Review of Automaton Transfusion (2008) by Scott S — 08 Jan 2011

Automaton Transfusion (2007) -- [2.0] -- Ultra-low budget horror flick ($30,000) shot by first-time film school graduates in Orlando. On one hand, it's remarkable that a group of kids could throw together such an ambitious, action-filled zombie apocalypse movie.

On the other hand, did it have to be so awful? The writer/director openly admits in the DVD commentary track that he despises things like plot, character development, and dialogue, and boy does it show! "Automaton Transfusion" suffers from acute attention deficit disorder.

Zombies jump into frame no less than every three or four minutes to tear someone apart. There's no tension, no suspense, no mystery, no emotion -- just low-rent gore effects and an appallingly tenacious use of shaky cam.

It's busily boring and painful to endure. Somehow, I made it to the end, which is only an end in that the credits roll. There's no resolution to the story, just a "to be continued" card.

I sincerely hope it's an empty promise. [I'd have given this movie a 1.0, but I reserve that lowest of low ratings primarily for sasquatch porn and Casper Van Dien flicks.].