I haven't been this let down by a film's ending since 'Enemy' starring Jake Gyllenhaal. I mean, seriously a big frickin' spider? Really? But I digress. The Civil Dead got so much right for the first two thirds of the movie, and then fizzled out into the worst ending. Without giving anything away, I'll just say that neither lead character is given a complete story arc and we leave them almost exactly how we found them. Movies like this make me ask, "Why, what's the point?" A good film can't be a series of questions that never get answered, and it seems irresponsible to roll credits when the story has yet to end. Both male leads (Clay Tatum and Whitmer Thomas) are fun to watch and their chemistry is very natural. The quality of the film is impressive for a low budget Indie, and for the first feature from director Clay Tatum. I'm of the opinion that an entire story only exists for its ending, so this film disappoints at the fundamental level. A person can count on exactly two things from filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan: a stupid twist ending and a giant turkey of a movie. Those two things are mutually inclusive, bad endings cause bad movies. This movie isn't bad because its ending isn't really an ending, but it isn't good either for the same reason.