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Never trust reviews from people who walk out of a movie. Reviews are opinions stressed by people who watched the whole film. When people write reviews of films they walked out of, that's not a review: it's an uninformed comment.

This is as much as a review as it is an honest opinion by someone who watched the film in its entirety. Keeping in mind that great films shouldn't be loved by everyone.

We Are the Flesh is a cinematic version of dark thoughts and ideas most people immediately remove from their train of thought. As long as you are human enough to understand what is right and wrong in reality, there isn't a single thing wrong with examining dark and even grim thoughts that every single human being has from time to time.

This film explores those themes and presents them in ways that are meant to be hard to watch. These are themes that you normally wouldn't bring up in random conversations with random people. These are themes that aren't meant to be visited often but should be explored at least once. Just to see what they look like. Just to see what dark and grim things you otherwise would not have in your life (by choice) but are curious to see the repercussions from the vile acts that go on in dark places.

For me, We Are the Flesh depicts a horrid version of common, hopeless and deprived humanity. It's a brief example of those dark things I never would allow myself to act upon physically or emotionally. But I find those areas of the unknown panning out visually stimulating. Afterward, I can walk away when the film ends satisfied for experiencing a story that made me think of things I don't want to think about. But I can leave those dark questions answered by putting them behind me and leaving them with this film.

Which to me, makes for a wonderful and well made film.

If you love horror movies but hate most of the horror movies you see, this is a horror movie you will love. Basically: This is a straight up, well made film.

Luciferous is the type of film that will stay with you. It's the type of film that you don't go around recommending to just anyone - including horror fans. Some people may use the description of "slow burner" but I feel it's more about subtleties that increasingly become worse and continue to linger after the story is told.

This movie doesn't push any boundaries. It doesn't implement any type of new filmmaking tricks. It won't raise the bar on how horror filmmaking will be made in the future. I'm pointing these things out to stress the fact that this was a movie that was well crafted with traditional filmmaking standards. This is bare-bones horror filmmaking that shows that those involved with making it truly understand the concept of making a great film that happens to fall into the horror genre.

This film embraces the art of independent filmmaking. This is a great example that millions of dollars and over-the-top special effects aren't necessary to make a great horror flick. Luciferous does it right: Write a great story and let the rest of the work stem from that.

the abundance of horror films that make their way into the world of film has a slightly more damaging effect on horror stories as a whole when compared to other genres and sub-genres that make up the movie world.

seeing this unfortunate trend, it's no surprise when the word 'Zombie' pops up in a movie premise, most people roll their eyes and already give it a thumbs down. with horror movies (genre) and zombie plots (sub- genre) it really takes something amazing to stand out. the zombie filmmaking platform can range from someone who has a camera, $500, and a bunch of friends ready to be covered in homemade red liquid resembling blood. or, to a major movie studio with a blank check and an endless supply of actors ready to stand in front of a green screen while HD cameras roll. and, of course, everything in between.

fortunately, there ARE filmmakers out there who care more for a story with substance, than a cheap idea of something that's been done too many times to even explain with boring undertones. The Returned breaks through the majority of 'something different' attempts dealing with the aftermath of a zombie outbreak. it has the elements of good storytelling and makes it a point to stress those elements people look for in something new that has hordes of the old surrounding it.

sometimes a great horror story can come from the fact you can almost see it being possible which can make you put yourself in that situation. it's what has always been referred to as 'Movie Magic.' will we ever have to deal with an actual aftermath of a zombie outbreak? to the dismay of zombie culture: highly unlikely. but, could a rare movie come along that has the right elements in the story to make us think that it's possible? according to The Returned, i'm going to go with: yes.

as with other sub-genre movies that come from this same sort of filmmaking, i always like to refer to it NOT just being a great (insert genre) movie, but a great movie in general. basically: if you like great movies, you'll like THIS movie.