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Mr_Vindictive
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« on: August 23, 2005, 07:57:05 AM »

Rented this flick from the local Blockbuster over the weekend after reading some good reviews.  Most of the reviews said that it was the funniest horror film to come out in years and that it was better than Shaun Of The Dead.  Hell, I loved Shaun!  This film should be pure bliss then, right?

Here's the basic plot:  A small Alabama town is being suddenly overrun by zombies after a flying saucer was sighted in the area.  Now it's up to the local residents to take down the zombies and keep the city safe.

The film starts out decently enough with Chuck, the local video store guy, getting into an argument with a customer over zombie films.  Apparently Chuck's store is all out of zombie films as everyone in the town has been renting them out.  Soon, Chuck is attacked by a zombie whom he kills with a VCR.  He calls the police station only to find that the sheriff is out of town, as is the deputy.  So, Chuck takes the body and leaves it at the local police station.

Then, we are introduced to a trio of gun lovin' rednecks lead by Keith, the mullet wearing owner of the local gun club.  They come upon one of the their friends in the woods being eaten, and they watch as they discuss Art Bell, Coast 2 Coast AM and what might have caused the corpses to reanimate.  They eventually run back to their club to fight off the zombies.

Now, we are introduced to a preacher who's congregation just uses him for money or anything else that is convienent for them.  He eventually gets bitten by a zombie and raoms through the town.

So, does the film sound like a mess?  Well, it is.  There is little structure to what's going on in the film and it's pretty much just a normal low budget zombie flick.  The acting is awful, the camera/sound isn't too good and it was a big disappointment for me.

The main problem I had with the film was with the fx.  Sure it's a low budget comedy/horror flick but come on!  I laughed when I saw the first zombie which consisted of a fat guy in a suit with white clown make-up on his face and black shoe polish under his eyes like f'ing Rambo.  By the end of the film, I had seen hundreds of people in similar make-up and it was terrible.

The number one thing that I love about low budget films is their ingenuity when it comes to fx and gore.  This film's idea of ingenuity is blood on someone's face to let you know they are dead, or shooting zombies with red paintballs to show them getting "shot".  I would have loved to have seen some imagination go into this.

Another problem was that the film wasn't redneck enough for me.  The cover tries to sell you that it's a film all about rednecks blowing away zombies, but it's not.  If you are going to do something like that, make the characters act like rednecks.  A southern accent  and a mullet doesn't make you a 'neck by anymeans.  There were so many ways that this film could have gone better.  I can only imagine the fun possibilites of making a zombie film all about rednecks, it'd be great!  

I will warn you at this point that I'm going to post a SPOILER, so don't read it if you don't want to know the zombie's weakness.  You might want to read it, because I don't think any of you would want to watch the film after reading this:

THE DAMN ZOMBIES ARE AFRAID OF THE FRICKIN DARK!

End Spoiler

How stupid can a plot point be?  I think my brain started to bleed a little bit at this point.

Do not rent this film.  It's not that funny and not good overall.  Also stray away from it if you do not like male nudity cause it's here in an abundance.

2/10

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« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2005, 08:10:37 AM »

so this film is bad, but not in a good way yeah? that sucks. if you're going to make it bad it might as well be hilariously bad - that goes without saying.

I havent seen shaun of the dead yet... all my friends have said its very funny.

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« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2005, 08:33:08 AM »

Yep, not bad in a good way bad in a seriously bad way.


As for Shaun Of The Dead, go buy it now.  Don't wait.  If you are at work, give your boss the finger and go buy it!

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« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2005, 03:16:46 AM »

I haven't seen this one....hell I'd never heard of it until now.
Thanks for the recommendation Skaboi.

I'll have to go rent it.

And hell yes "Shaun of the Dead" was good!
Good zombie killing fun.

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