This Is Not a Test Review — Olivia Holt Can’t Save Such a Hollow Apocalypse

THIS IS NOT A TEST Review: Could It Be Time to Hold Off On Zombie Movies For a Bit?

Adam MacDonald's film stars Olivia Holt, Froy Gutierrez, Luke MacFarlane, Corteon Moore, Carson MacCormac, and Chloe Avakian. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

‘This Is Not a Test’ gives less than the bare minimum

Olivia Holt in “This is Not a Test.” (Photo provided by IFC Films) The beginning of Adam MacDonald’s “This Is Not a Test” is disorienting – and not in the way you expect a zombie apocalypse movie to be.  We meet our protagonist, Sloane (Olivia Holt). She’s sitting in the bathtub and reading a suicide note, and it’s pretty cut and dry where this scene is headed. She’s interrupted by her dad, and when we meet him, we understand a little more what’…

This Is Not a Test Review — Olivia Holt Can’t Save Such a Hollow Apocalypse

Mid-February can be a sneakily great time for horror fans. While major studios often dump their less confident projects during this window, independent distributors like IFC frequently take the opportunity to release a low-budget indie surprise that catches everyone off guard. Going into This Is Not a Test, I wasn’t particularly familiar with the previous work of director Adam MacDonald (Backcountry), but I was genuinely interested in seeing Oli…