Rent 13 Eerie (2013)

The island at the end of the earth - 13 Eerie review by NP

Six forensic students arrive on an island to begin a scientific expedition. That might seem like a fairly harmless pursuit, perhaps even slightly dull, but when you realise 13 Eerie has been put together by the producer of Silent Hill and Resident Evil 4, you'd hope that something grisly might turn up.

You'd be in luck. There are enough grisly scenes of the undead, the almost dead and the dead-dead to please most ardent gore-seekers, but that's not the end of the story, luckily enough. Lowell Dean directs expertly, zipping through scenes of danger and grim jeopardy and featuring characters well-played and convincing, doing everything that should keep the aggressors at bay - and still they keep coming. The winter-crisp Canadian locations are suitably rough and murky and a perfect backdrop for the snarling, grunting zombie-types.

Occasionally, realism is compromised by the heavy prosthetics and make-up jobs plastered over the zombie actors as the cold sunlight exposes their occasional limitations, but other than that, this is a wonderfully raw slice of zombie action. It's rather more intelligently plotted to just be a runaround and I strongly recommend it.