Funny zombie spoof...but not quite as funny as it could have been.

Rating: 8/10 (1 January 2005)

This movie offers plenty of laughs for the most part and is a very enjoyable zombie spoof movie. Not quite as good though as Peter Jackson's "Dead Alive", it still offers plenty to the viewer to see and laugh about. This movie is about a guy going through romantic problems, and other problems as well such as a dead end job and two other roommates that are on opposite ends of the spectrum causing headaches for our hero. While all these mundane things are going on there are numerous reports of strange happenings being announced, but our hero just switches the channel or ignores it and is completely oblivious to the fact zombies are going on a rampage. It is a bit of a slow set up, but it is funny watching him totally unaware of the fact people are being killed. Then the zombies attack in full force and the movie really picks up. Unfortunately, some times in the movie it seems to be an "Airplane" type spoof then in the next turn it gets a wee bit too serious for its own good. These scenes just don't seem to fit in with the rest of the movie. However, it does not deter from the movie all that much and in the end it is very much a comedy first, romance second, and horror a distant third. Some rather nice zombie effects here and there as there is a scene where a zombie falls on a pipe, and another person gets pulled apart, but for the most part it is not a gore fest. In fact, in scenes where people do get killed it seems a bit out of place seeing how light hearted the movie is at times. Worth a look and worth more than a couple of laughs.