Reviewed: Playground [2011]

15 - 98mins - horror - June 17, 2011

Playing field runs in a world apocalyptic post where a vampire epidemic has spread across the country leaving only small pockets of people left to themselves. One of these groups consists of Martin (Connor Paolo), that a regular before the vampire child and Mister (Nick Damici), a Vampire Hunter, moving north through infected America to the promised land of the Canada where rumors are a called security zone new Eden. As Martin and Mister travel, they run in new people and good and poor communities that have their own unique ways to cope with the disaster.

For a film with the title of playground you think you know that you are leaving yourself but the enemies are rather ambiguous, and what I would call the offspring of vampire (only come out at night, must be etc.) and a zombie (dead brain drones, Don't get bit, or you will transform etc.). Whatever might be, they are still evil and mandate a broad research work docking if the objective of the game is survival.

Fuyant for patch without risk of left field while being chased by zombies/vampires/the ill / [insert evil here appropriate entity] has been adopted rather exhaustively end therefore playground will be receive no points bonus of originality. But it is not an attempt to bad despite having been done better by others before it and is certainly one or two notches above the parts of budget horror flicks out there. It is mainly due to the film not only on the basis of vampire gore to sell to the audience. Players are able to and the script and the direction of Jim Mickle leaves me wanting to see the characters are through the test without dying and emotion that I generally when watching a horror.

In many respects he established himself in the same vein of the road with a similar feeling that a small group set out against all the world to try to overcome their difficulties. The pace of the film is slow, highlighting efforts to travel across the country and the dark music and post-apocalyptic sets well built with signs declaring that all hope is lost to succeed you make in the world that was created.

Its counterparts, I found that it muted the scare factor and action was no longer a premium that you would expect for a film of this nature. It seemed more dabble with the emotional turmoil that the characters were focusing on the development of the character instead of who wants to make you require a change of underwear - although it was still his moments.

I was not blown, but it is refreshing to see one horror film that had a little depth focusing on communities together to help each other in times of difficulties and my action requirement, fill of blood, al gore and religious fanaticism.

Cote: B-