The screenplay concerns a group of medical students and locals in a small town who suffer an outbreak of a mutated H5N1-like virus that causes people to turn into zombies.
Bollman develops large boils, becomes increasingly savage and animalistic, and goes on a violent rampage at Professor Bergen's mansion that culminates in his biting Patrick.
When the semiconscious Patrick saves them from a stray villager who has entered the mansion, the others refuse to kill him; instead, they bind him upstairs and continue their research.
As dawn breaks, soldiers storm the property, kill the infected townspeople, and take Robert in for testing.
[5] Jeremy Blitz of DVD Talk rated it 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "The film doesn't break any new ground or provide us with a startling new take on the zombie genre, but it does its job admirably, and serves up an hour and a half of creepiness.
"[6] Annie Riordan of Brutal As Hell called it "one of the stupider and more boring zombie films I’ve sat through".
"[8] Mike Catalano of JoBlo.com rated it 1.5/4 stars and wrote, "It seemed to have a small collection of cool, if not original, ideas for a zombie movie, but never really developed anything to its full potential.
"[9] Peter Dendle wrote that it is "a cut above your usual low-budget zombie affair", but "the characters are over-written and unconvincing".