired dialogue and characters, “a nominal quest” and a lack of “any sort of plausible story”. Gilliam argues this creates a “fatal mistake”, resulting in a boring movie with interesting features.TheSchlockPit.com gave the film a more positive review written by Matty Budrewicz, who calls it a “three star masterpiece” with the one criticism of the film being the overcomplicated mythology full of “confusing extra padding like witches, possession, and some weird key”. The highlight of the film is DeCoteau’s visual style (particularly the design of the zombie executioners-a homage to Amando de Ossorio’s Tombs of the Blind Dead), which results in a film that’s a “slick, robust, and sustainedly ghoulish exercise in horror aesthetics”. Budrewicz goes on to praise the characters in the film, particularly Flood’s character Kristof St. Pierce, “a spoilt bisexual rich kid who seems to control his pals via money and sex”. He cites this as a testament to DeCoteau’s use of flawed lead characters and Flood’s “libertine charm” despite some “truly risible ‘mean teen’ dialogue”. A review in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2: 2000-2010 by Peter Dendle says, "The dreary dungeon drama was filmed in Romania, and probably the only interesting thing about it is that the producer was named Vlad. A DVD and Video Guide 2005'' review states, "Director David DeCoteau's ode to the old Spanish Blind Dead movies is a fun-filled frightfest as a Dim crew unleashes the guards that he buried in the grounds of the old prison in which they are filming". References External links American zombie films 2000 horror films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films