If you are a die-hard zombie movie fan or even a a Horror B-movie fan then you definitely want to give this one a watch. The firs5 half of the movie moved a little bit slowly, especially with all of the terrible acting and poor writing. The good news is, is that this schlocky film injects a bit of fun finally by adding some great zombie action sequences peppered with a bit of fear.
Candyman (Tony Todd) certainly has certainly been in so many films since that movie. **Goes to check IMDB**. I may not recognize all of the films, but there sure are a lot of them! Especially in the last few years. He was even in the tv show The Orville! Anyways, back to the movie! I am about 20 minutes in so far and will keep you all posted as I continue to get deeper into this film.
****Edit: Halfway through the movie**** Ok, so it's definitely a cheesy B movie...but we already knew that. The film has a fair bit of zombie action which makes it good in my books. Since the movie clearly isn't going anywhere with its poor story writing, below average acting and terrible editing, at least it starts to make up for that by providing decent action sequence(s). The zombie slaying and bashing isn't even choreographed that well, but there is a good scary feel to being trapped in that maze of underground sewer tunnels with all of those hungry undead. Perhaps the second half of the film will continue with as much decent action as the first half? If it does and it continues to pepper all those action scenes with fear then I am ok with that.
There is even some kind of villain woman who has the worst evil fake laugh I have ever heard! She even wears an eyepatch and all black attire! You have to watch the graveyard scene where she starts off by maniacally laughing at our protagonist. The bad acting in this fake evil laughter is borderline legendary! See 48:00 to see what I am talking about! I am talking some real Roger Cornan Plan-9 From Outer Space cheesy laughter! Up to this point they just killed the main villain in a graveyard full of zombies, so unless she manages to somehow come back from the dead with her human intelligence, we are basically out of bad guys, out of story arc and just plain out of everything as they are all used up!
Unless our villain returns from the dead (quite possible) then that would certainly put more logs onto the fire allowing this film to continue forwards from here-on until the end. So I bid you adieu until the end of this movie, where I will come back to edit this comment for a final remaining 50% of the movie in review!
*****Edit: Final 50% of the film:*****. Surprisingly the rest of the movie is jam packed with action! As mentioned I am totally ok with this because the acting sucks, the writing and editing suck, but the action is great, even better than the first half of the film! I would be remiss if I didn't mention the part where our hero hops into a piece of farm equipment...a combine no-less and begins mowing down zombies by the hundreds! They call the machine a "Zombine" instead of a combine! For hardcore zombie film aficionados I know you are going to love this part as blood and guts go flying literally everywhere!
Ok the good news is that the final 50% is all action except for the ending which has one heck of a twist in it. I like that they did that twist too! A lot of people didn't like that twist of an ending, but i sure did! Anytime a movie can touch on emotions means that the movie is good enough for you to connect with it. It has a great ending and makes this entire B Zombie movie worth the watch. If you are a die hard zombie film aficionado then this film is a must see and comes recommended. As I am a zombie aficionado I enjoyed it and rate this film 6.5/10, which is a fairly high rating as far as B zombie movies go. Watch it! If you aren't a zombie fan then you should probably avoid it. If you are a B horror movie fan, then it's also recommended. Everyone else avoid this movie like the plague!
Candyman (Tony Todd) certainly has certainly been in so many films since that movie. **Goes to check IMDB**. I may not recognize all of the films, but there sure are a lot of them! Especially in the last few years. He was even in the tv show The Orville! Anyways, back to the movie! I am about 20 minutes in so far and will keep you all posted as I continue to get deeper into this film.
****Edit: Halfway through the movie**** Ok, so it's definitely a cheesy B movie...but we already knew that. The film has a fair bit of zombie action which makes it good in my books. Since the movie clearly isn't going anywhere with its poor story writing, below average acting and terrible editing, at least it starts to make up for that by providing decent action sequence(s). The zombie slaying and bashing isn't even choreographed that well, but there is a good scary feel to being trapped in that maze of underground sewer tunnels with all of those hungry undead. Perhaps the second half of the film will continue with as much decent action as the first half? If it does and it continues to pepper all those action scenes with fear then I am ok with that.
There is even some kind of villain woman who has the worst evil fake laugh I have ever heard! She even wears an eyepatch and all black attire! You have to watch the graveyard scene where she starts off by maniacally laughing at our protagonist. The bad acting in this fake evil laughter is borderline legendary! See 48:00 to see what I am talking about! I am talking some real Roger Cornan Plan-9 From Outer Space cheesy laughter! Up to this point they just killed the main villain in a graveyard full of zombies, so unless she manages to somehow come back from the dead with her human intelligence, we are basically out of bad guys, out of story arc and just plain out of everything as they are all used up!
Unless our villain returns from the dead (quite possible) then that would certainly put more logs onto the fire allowing this film to continue forwards from here-on until the end. So I bid you adieu until the end of this movie, where I will come back to edit this comment for a final remaining 50% of the movie in review!
*****Edit: Final 50% of the film:*****. Surprisingly the rest of the movie is jam packed with action! As mentioned I am totally ok with this because the acting sucks, the writing and editing suck, but the action is great, even better than the first half of the film! I would be remiss if I didn't mention the part where our hero hops into a piece of farm equipment...a combine no-less and begins mowing down zombies by the hundreds! They call the machine a "Zombine" instead of a combine! For hardcore zombie film aficionados I know you are going to love this part as blood and guts go flying literally everywhere!
Ok the good news is that the final 50% is all action except for the ending which has one heck of a twist in it. I like that they did that twist too! A lot of people didn't like that twist of an ending, but i sure did! Anytime a movie can touch on emotions means that the movie is good enough for you to connect with it. It has a great ending and makes this entire B Zombie movie worth the watch. If you are a die hard zombie film aficionado then this film is a must see and comes recommended. As I am a zombie aficionado I enjoyed it and rate this film 6.5/10, which is a fairly high rating as far as B zombie movies go. Watch it! If you aren't a zombie fan then you should probably avoid it. If you are a B horror movie fan, then it's also recommended. Everyone else avoid this movie like the plague!