Review of Days of Darkness (2007) by Shawn M — 05 Jul 2011

A ho-hum low-rent zombie flick that transforms into a ho-hum low-rent alien invasion flick at the halfway mark. Might be a good candidate for psychoanalysis; the alien invaders don't just turn men into zombies, but they make their genitalia fall off and replace them with wombs. Not only that, but the invaders also hide inside of women, then leap out of vaginas to kill unwitting male victims. Of course, the film's also got a final message that guns and lots of alcohol are the solution, which might proceed from the same mentality that gave us the brains-and-spaghetti aliens lurking in uteri in the first place.

On the other hand, the mediocre acting, reliance on cliches and stupidity of its characters leave "Days of Darkness" a movie that doesn't exactly demand to be seen, so who cares? Cars that won't start at just the right moment, hypocritical bible-thumping preacher, the porn star with a heart of gold, the innocents who must save the day, the last stand where the strangers must overcome their differences and work together, it's all so unimaginative and yet unusually unpalatable. Unless you truly want a window into the apparent dysfunctionality of writer/director Jake Kennedy, there isn't any reason to bother with this one.