Herd

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Herd

2023

1h 37m

Action

Horror

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When Jamie Miller and her wife, Alex Kanai, try to save their failing marriage by going on a canoe trip in rural Missouri, they find themselves stranded after an accident. Alex breaks her leg during a canoe flip and they must slowly make their way to the nearest small town for help. Upon arriving they find it has been overrun by virus-infected "Heps" and extreme right wing local militias who are battling them. The leader of one of the groups, "Big John Gruber", shuttles them to safety at his bunker where they are welcomed by a seemingly friendly group of locals, but after witnessing personal and gruesome horrors, the women know they must escape. Jamie and Alex now find themselves on the run, caught between the group that saved them, a competing militia, and the growing infected Hep threat.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

10/17/2023

3/5

Quite often, the factions in zombie stories cleave along class lines or ethnicity. But Herd mixes the formula up in a number of interesting ways...

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Bee Delores

B-Sides & Badlands

07/03/2024

3/5

Steven Pierce’s Herd treads familiar territory while expanding zombie mythos.

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Kat Hughes

THN

03/30/2024

3/5

Despite its best efforts, Herd unfortunately leaves the viewer wanting more thanks to a meandering plot with an unclear focus.

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Drew Tinnin

Dread Central

02/17/2024

2.5

If Herd was really about a horde of zombies, it would be going under a different title altogether. The outbreak is just an excuse to explore what happens when human beings are suddenly thrown into a pressure cooker.

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Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

10/30/2023

B-

A zombie film with a new perspective.

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

10/23/2023

3/5

Herd subverts standard zombie tropes while grounding the narrative in a touching queer romance. That it all mostly works is thanks to two solid turns from Ellen Adair and Mitzi Akaha.

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TheMovieSearch R

@TheMovieSearch Dec 12

Herd opens with a tense, promising scene that suggests a sharp, suspenseful horror film, but the movie never follows through on that potential. After the intriguing setup, the story immediately flattens into a one-note experience with no tonal evolution, creativity, or emotional pull. What starts with energy quickly becomes monotonous, offering no tension or sense of direction. The film feels one-dimensional, as though the director never fully understood or explored what the writer intended. Instead of building atmosphere or depth, the movie repeats the same beats without expansion. You can sense a stronger story beneath the surface, but the execution never allows it to come alive. With clearer vision, tighter collaboration, and more dynamic storytelling, Herd could have been something memorable. As it stands, it’s a missed opportunity that fails to deliver on the promise of its opening scene.

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Christian H

@MatchaC Sep 30

The main character is useless. Zero redeeming qualities. Zero decision making. Zero leadership skills. Within 5 minutes if the movie starting in already rooting for the zombies to murder everyone. I suggest you save your time and watch something else!

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LightflowFox T

@RT14631131 07/26/2025

Just not a good movie. Just boring, drags, no effective jump scares or anything new about zombies. It's predictable and drags on.

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Andy N

@RT46056685 10/06/2024

I assume all the high ratings are paid. 93 minutes I'll never get back.

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Christian C

@RT19561793 08/02/2024

"tHiS mOViE iS abSoOLuTeLY tARrIBLe!!!..." All of the people whining about this are the exact types of humans you'd describe as a "herd animal." And none of them - for all of their talk about how stupid horror movie protagonists are - would last a day during a swine flu epidemic if they had only their "survival skills" to rely on.

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LeoNX

@RT63647964 12/25/2023

not that good didn't enjoy it much story pace was weird

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When Jamie Miller and her wife, Alex Kanai, try to save their failing marriage by going on a canoe trip in rural Missouri, they find themselves stranded after an accident. Alex breaks her leg during a canoe flip and they must slowly make their way to the nearest small town for help. Upon arriving they find it has been overrun by virus-infected "Heps" and extreme right wing local militias who are battling them. The leader of one of the groups, "Big John Gruber", shuttles them to safety at his bunker where they are welcomed by a seemingly friendly group of locals, but after witnessing personal and gruesome horrors, the women know they must escape. Jamie and Alex now find themselves on the run, caught between the group that saved them, a competing militia, and the growing infected Hep threat.

Director: Steven Pierce
Producer: James Allerdyce, Bret Carr, Lori Kay, Matt Mundy, Steven Pierce
Screenwriter: James Allerdyce, Steven Pierce
Distributor: Dark Sky Films
Production Co: Framework Productions
Genre: Action, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 13, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 13, 2023
Runtime: 1h 37m

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