Colin (Marc Price, 2008)

Purportedly made for £45, though clearly helped along by a lot of freebies, Colin manages one decent twist on the zombie film conventions: the titular protagonist gets turned into one of the walking dead five minutes in, and the rest of the film follows his groaning shuffle through a London gone to the dogs, rather than focusing on the standard set-up of survivors fighting off the ravenous hordes. But that also means that characterisation has to take a back seat, and as neatly assembled, given the constraints, that Price's film is, it is aching to have some streak of colour, such as the humour and pathos Romero managed with the Bub character in Day of the Dead. You can't help suspecting that the set-up is also designed to obviate the need for writing dialogue or really having any destination for the story arc, which is a shame as extra attention paid to both would not have cost the maker a penny more.

5/10