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So ok, he's a zombie (Brian Shaw), and one of the meat-eating variety,
too - but that doesn't necessarily make him a bad person, he's still a
loving yet strict father of two, and a loving husband to his wife, who's
expecting. Of course, his family members are all zombies as well, but
that's not their fault. Eventually though, dad zombie feeds his family
contaminated cadavers (out of ignorance, not out of spite), and then sees
him rot away before his very eyes. At least his wife is still able to give
birth to their offspring, then she dies for good. Now our zombie is left
with a baby, a being he loves the most dearly in the whole world, but as
he has no place to stay, he wanders the countryside, looking for food and
shelter. Eventually, he stumbles upon a group of zombies holding two women
captive, torturing them. our zombie can do little to save one of them, but
then he lures the other zombies away, eats a bit from the girls flesh,
then frees the other woman (Kathleen Lawlor). Her first instinct is to run
away of course, but then where to run to? And after all, the zombie has
saved her life, so there must be some good left in him, right? Plus, he is
really caring for his kid, and is offering his companionship to her. With
a certain feel of unease, the woman decides to join the zombie on his
journey to God-knows-where, and she proves to be a capable substitute
mother to the little one. The zombie on the other hand does the best to
suppress his urges to devour the woman ... The feel of unease between
the uneven couple soon turns into a feeling of mutual trust, especially
after they witness what human and zombies are capable of doing to one
another on the course of their journey - each soon feels disgusted by
his/her own kind. Eventually, the two almost run into a small group of
human soldiers from a nearby research facility, and it would have been the
easiest thing for the woman to do to hook up with them and betray her
zombie companion - only she doesn't, feeling much safer with him than a
bunch of guys with guns. Then though the baby gets sick, and before long
the woman and the zombie come to the conclusion they won't be able to save
it, their only chance is the research facility - even if that means the
zombie has to eventually sacrifice his life for his offspring ... By
2011, the zombie genre has pretty much run its course, has outstayed its
welcome ... when director Julian Grant presents us with The Defiled,
one of the most original zombie flicks ever. Point is that director Grant
totally acknowledges the genre rules as such, but just veers off into a
whole other direction, making a zombie his hero, giving him a background,
a reason to be, a personality even - and all of this without ever becoming
ridiculous or campy, and without losing himself in some misunderstood self
irony. Instead Grant tells his compelling story in a compelling way,
without any dialogue (apart from the genre-typical grunts), in stark,
atmospheric black-and-white images. Highest recommendation!
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