It's the zombie apocalypse, let's take a shortcut through the cemetery. Rachel initially survives because of zombie rule #1: Zombies Can't climb. Unfortunately, Rachel is not good at staying put in a tree. The separated family attempts to get to the neighbor's "panic room" made for the zombie apocalypse, although they had to learn about head shots. The zombies die or go dormant during the day, hence the title. Not sure how that works, you're only undead at night. Not to ruin anything but in the end, Darryl Hannah and not Uma Thurman wields a Hattori Hanzo sword. The looter was confusing carrying a large analog type TV. What store sold new ones of those and who would buy one, let alone steal one.

Made a full decade after Zombie Night (2003) which I'd consider one of the worst zombie movies ever made, the title is recycled and we're presented with another zombie piece.

I was conflicted what to expect initially, it's a Scyfy original and I actually think the Scyfy channel do horror quite well. However on the flipside it's made by the rather infamous The Asylum and they seldom make anything even remotely watchable.

So a zombie outbreak occurs, a town becomes panicked and crazed and we follow a group of survivors of whom you'll recognise quite a few.

Anthony Michael Hall, Daryl Hannah and Alan Ruck demonstrate here with their inclusion just how low their careers have sunk. Remember when Hannah was a prominent Hollywood star? Those days are well behind her.

Directed by horror legend Clu Gulagers son he does a decent enough job here in fact the whole thing has clear influences from both Romero and the Return of the Living Dead series (And in competent fashion).

It feels like an old school zombie movie and though it staggers in the centre it is actually better than you'd expect all things considered.

However, zombies have certain "Rules" present in their lore and here they decided to tweak a couple and that damages the movie more than I can express here.

Zombie Night would have been a passable affair if the writer hadn't decided to go into business for himself.

The Good:

Old school zombie movie

The Bad:

Some poor music choices

Zombie "Rules" changed

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

During the zombie apocalypse the police need to be vigilant with looters

Little known fact, zombies enjoy playing fetch

Warning: Parked cars can randomly explode for absolutely no reason

Oh Shirley Jones...how far you've fallen. The feigned constant terror from her was pretty horrible. I thought Anthony Michael hall might have been cast in a decent movie but every part of this movie was bad. The zombie makeup was decent but that was about it. Nobody roots for the zombies unless the movie is sharknado quality.

Syfy is not the bell-weather of great acting but this was simply unfortunate. Who has a gun and doesn't double tap everything that moans and groans??

Couldn't finish it