Criticker.com - Film Recommendations and Community
currently at ...
the Forum Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man...
the Blog DVD Report - February 7th
login | register
0 films ranked
You Explore Interact Resources
Search
Profile All Your Rankings Starred Reviews Your Best TCIs PSIs Kumpels Wishlist
Random Film
Dance of the Dead (2008)

Probable Score
Not Enough Info
Rank It
500 characters left
Summary: On the night of the big High-School Prom, the dead rise to eat the living, and the only people who can stop them are the losers who couldn't get dates to the dance. (imdb)
Poster submitted by Gauntlet
Country: USA
Directed By: Gregg Bishop
Written By: Joe Ballarini
More information at the Internet Movie Database
Ratings
Loading Products from Amazon and Ebay
Loading...
Loading...
Show:All Rankings | With Reviews
Order by:TCI | Tier | Date Ranked | # Stars (Reviews)
TCI User Score
na DBZ
84
T7
na IMDb-byvotes
59
T2
na onaprilthird
45
T2
na MrT1ki
82
T3
na edkrak
30
T2
Maybe not the worst, but definitely one of the most forgettable and cliche zombie films.
na kalee.
40
T1
Full of gore and humor, a typical zombie flick.
na CMQuinn
80
T8
na Jerky
50
T6
na solemnchaos
75
T5
na Nanarama
65
T5
Not as bad as I thought it would be. Kind of charming, actually.
na Cantstopdrew
48
T3
na knowlesey
67
T2
A fun zombie film that may be extremley corny but still very entertaining to watch :) Sure compared to the great zombie films by Romero it might seem silly, but I was very entertained with a good storyline and a good crop of likeable high school characters. Some cool death scenes and the right amount of blood & guts also did well for the film. On the downside however it was silly and a bit over the top at times, and falls into that category of Horror films that are funny for the wrong reasons.
na eraserhead89
85
T8
na enigmabrand
45
T1
na Adalon
55
T4
na crackerjack
68
T4
na Kalle85
70
T6
na Katya
20
T1
na starrlamia
65
T5
na mattnawrocki
50
T3
na roger1
90
T8
na Squin
40
T2
na NRM03
29
T1
na ribcage
83
T8
na Nichololas
75
T4
na tomelce
2
T4
Born into the shadow of Return of the Living Dead, Dance of the Dead transplants Dan O'Bannon's forward-thinking tropes and themes to a prom setting, banking on borrowed zombie-film goods in lieu of actual innovation. The film isn't without its moments but by now these devices are shopworn and banal, no matter how quirky and hip its assorted cast contrive to make them. Celebration of such pointlessness detracts from appreciation of worthy B-horrors like Splinter, The Strangers and Murder Party.
na IcyBrian
71
T5
Definitely worth a few laughs. The first half is a little slow, but it picks up and there are some really funny bits in there. Good soundtrack, too.
na bof
51
T3
Surprisingly decent. Dance doesn't exactly reinvent the genre, but it's got a good balance of humour and action, an actual set of characters rather than just a bunch of people to kill off, a punk band covering Fleetwood Mac, and plenty of just-subtle-enough little nods to its predecessors ("them sumbitches ate my dog!")
na nilkynarfy
50
T4
Maybe not something you'll treasure for years to come as a modern cult classic, but not exactly a bad time. There's plenty of funny little gags and pop culture references to make your (probable) one viewing (left the Chiller channel on, forgot where you left the remote, too stoned to look for it) enjoyable. The redneck guy was pretty cool, played by the dude from The Signal having way too much fun.
na dgeiser13
50
T2
na retsxlif
50
T3
na brianrobot
4
T7
na BeezyDaGreat
85
T5
na sweevo
90
T9
na Granto
68
T5
na TripleSH
44
T3
Dance of the Dead winds up on the wrong side of forettable for me. It's pretty derivative with the only originality coming from parts of the concept, which itself borrows heavily from plenty of successful films before it. With nothing to add and less to say, the movie stands alone as "just another zombie movie."
na MadMan
84
T6
na understamp
30
T3
na sagethekun
8
T6
na Treeship
77
T8
na Carpetgiant
80
T5
An American attempt at "Shaun of the Dead" by combining the zombie and teen comedy genre. Unfortunately, both of those aspects of the movie were mediocre. Zombies were somewhat inconsistent - sometimes the walking type, sometimes running, sometimes driving cars. Sure, there were a couple of decent jokes, and while I'm certain it was better than a lot of non-mainstream zombie movies, I was left feeling unsatisfied, like a zombie who found itself in a wax museum.
na JooJoo
1
T1
na dustin
60
T5
na Taijin
69
T6
na loserville
40
T3
na Gladstone
4
T4
na Lukany
31
T1
na TJ Ximenez
40
T3
na Darko
59
T6
na poltergeist
58
T4
na imdb
60
T4
na nicholasmcc
69
T4
na pillowpants
50
T2
na KMcNeil
50
T5
na Killfast37
75
T6
na ZombieBuffet
60
T5
na CrazyJim9380
77
T6
na DaeSanye
6
T6
na Luna6ix
80
T8
Carries the light-heartedness that makes great zombie movies as well as having a relatively good plot, acting, direction, etc. without bordering too much on the side of cheese that some zombie movies do. over all a excellent effort, but not the effervescent over-the-top gruesome, but terrifying gore-fest that would have made it superior.
na rytoj
30
T2
na chemical404
10
T1
na gargara
0
T1
na gellner
30
T3
na CitizenX
40
T3
"dawn of the dead" meets "10 things i hate about you" ... not a good movie, but kinda entertaining :D
na filmaffinity
56
T3
na ImThatDingo
22
T3
Only a rip-off Jonny Depp look-a-like's music can calm the horde! This was...pretty meh. Plus, a nerdy virgin zombie gets it on in a bathroom stall with a cheerleader zombie? And then they eat each other...Bahaha! Silly movie, zombies don't eat each other! Or else a zombie scare would be rendered pointless. We'd just sit back with some popcorn and watch them scarf down.
na Bacano
40
T3
na Lovecraft
75
T7
na gackt
70
T6
na VincentPrice
82
T7
na madiso
60
T7
na korbenPL
26
T2
na blucthulhu
70
T5
na Jaque
55
T5
na Hadleyreis
57
T4
na eksero
17
T1
na Grouchy
79
T4
na FullCollapse
84
T9
na Kalmah7
76
T7
Really entertaining, which is all a zombie movie needs to be.
na slidercc
90
T10
This movie is the child of a zombie film and a teen comedy. Really a diamond in the rough, one of the better zombie films made lately. There is a story but it doesn't take itself too seriously. It is a lot of ridiculous fun!
na s.weinberg
90
T9
"It's fast and funny, sick and sweet, geeky and gory. Basically, a whole lot of fun."
na Bruce
40
T2
na fuzz7483
78
T7
na M_A
40
T4
na auritech
50
T4
I had to say, it was a cute film; not a great film, and by no means cohesive, but it was cute. If you see the film in HD, you'll notice it's actually quite richly photographed, but the effects (particularly the makeup) sometimes are dumb. I like the film for being silly, and it's hardly the worst thing one could see, but it's just mainly a movie for giggles.
na dzejson
0
T1
na tinythedogg
90
T10
Average Tier 4.46 from 87 Rankings rss