Product: Zombies Anonymous
Rating: 4.0
Ahh, human flesh...so delicious!
Feeling a little cold? Slow? Lifeless?There is hope for the walking dead.Zombies Anonymous.This low budget chomp-a-thon is totally genius. I had super-low expectations, but this is just great stuff for the zombie fan.The setup reminds me of the TV series TRUE BLOOD. Instead of vampires, it's zombies trying to coexist in the land of the living. This reaffirms just how much most real people suck.It starts off with a pretty intense domestic disturbance. A controlling psycho boyfriend shoots his woman in the head when she tries to breakup with him. But, she doesn't completely die.She becomes a confused member of the undead. I know, this makes no sense in the realm of Zombiedom, but get over it. Allow the rules to be bent a little, K?This gal goes to a zombie support group to talk with some other flesh eaters. Too freakin' funny! They try to eat doughnuts(because thats what people do at these meetings) but quickly barf 'em back up. Oh well, they're not good for anybody anyway.There are some other ways these dead folk try to fit in and avoid being crucified by the living. There is a popular skin cream called "Look Alive!" that helps cover up hanging flesh wounds and hideous scars.Each one of the zombs do their best to look "normal" and integrate themselves back into society.But unfortunately, this is no easy task. Jobs are hard to come by. Imagine getting served at the local diner by a waiter that shambles and coughs up blood into your food. Not too appetizing.Plus, there are plenty of angry people that make it impossible for the dead to make a living. How would you like to be the employee that gets replaced by a corpse that will work for half the wages? Tempers flare, and a spectacularly gory war ensues.Besides the great twist on the genre, Zombies Anonymous has nice doses of humor mixed in but not overdone. Plus it has the mandatory sick gory human devourage. No CGI, just plenty of real looking blood and guts. Excellent.But there are some slight issues too though. It is very low budget, the camera work is below average and the acting is perfunctory, at best. Nudity really has no place in making a nice cohesive zombie story, but for some reason I'm always disappointed when it's not squeezed in. These zombies sometimes shamble, other times they walk normally or even run. Plus, they talk, think, and can function adequately? Yeah, it's a stretch. Finally, the reason people become zombies after a car wreck or whatever fatal incident is never explained. That might turn off some viewers.Still, I'll take this over DIARY OF THE DEAD anyday. A surprisingly solid film to bite into.