You can see that this guy has been suffering from the effects of this virus for the longest time. Dobbs, escaping like the coward he is, runs into this big guy with a gun. So Dobbs selfishly locked the door behind him to leave Marcus to fend for himself against an infected person. There's also a really hilariously bad scene there. That's just the one I can think up off the top of my head. That's the main highlight as it relates to gore, because there's so much going as far as make-up effects, the actress who plays Penny had her entire body covered in this, so hats off to them, but it's not the only instance of good gore effects in this film.
And it actually did fall off at the slightest touch.
Their skin looks absolutely terrible, as if it was almost to fall off at the slightest touch. It really looks as if a flesh-eating disease has truly taken its horrible toll on them. It's horribly choreographed, but the make-up looks absolutely outstanding. Look at the scene where Penny and Bridgett fight each other. Massive respect to the production crew for that and it really pays off. You have to applaud the production crew for letting a big chunk of their budget go to the practical special, and make-up, effects when they very easily could've saved that money by doing everything on computers. There's absolutely no delegating to a CG team to handle all the blood and gore, it's absolutely practical and the film really is better for it.
Then again, my appreciation for the film mostly comes in the fact that the special effects and the make-up for the film are absolutely top-notch. You know, given that it is a direct-to-video, low budget horror prequel. But, for a movie that deals in cliches and established horror conventions, this film is never as bad as you think it was bound to be. Yes, for the most part, it is a by-the-numbers affair with a typical horror cast and horror tropes. You know, this was quite the surprising film.
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