Thursday, July 11, 2024

Knight of The Dead (2013) - Mark Atkins.

A spry warrior priest and his stalwart band of capable knights undertake a mysterious, increasingly bloody quest in a forbidding valley of plague ridden zombies. While low budget, hampered by rudimentary FX, the spectacular Snowdonian exteriors provide a doomily evocative backdrop to the rain-lashed medieval slaughter. The grisly concept is, perhaps, better than its execution, yet the lively characters prove compelling, their rousing adventuring maintained my interest. At its very best, Knight Of The Dead often recalled scary kids telly from the late 70s, early 80s, at its worst, it's every bit as cheesy as the unlovely artwork suggests it might be. I feel that my idol Mahnfahrt Panzerflesh would have approved.

 


 

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