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The Revenant

Director: D. Kerry Prior
Year: 2009
Country: USA

The Revenant is not a zombie movie. A half hour in you might be tempted to think it’s a vampire movie, but that notion gets thrown out the window in favor of a little used word used to describe a corporeal being that has risen from the dead yet needs blood to survive. This allows writer/director/producer Kerry Prior to construct his own mythology regarding those nefarious of nightwalkers, which he does so with glee.

The eponymous character is Bart, a soldier killed in a gunfight in Iraq who left behind a devoted girlfriend Janet and best friend Joey, rises from the dead. Dealing with death every sunrise and the uncontrollable urge to projectile vomit black bile, Bart and Joey try to make sense of the situation and figure out just what the Hell is going on, all while enjoying the benefits that come with being unable to die. Chris Wylde looking like a Matrix reject ensures.

(Read the rest of the review at Horror Squad)