It tells the story of a young man who gets infected by being bitten by a zombie and gradually starts turning into one himself.
The film opens in mockumentary style with a woman, Sarah, talking about her boyfriend Mark in the past tense.
Mark travels out to the woods to collect moss samples when he stumbles across a rusty decaying station wagon.
Mark wakes up, thinks to himself about how he doesn't know how long he's been unconscious, and admits to killing his first victim, a camper in the woods.
He collapses, suffers a minor seizure, and reports it in his digital log, along with how he has not eaten in six days and has to find another victim.
He still appears normal and continues to live and function in society, although his bite wound will not heal and the surrounding tissue is starting to decay.
His leg breaks during the disposal of a victim's body, and he is forced to attach a metal rod to support his ankle.
[3] Writing in Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide, Glenn Kay called the film overly serious and predictable.
[4] Peter Dendle, author of The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, described it as "more competent and compelling than most of its small-scale Yankee predecessors.