All Souls Day

All Souls Day; 2005 · USA · 89m 33s
Body count: 16
Directed by	Jeremy Kasten
Produced by	John W. Hyde; Morris Berger
Written by	Mark A. Altman
Starring	Marisa Ramirez; Laz Alonso; Danielle Burgio; Danny Trejo; Nichole Hiltz; Travis Wester
Music by	Joe Kraemer
Cinematography	Christopher Duddy
Editing by	Joseph Gutowski
Language	English
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All Souls Day, or All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos, was written by Mark A. Altman (of House of the Dead and House of the Dead 2 fame) and premiered on the Sci Fi Channel on June 11th, 2005. Danny Trejo plays Vargas, a man who finds a temple to the goddess of death in a mine on the outskirts of Santa Bonita, Mexico. As a bid for eternal life, he lures the townsfolk into the excavation during a celebration of the Day of the Dead and blows the entrance shut, trapping everyone inside. Now, the town must offer a sacrifice every year, else the dead will return to punish those responsible for the murders. The sacrifice of our heroine (played by Marisa Ramirez) doesn't go according to plan, and the standard zombie attack on a house of meat plays out as typically as you'd expect. Jeffrey Combs makes a negligible appearance.

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The dead shall have their day.

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Erica: "You don't think the bite will..." Tyler: "I don't know, OK? If this were a movie, then maybe yes, but in real-life I have no idea. All I know is I don't have the heart to kill him, and if he starts turning, you don't either. So let's just stop talking about it and just block the other door, please?"

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"The film attempts at first to try and justify why characters are doing stupid things. When the couple are stuck in the town, there is debate about just leaving the hotel they've booked into, and a plan is put into effect. But at the same time, the very dodgy funeral procession had a LOT of people involved in it, so why would the characters trust anyone from the village, by, oh, I don't know, staying at their hotel? There're all sorts of idiotic elements like this. A tongue is removed so a woman can't scream. Unless Mexicans keep their vocal chords in their tongues, that's not going to work. 'Covering' someone from zombies evidently means to shoot all your ammunition into the air. When the characters get trapped, one of them mysteriously develops more gymnastic prowess than Lara Croft." --Digital Retribution

"Fragments aspire to better-than-mediocre: a scene with Danny Trejo as a demonic bed-ridden ghost has a nice bit of sleazy tension. There are also some nice moments with the White family in the “second prologue.” The tongue-less naked woman is appropriately disturbing for a few minutes. But ultimately, what we have here is just another zombie film with good lighting and cartoon characters you hope will be eaten. Soon." --Monsters At Play

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IDT Entertainment Sales (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (2006) (worldwide) (DVD)
Imagine Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)

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Movie poster.	Anchor Bay Entertainment DVD.	Imagine Entertainment DVD.
1: Death by gun (self-inflicted).	These townsfolk die, but they're not really "characters" so they're not counted.	Jeffrey Combs makes a brief appearance.
Sleaze by bath.	Sleaze by bath.	2: Death by zombie.
Sleaze by full-frontal nudity (unfulfilled), full-frontal nudity (unwilling). Body paint.	Sleaze by lingerie, sex (unfulfilled).	She can't scream anymore.
3: Death by wrist slashing (self-inflicted).	"MueeertOOooOOss..."	Sacrifice: The Party.
Sleaze by full-frontal nudity (unfulfilled), full-frontal nudity (unwilling). Body paint.	4: Death by zombie (offscreen).	4: Death by zombie (offscreen).
Ninja cheerleader attacks. Video below.	5: Death by zombie.	6: Death by zombie.
7 - 12: Death by poison.	13: Death by gun.	14: Death by gun (accidental).
Vargas seduces. Video below.	15: Death by zombie.	16: Death by gun.