History YMMV / SurvivalOfTheDead

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Patrick (for getting some creative zombie kills and arguably being ALighterShadeOfBlack in the relatively unpopular FeudingFamilies plot) and his zombified, horse-riding daughter Jane are just as popular as the main characters if not moreso.

** Many people consider this to be one of the only scenes that actually felt like a Romero movie, if not the only.

** In a series that made one of its recurring themes that HumansAreTheRealMonsters and delivered said message with [[{{Anvilicious}} all of the subtlety of a shotgun blast to a zombie's face]], this is the film in which many critics believe the message hit rock bottom: the [[DesignatedHero "protagonists"]] are a bunch of AWOL soldiers who ditched their posts to become violent looters, and the WackyWaysideTribe that is most important to the plot is a pair of FeudingFamilies that are willing to keep trying to kill each other even when zombies are chewing on them both. While the main characters in past films at least had some redeeming qualities, here TooBleakStopCaring ensued, and it was one of the factors that made it a BoxOfficeBomb and a FranchiseKiller.

** In a series that made one of its recurring themes that HumansAreTheRealMonsters and delivered said message with [[{{Anvilicious}} all of the subtlety of a shotgun blast to a zombie's face]], this is the film in which many critics believe the message hit rock bottom: the [[DesignatedHero "protagonists"]] are a bunch of AWOL soldiers who ditched their posts to become violent looters, and the WackyWaysideTribe that is most important to the plot is a pair of FeudingFamilies that are willing to keep trying to kill each other even when zombies are chewing on them both. While the main characters in past films at least had some redeeming qualities, here DarknessInducedAudienceApathy ensued, and it was one of the factors that made it a BoxOfficeBomb and a FranchiseKiller.

** In a series that made one of its recurring themes that HumansAreTheRealMonsters and it delivered said message with all of the subtlety of a shotgun blast to the face, this is the film in which many critics believe the message hit rock bottom: the "protagonists" are a bunch of violent looters and the WackyWaysideTribe that is most important to the plot is a pair of FeudingFamilies that are willing to keep trying to kill each other even when zombies are chewing on them both. DarknessInducedAudienceApathy ensued, and it was one of the factors that made it a BoxOfficeBomb.
** From a special effects standpoint, this isn’t the first film to be criticized for [[SpecialEffectsFailure very obvious CGI]], as both [[Film/LandOfTheDead Land of the Dead]] and [[Film/DiaryOfTheDead Diary of the Dead]] also used CGI. Those films, however, still utilized mostly practical effects and only used CGI sparingly (and ''Diary'' used a FoundFootage style, helping cover up some of the flaws in the CGI), so it was more forgivable when it did pop up. This film tends to use more CGI than ever before, and given this films much lower budget, it’s ''much'' more noticable by comparison.

** From a special effects standpoint, this isn’t the first film to be criticized for [[SpecialEffectsFailure very obvious CGI]], as both [[Film/LandOfTheDead Land of the Dead]] and [[Film/DiaryOfTheDead Diary of the Dead]] also used CGI. Those films, however, still utilized mostly practical effects and only used CGI sparingly, so it was more forgivable when it did pop up. This film tends to use more CGI than ever before, and given this films much lower budget, it’s ''much'' more noticable by comparison.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: In a series that made one of its recurring themes that HumansAreTheRealMonsters and it delivered said message with all of the subtlety of a shotgun blast to the face, this is the film in which many critics believe the message hit rock bottom: the "protagonists" are a bunch of violent looters and the WackyWaysideTribe that is most important to the plot is a pair of FeudingFamilies that are willing to keep trying to kill each other even when zombies are chewing on them both. DarknessInducedAudienceApathy ensued, and it was one of the factors that made it a BoxOfficeBomb.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: In a series that made one of its recurring themes that HumansAreTheRealMonsters and it delivered said message with all of the subtlety of a shotgun blast to the face, this is the film that in which many critics believe the message hits rock bottom: the "protagonists" are a bunch of violent looters and the WackyWaysideTribe that is most important to the plot is a pair of FeudingFamilies that are willing to keep trying to kill each other even when zombies are chewing on them both. DarknessInducedAudienceApathy ensued, and it was one of the factors that made it a BoxOfficeBomb.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: In a series that made one of its recurring themes that HumansAreTheRealMonsters and it delivered said message with all of the subtlety of a shotgun blast to the face, this is the film that in which many critics believe the message hits rock bottom: the "protagonists" are a bunch of violent looters and the WackyWaysideTribe that is most important to the plot is a pair of FeudingFamilies that are willing to keep trying to kill each other even when zombies are chewing on them both.

* {{Sequelitis}}: Whereas the previous two films divided fans, this one was pretty unanimously condemned as being George A. Romero's worst zombie film, and arguably his worst film, ''ever''. Although, there are some who see this film as a step up from "Film/DiaryoftheDead".

* {{Sequelitis}}: Whereas the previous two films divided fans, this one was pretty unanimously condemned as being George A. Romero's worst zombie film, and arguably his worst film, ''ever''. Although, there are some who see this film as a step up from Diary of the Dead.

* {{Sequelitis}}: Whereas the previous two films divided fans, this one was pretty unanimously condemned as being George A. Romero's worst zombie film, and arguably his worst film, ''ever''. Although, there are some who see this film as a step up from Film/Diary of the dead.

* {{Sequelitis}}: Whereas the previous two films divided fans, this one was pretty unanimously condemned as being George A. Romero's worst zombie film, and arguably his worst film, ''ever''.

* NarmCharm: The fact that Crockett looks a great deal like BillyMays makes the film ''far'' more amusing.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Crockett lighting up a cigarette using the burning head of a zombie he shot with a flare gun as his lighter.
* FridgeBrilliance: Either Nicotine Crockett had a twin brother [[LandoftheDead who worked in Pittsburgh]] or he got better.

* NightmareFuel:
** Zombies residing at the bottom of a lake, clawing at any human that dares swim by, is pretty damn scary, especially if you can't swim. FridgeHorror [[IncrediblyLamePun sinks]] in if you think about how this could apply to any body of water that had people around it at the time of the ZombieApocalypse, and is deep enough for them to stay in.
** Also, "alive" zombie heads on pikes, still moaning.

* NightmareFuel: Zombies residing at the bottom of a lake, clawing at any human that dares swim by, is pretty damn scary, especially if you can't swim. FridgeHorror [[IncrediblyLamePun sinks]] in if you think about how this could apply to any body of water that had people around it at the time of the ZombieApocalypse, and is deep enough for them to stay in.
** Also, "alive" zombie heads on pikes, still moaning.

FridgeBrilliance: Either Nicotine Crockett had a twin brother [[LandoftheDead who worked in Pittsburgh]] or he got better.

FridgeBrilliance: Either Nicotine Crockett had a twin brother [[LandoftheDead who worked in Pittsburgh]] or he changed his name and gave himself a promotion.