Director: Jeff Barnaby
Notable Cast: Michael Greyeyes, Elle-Maija Tailfeathers,
Forrest Goodluck, Kiowa Gordon, Olivia Scriven, Stonehorse Lone Goeman, Brandon
Oakes, William Belleau, Devery Jacobs, Gary Farmer, Felicia Shulman
Although the entirety of the zombie subgenre of horror has
become, for lack of a more sincere analogy, like a horde of thoughtless and all-consuming undead. It’s overwhelming if you try to take them on all at once and repetitively
tiring if you try to peg them one by one. It’s to the point that I often don’t watch
them unless there is some kind of angle that really intrigues me. It’s a far
cry from my zombie hungry youth powered on childhood memories of Romero’s Dead
films and the wild inhibitions of the Return of the Living Dead
franchise. Fortunately, there are some films that not only have taken a unique lens
to the zombie genre but ones that are succeeding at it too. Enter in Blood
Quantum, the latest Shudder exclusive to hit the illustrious horror
streaming service. Taking a few pages from the book on ‘how to make a
successful Walking Dead plotline,’ Blood Quantum is a far more
intriguing film because of its foundational angle and execution than it is once
it starts hitting the more traditional genre beats.