Messiah
of Evil

by Shrub 10/31/05
Here we have
a fairly straightforward zombie plot made into a film that’s done really
well. We meet the main female character traveling alone to find her father
after receiving a series of bizarre letters from him. The first sign something
is afoot is when she stops for gas and an albino man with a pickup bed full
of bodies stops at the same station. She does not realize her close call at
the time, but the station attendant is not so lucky.
She arrives
at her father’s residence to find it deserted. She has to break in and
upon exploring, discovers his journal. Reading, she learns that Pops is haunted
by visions of animals and faces. She stays at his home and sets out to investigate
the mystery of his disappearance.
As she searches
for him, she comes upon a wild scene in a hotel room where a man and two women
are listening to a bum who is rambling about the “blood moon.”
Later outside of the room, it appears that the bum knows her dad... but he
has a startling message for her when he says she must kill her father and
burn his remains.
Turns out the
man in the hotel room is a “collector” pursuing the same mystery
as our heroine only he is drawn to the eerie aspects. They join forces and
he and his two lady friends move into the father’s house while they
are in town. These three don’t turn out to be as freaky as initially
expected, but Mr. Collector does put the moves on the daughter causing one
of his companions to flee out of jealousy. On foot, she is picked up by our
favorite pickup truck driven by one rat-chomping albino. This sets off the
zombie mayhem and the 2 central characters must find away to survive if they
are to continue with their budding romance.
Messiah of
Evil is actually quite stylishly done and is a notch above most of the no-budget
gore fests of the time. The father’s house is ornate with creepy lighting
and one scene involving zombies and skylights really stands out visually.
It’s certainly a bargain at the $3.99 retail price it carries as a double
feature with “The Devil’s Nightmare”.
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