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Dead Sands (2013)

½ — Dead Sands (2013)

Bahrain is not a country with a substantial film industry to speak of, which makes Dead Sands a fairly singular object. Ameera Al-Qaed directed this zombie horror through FANTasy Features and the Bahrain Cinema Company, working within a local production scene that has historically leaned toward state-sponsored drama rather than genre filmmaking. The zombie film itself had enjoyed a sustained global revival through the 2000s and into the 2010s (The Walking Dead launched in 2010, World War Z arrived the same year as this), so Al-Qaed was clearly working within that international wave. Cast with local talent including Aysha Burashid and Mohammed Junaid, it appears to be one of the very few horror productions ever made in the country.

A-Z World Movie Tour Bahrain Bahrain's film industry clearly doesn't have lots of choice and the director clearly wanted a nod to George Romero in there. Redeeming quality over. Acting, setting, make up, sound quality, scripting. It was all absolutely awful. It's dubbed hilariously. It's cliche as fuck. The women might as well have been clones. It was an unappealing mess from start to finish

Rating: ½ | Year: 2013 | Watched: 2025-05-27

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