Zombie Apocalypse(2011)
2011 · Nick Lyon · 90 min
Months after a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population, a small group of survivors fight their way cross-country to a rumored refuge on the island of Catalina.
Action · Horror · Science Fiction · TV Movie
5.2250 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How scary is Zombie Apocalypse?
Watching this feels more like a low-budget action romp than a real scare-fest, with survivors bashing through hordes of the undead on their way to a safe zone. The pacing is quick and busy, built around action beats and near-miss escapes rather than slow dread or mind games. Blood and violence show up but in a fairly restrained, TV-movie way, never lingering too long on gore. It's the kind of thing you watch for cheap thrills and a fun time, not something that stays with you after the credits roll.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Zombie Apocalypse rates psychological 1/5, visceral 3/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 1 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 30 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 15 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A road-trip survival horror that keeps popping with danger throughout, growing more relentless as it nears its final push.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5.
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