Review – Messiah of Evil

To borrow a line from Life of Brian, “There’s a mess alright, but no messiah.” Oddly enough, when this production sets about the task of being spooky it actually kinda works. It has a certain Carnival of Souls quality (though not quite as stylish as its black-and-white predecessor). In particular, there’s a scene set in a movie theater that struck me as a bizarre zombie twist on the jungle gym scene from The Birds. I also liked the “trapped in the supermarket” part. Sadly, such solid moments are few and far between. Most of the production is a stiff, slow and amateurish telling of a story about a small town full of people who are somehow a little (and then later more than a little) off. Mildly amusing