Zombies from Sector 9 is the first feature production from the Belgian director Rob Ceus, who made the movie together with Inge Vanleene. The movie itself is an independent production which was made with a lot of love for the genre, as you might notice by the obvious references. For example the living room of the lead character Bookwalker (who's name is a tribute to indie director J.R. Bookwalter) is covered with posters from B classics such as Basket Case. Long story short, ZFS9 is a fun zombie flick filled with guts & gore. Rubber aliens, delightfully cheesy fx, cameo's from Rob's fellow indie film makers and an awesome retro soundtrack. A absolute recommendation to the true fans of independent gorefests.
10 Reviews
A generally solid and enjoyable low-budget zombie effort
kannibalcorpsegrinder30 April 2021
Working by his loner credo in life, a man finds his world turned upside down when a power plant accident nearby causes the residents of his hometown to turn into ravenous, flesh-eating zombies, forcing him to band together to get his family to safety away from the undead hordes and the raiders in the area.
Overall, this was a pretty solid indie-styled effort. The fact that this one tends to showcase a wild and reckless storyline that serves more to showcase a relentless series of gore-gags and encounters with the zombies gives this a lot to like. The bare minimum of a storyline here, about the plague running through the area following the plant accident and the madness that results here, is what's to be expected as the secondary subplots involving the military trying to control the area to find a cure or defending his family from the biker gang all come at the expense at more encounters with zombie and more low-budget gore. Though at times making this seemingly random and somewhat chaotic, that there's tons of action here as a result is a great deal more important as the action makes for a blindingly quick pace. As mentioned, this amount of action and confrontation with zombies here manages to provide this with a rather impressive amount of blood and gore. Filled with melting bodies, flesh bitten into and ripped off in strips, zombies playing with removed intestines and entrails, limbs getting removed or victims getting gnawed on until they're nothing but skeletons, the human victims here get brutalized quite extensively which is rather effective for how they're realized. As well, the decrepit and scarred zombies fare just as good with all the usual manners of dispatching them shown here where it effectively works as a special effects showpiece reel focusing on all the encounters here. Alongside the films' courage to continuously put children in danger and not making them untouchable, there's a lot to like in the film. There are a couple of minor factors present here. The main issue is the aforementioned plotless feel of the film, where it comes off as a random assortment of scenes vaguely resembling what would happen in a zombie apocalypse to get to the next gore-gag. That might not be a true detrimental issue for some but it does make the film seem aimless and rambling at points, focusing on a random assortment of people encountering the creatures in various points with no further ulterior purpose to them. As well, there are continuous reminders about the low-budget limitations on display that might deter some from this one, especially as the gore looks great yet the zombies themselves look pretty ridiculous and obviously cheap make-up. Otherwise, there's not much wrong here.
Rated Unrated/R: Extreme Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Nudity and intense violence against children.
Overall, this was a pretty solid indie-styled effort. The fact that this one tends to showcase a wild and reckless storyline that serves more to showcase a relentless series of gore-gags and encounters with the zombies gives this a lot to like. The bare minimum of a storyline here, about the plague running through the area following the plant accident and the madness that results here, is what's to be expected as the secondary subplots involving the military trying to control the area to find a cure or defending his family from the biker gang all come at the expense at more encounters with zombie and more low-budget gore. Though at times making this seemingly random and somewhat chaotic, that there's tons of action here as a result is a great deal more important as the action makes for a blindingly quick pace. As mentioned, this amount of action and confrontation with zombies here manages to provide this with a rather impressive amount of blood and gore. Filled with melting bodies, flesh bitten into and ripped off in strips, zombies playing with removed intestines and entrails, limbs getting removed or victims getting gnawed on until they're nothing but skeletons, the human victims here get brutalized quite extensively which is rather effective for how they're realized. As well, the decrepit and scarred zombies fare just as good with all the usual manners of dispatching them shown here where it effectively works as a special effects showpiece reel focusing on all the encounters here. Alongside the films' courage to continuously put children in danger and not making them untouchable, there's a lot to like in the film. There are a couple of minor factors present here. The main issue is the aforementioned plotless feel of the film, where it comes off as a random assortment of scenes vaguely resembling what would happen in a zombie apocalypse to get to the next gore-gag. That might not be a true detrimental issue for some but it does make the film seem aimless and rambling at points, focusing on a random assortment of people encountering the creatures in various points with no further ulterior purpose to them. As well, there are continuous reminders about the low-budget limitations on display that might deter some from this one, especially as the gore looks great yet the zombies themselves look pretty ridiculous and obviously cheap make-up. Otherwise, there's not much wrong here.
Rated Unrated/R: Extreme Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Nudity and intense violence against children.
Awful movie by an even worse producer
dylan_dujardin6 January 2021
AWSOME HORROR MOVIE, PURE MASTER WORK
vansweeveltmelissa10 January 2021
I love his movies because there not done with computer effects, but everything is made as in the good old times with horror movies.
ZOMBIES FROM SECTOR 9, I really enjoyed it, I can't even remember the last time I saw a movie with such a
creativity and creepy, gore, slasher atmosphere in.
CHECK IT OUT!
Great worx from a little country
bicky-388956 January 2021
Old school fun
shagee79776 January 2021
Great fun for genre-lovers
Tsikr15 January 2021
This really is a labour of love made by enthousiasts on a shoestring budget. Yes, it has its flaws but if you can't look past those, this isn't for you. The creators didn't set out to make the next Citizen Kane but a tribute to old gore and zombieflicks using neat old school effects, creativity and a good sense of humour.
If you're into Ozone: attack of the redneck mutants and stuff like that, have a taste.
This movie kicks a$$
jperry-761345 February 2021
Belgian Zombie Apocalypse!!!
royer_rene3 February 2021
If you like Grind house type movies this is for you
mrpo-5847628 January 2021
I really enjoyed this film, the story was creative and I had fun watching it. This independent feature had some decent practical effects but it also had great attention to detail. For a low budget feature it ranks with me pretty high on my scale. Go into this movie with the intention of having fun and you will enjoy this feature.
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