Produced on a micro-budget of just $70, director Marc Price's independent horror film Colin details the painful transformation of a typical British teen into a flesh eating corpse from his own personal perspective. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Vivid proof that filmmaking is more about creativity than money, this micro-budget British movie takes an inventive approach to the ubiquitous zombie genre. It's rough around the edges, but is surprisingly fresh and engaging.
This overlong, non-frightening debut features ugly digital images that are either over-saturated or absurdly badly lit, and its attempts at leavening humour all fall flat.
The overall cost was clearly higher than 45, but I've seen duller and cheaper-looking films that have cost Britain's lottery players an awful lot more.
The absence of that free commodity, narrative surprise, makes it a movie whose resourcefulness you can applaud -- I wish Price well -- while secretly being glad you didn't pay to see it.
The meagre budget has taken its toll. Many scenes are too poorly lit to be enjoyable. Coupled with the convulsive camerawork, a good 25 per cent of the film is unintelligible.
It's rough, it's bleary and the acting is dodgy, but, let's face it, the collapse of human civilisation won't look like a Zack Snyder or even a Danny Boyle movie - it'll look like the discarded home movie footage from hell.
I find it absolutely amazing how he filmed this all with a little camcorder, with a budget of only $70. I LOVED the story. Possible one of the greatest zombie flicks i've ever seen. In my life. Ever. Go watch it!
Very cheap but pretty cool zombie film. This caused a bit of a stir on release as it was apparantly made for £45! Looking at that you might think how the fuck could anyway make a half decent film for that price? But it worked! Colin is made mostly from the zombies' point of view making it an interesting, if sometimes
very shaky, watch. Basically its about a young mans transformation into a flesh eating zombie which is happening to the rest of the country to. Some of the make-up effects look pretty cool, theres some cool jumpy bits and it can be oddly moving at times to. It may be a bit in-your-face for some but as mega-budget movies go, Colin is a good little film and a nice addition to the extremely overcrowded but still fucking cool zombie genre.
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