Hide and Creep
Tags: violence

Plot synopsis:
A southern town is simultaneously attacked by a UFO and zombies (a reference to Plan 9 from Outer Space, although it is unclear whether or not the two are related or coincidental in this film). A government agent (played by John Walker) parachutes in to investigate reports of UFO sightings. Upon arriving, he finds zombies springing from the graveyard. He is killed by one of them (this zombie virus is contagious, spread by biting). From here, the movie splits into four main stories.
=== Story 1 ===
Three men must defend their hunting club from attacking zombies, which can only be killed by head wounds. The men encounter the zombies outside their hunting lodge, but having neglected to bring any guns with them, they split up in the woods in an attempt to escape. Two of the men make it back to their hunting lodge and begin firing on the zombies. One of the men try to contact the sheriff's office, but the sheriff is out and they are advised by an agent from the Department of Home Land Defense to shoot the zombies in the head and avoid being bitten. The third man is wounded and makes it back to the lodge after his two friends have dispatched the zombies. His friends ask him what caused his wound and he claims he ran into a tree, when in fact he was bitten by a zombie. The men leave the woods to help defend the town. Eventually, the two non-infected friends are forced to kill the wounded man when he begins to show signs of infection. Lee, one of the remaining men, goes to a grocery store, where he is accused of being a zombie himself. The grocery store employees begin brutally beating him. His friend (Keith) walks by the store and witnesses what is happening to Lee, but is too late to stop it from happening. Assuming there was nothing he could do, Keith goes back to the nearby strip club. The strippers have been zombified and chase him out, but he learns they are afraid of the dark. After calling the local radio station with this information, Keith returns to his house, which his two daughters have been left to defend all alone. Keith takes his daughters and the secretary (Barbara from the police station) and her ex-boyfriend with him and they flee the town in Keith's SUV. However, as they are leaving the town, Keith's youngest daughter states that she is hungry and wants something to eat. Keith promises her they will get some food soon. But she grabs Keith's hand and bites him, and the SUV careens off the road.
=== Story 2 ===
A man is found naked in the graveyard, looking for his car and girlfriend after being briefly abducted by aliens. He goes to the police station, where he is able to find a pair of pants, and meets up with a group of a couple other guys and the secretary of the police station. He and she go off into town, do very little, and ultimately ending up at the same house as the man in story 1.
=== Story 3 ===
The town's preacher is attacked by a zombie in his church and is forced to kill the zombie while sustaining a bite wound on his hand. A worried woman asks him to give an impromptu sermon later in the day to comfort the people of the town. The preacher then goes and looks for some alcohol to dull the pain in his hand. However he lives in a dry county. The preacher is forced to steal some liquor from a party being hosted by a pushy woman who borrowed folding chairs from him earlier in the day. The woman tries to stop him but he bites her, and is then horrified by his newfound bloodlust. Later, he gives his flock the requested sermon in the form of an angry rant. He tells his flock that they should not expect the comfort and answers that they seek, when they can't even be bothered to attend regular services. Then he tells them that this is the end of the world, and he states he has no answers and shows them the wound on his hand. A zombie walks in and then the preacher kills the zombie, protecting his flock when, yet again, they show themselves to be incapable or unwilling to act for themselves. The preacher then asks God to forgive him and shoots himself in the head and splatters his blood on a woman of his congregation, and she screams. This ends the preacher story thread.
=== Story 4 ===
The scene opens on Chuck sleeping on the floor of his store, "Chuck's Super Video World". He is awakened by one of his customers banging on his front door trying to return a DVD because the drop-box has many anti-Hollywood pamphlets. The two men have a discussion about wide-screen vs. full-screen, and to make his customer happy, Chuck lets him have a free rental of the full-screen version of Citizen Kane.
Chuck then hears something in the back of his store and goes to investigate the noise. He finds nothing at first, but then a zombie grabs him and pulls him back into the store. The zombie and Chuck fight briefly, and Chuck knocks out the zombie with a VCR to the head. The VCR then ejects Chuck's missing copy of Night of the Living Dead.
Chuck attempts to contact the chief of police but he is out of town, and the secretary asks him to call back on Monday when the chief returns. Chuck then calls his mother and asks her how to get blood out of his T-shirt because he got blood on himself while fighting the zombie, and after she gives him a brief history of stain removal, she reveals that hydrogen peroxide works best. Chuck tells his mother what happened and makes plans to dispose of the corpse.
Chuck loads the zombie into his truck and takes it to the police station and leaves it there with a post it note on the head with his name and number on it and instructions for the police chief to contact him on Monday when he gets back.
Chuck leaves to go to breakfast and becomes aggravated when the restaurant he chooses doesn't have any Coke but offers him Pepsi instead. Chuck is next seen eating his breakfast as the character Chris sits down and starts talking to him about the corpse that Chuck left at the police station when Barbara, the secretary at the police station, calls looking for Chris.
The two men go to the cemetery to look for Barbara's car which was taken by the agent from the Dept of Homeland Defense. They get to the cemetery and find the agent and Michael, and give them both a ride back to the police station. Everyone decides to try to find Barbara's car while Chuck volunteers to stay behind in case someone calls the police station.
Chuck kills time by smoking some confiscated marijuana and waiting for the college football game to come on. Chuck watches TV while waiting for the game to come on and is upset when the game is preempted for a news report about the zombies in town. The newscaster then calls the police station and gets Chuck. The newscaster assumes that Chuck is a cop, but Chuck corrects him and then asks the newscaster to put the game back on, but the newscaster is persistent and gets Chuck to talk about the zombies. After telling what he knows about the zombies, Chuck again tries to get the newscaster to put the game back on; unfortunately it does not work, and the news broadcast continues.
Later Chuck finds out from a radio broadcast that the zombies are afraid of the dark and waits for night to fall before trying to make his escape.
Chuck is the last character seen alive and he is about to leave the police station to make a run for it, when he hears that the game is about to be broadcast. Chuck checks his watch and sees that he has enough time to watch the game, and sits down to watch as the movie ends and the credits roll.

Review: So if you're a stickler for a multi-million dollar budget and a film that takes itself too seriously, you may well want to avoid Hide and Creep.
On the other hand, if you're like most genre fans and enjoy the occasional humor with your Horror, you should get a kick out of this film.
If you like films along the lines of Bad Taste, Evil Dead 2, Evil Aliens and Slither then you'll probably understand this movie.Hide and Creep is both a parody and an homage to Romero and Raimi and Jackson.
Lots of bad makeup and iffy effects that some movies would expect the audience to believe as genuine.
I know I just want to see something that I have not seen a million times already and I believe with this movie there are some real fresh moments.
I would definitely recommend this movie not because it's perfect or wonderful, but because it's funny and has some new zombie moments in it.
I don't recall ever seeing that before in a zombie film and it actually makes some sense.
The quality isn't perfect so when you rent it do not expect top of the line Romero style Zombies, it's an Independent Film and it shows..
IF you enjoy low budget horror films, give this one a try.
As usual, the acting isn't great and blah blah blah, but if your renting a low budget movie you know what your getting into before you start to watch it.
I like these movies for many different reasons and that is a whole other topic altogether, perhaps in the forums...This movie starts out quite amusingly with Chuck (writer/director/producer/actor) in his movie rental shop in rural Alabama, chastising a person on the phone about ZOMBIE films.
If you are a casual fan of ZOMBIE films and like the new trend of horror films not taking themselves too seriously, then I can offer no better movie in that style than this.Camp, fun, charm and style, this flick has it all.
I have no idea about the national release of this film, but I recommend it to just about anyone with a sense of humor and looking for a horrific-ZOMBIEfied time!To answer questions, yeah, there is nudity, yeah they have to be shot in the head, yeah, there are a lot of inside jokes for Alabamaians that won't all be lost on everyone else, and yeah, Coke is better than Pepsi!.
"Hide and Creep" has the look of an undiscovered 80's zombie movie and the heart of one too.
Again if you haven't watched this then watch it but don't expect to be knocked out of your chair by effects (although done well on apparently a low budget) or blown away by the storyline (again a few good shots at zombie movies aside) Just watch it and have fun please!!!!!.
By the looks of things, this was an extremely low budget movie.
I turned this movie on knowing it was a zombie horror slash comedy.
"Hide And Creep" is a zombie comedy from a southern-fried point of view on a very low budget.
The film is directed by Chuck Hartsell and Chance Shirley, "Hide And Creep" actually forgets it is low budget horror and so did I.
Residents of small Southern town Thorsby, AL contend with bloodthirsty zombies, a mysterious flying saucer, and bad television reception."Hide And Creep"starts off right out with a pretty eye opening first scene that makes you realize you are about to watch a funny f*cking zombie movie.
I know it was a good flick because my boyfriend hates these funny zombie films and he watched it all the way through with a smile on his face!
Even the actors recruited for this projected committed completely to their characters and a few took it over-the-top enough to stand out as super f*cking funny!The special effects where really low budget-where talking back to Romero's original zombie film with the painted, ghoulish faces and few amp'd up zombies at all.
"Hide And Seek" is a true celebration of indie/low budget zombie movie making and as embraceable to the horror fan, zombie fan in particular, as "Night Of The Living Dead" and "Shaun Of The Dead".
No question "Hide and Creep" can rightfully take it's place on the low budget fun shelf, next to the likes of "Inbred Redneck Alien Abduction", and "Night Feeders".
If you look past the cheap effects, and latch onto the lighthearted idea of rednecks trying to outsmart zombies, you will be entertained.
The characters are funny and distinct, and the acting was actually quite good for a low budget independent film.
I'll say instead that if you don't like this film, then you simply haven't seen enough movies.
I have my Tivo set up to record ANYTHING zombie related and found that it picked up H&C on SciFi. My initial impression was that it might be TOO low budget for me to enjoy but after watching it for about 30 minutes I found myself being thoroughly entertained.
Sure, it's low budget, it pays homage to other B-movies and the acting isn't going to win any Oscars.
For all that, it does a decent job of entertaining with the premise of rednecks battling zombies.There isn't a lot of sleaze; only one scene with minor nudity, nor does the gore go over the top, so it isn't a schlockfest.
It looks like a movie that was fun to work on.Good enough for zombie fans?
They lurch, drool, bite and bleed like zombies should.This is a beer and chips movie, without doubt.
With that said, know that this is not about to be said to "defend my friends".I would estimate that there are a lot of people out there, some being those who have commented on this film, that are victims to the commercialization of the movie industry...and more importantly the effects that this commercialization has had on the ART of film MAKING.
Watching movies is far from being educated enough to critique the work of someone's film...
Some of you on the other hand seem to be informed somewhat as to what it actually takes (monetarily, time, sacrifice, TALENT, skill, etc.) To this latter group, I'm not speaking to you and I know that your comments are appreciated greatly.To the other group, and to anyone else who wants to see this film, it is a good product and I highly recommend it.
They do the work in their bedrooms on a Mac, have a few people come and work with them, and the rest is shear desire and talent that makes these films.I counted 7 of the comments as being absolutely worthless and void of any real educated critique.
I didn't have anything to do with this film as the credits show and I have seen maybe 3 people that had anything to do with it in the past...3 years or so.Personally, I love being around film-making and I think it's absolutely one of the most enjoyable things I've ever done.
Hide and Creep is by far one of the all time worst films ever made.
The folks that made Hide and Creep must have literally yanked some distributor to get this waste of good film stock into the rental stores.
Much of the humor in this film will probably play better to people who've lived in the South, but I think it has appeal for many genre fans."Hide and Creep" is a nice change from the usual crop of poor straight-to-video horror films that have been coming out of the South over the past few years.
Unlike some of the terrible works by rather talentless directors such as Jeff Thomas, et al., Hartsell and Shirley's film isn't heavy-handed and full of religious agenda (see "13 Seconds" if you'd like to see what I'm talking about).
I'd really like to see what they could do with a real budget and hopefully they've gotten one by now because these folks have a shot at doing something great in horror if they're given the chance.Considering that this was Hartsell & Shirley's first film, it's an excellent effort from two people who are obviously fellow horror fans.
My friends and I still quote lines from it and we still get together and watch it when we have our zombie movie get togethers.
The acting was OK, the plot was OK and the effects were a little on the cheap side but for a low budget movie and entertainment it really does get much better than this movie..
Keep in mind that it is a low budget cheap cheezy zombie movie.
The low budget is obvious but the filmmakers do a great job of stretching that budget and the final result is not a bad piece of work.The characters are surprisingly deep and the actors portraying them give them a realness and are believable.This type of film may not appeal to everyone but I suppose the only ones renting it will be the type who will enjoy it..
It was obviously made by folks who know and love horror movies--especially zombie flicks.
This is evidenced in the opening scene where Chuck, the video store guy, talks over the phone with a customer about zombie films (while "Plan Nine" plays on the TV, no less).
And it was worth a hundred of Hollywood's big-budget, CGI lovin', based-on-a-video-game, crappy zombie flicks.
Although not a great film, I did like a lot more of it than I thought I would.Hide and Creep jumps around a lot as it tells the tale of a small town besieged by the living dead, as well as government agents, and aliens.
The naked guy who was abducted, the ex-deputy and his ex-girlfriend, and the video shop owner all take up time for the basic, "survive" zombie plot.
With all these characters it would have made it more fun to have a siege style film like Feast...well with zombies instead of monsters.Still, Hide and Creep had its entertaining moments, mostly with the hunters, and their dialogue, but it didn't make up for long boring times with the other characters.
Although I didn't rate it super high, I would recommend this for low budget zombie fans.
My ex told me this movie was good and as a fan of zombie movies I expected to like it.
Some of the dialogue is good (namely the zombie movie phone convo and the coke vs.
Any good review of this film was done by someone that had a stake in the movie.
This waste of time is supposed to be an amusing spoof on low budget zombie movies.
Retail shops such as Hollywood Video and Blockbuster must be forced into taking movies like Hide and Creep with the promise of cheap fees or royalties.
The people behind Hide and Creep may think they're paying homage to greats like Night of the Living Dead and Evil Dead, but all they are really doing is creating a waste of time for any human being dumb enough to fall for the fake reviews on the DVD cover art.
I hope, no, I pray that these southern goof balls never touch a camera again and stick with what they're good at...watching movies, not making them..
I'll be the first to admit that I don't usually like or even understand zombie movies but this one is worse than most.I guess they are trying to be funny but they fail massively.The only time I laughed was when the guy at the police station told the TV guy to put the game back on.They keep trying to use the same joke about the one guy loving his car more than his girlfriend but it wasn't even funny the first time.I wasn't really expecting it to be funny but I was expecting some kind of plot and there wasn't any.There is literally no story or ending.Zombies show up and bite some people, end of movie.The worst part is that anyone who has a speaking part and gets bitten never transforms into a real zombie.They eat brains but just look human.This is definitely one of the worst movies I have ever seen..
Hide and creep.I like the title.I heard about this being on the sci-fi channel the other night.Let me say these guys have been watching shaun of the dead too much.No!I take that back.One can never watch Shaun of the dead too much.It is a funny ass zombie movie.H&C tries to be the same.It has some very funny jokes.Really.Most of the characters are likible.But it just suffers too much from its ultra-low-budget-trappings which drag it down.But hey my hat is totally off to the guys who made hide and creep.At least they got off they're butts and made a flick that actually received national distribution.Kudos guys.I hope they get a budget next time..
Imagine if a group of High School students decided to shoot a zombie movie for fun and use it on halloween for laughs.
I got my poor wife excited into watching a great, funny horror movie, "Better than Shaun of the Dead," which we loved, and after 45 minutes she got up and quietly walked away and left me to watch it alone.
I just fast forwarded it and didn't even bother watching the accompanying short movie.I feel like finding out who the reviewer on the CD cover was that said it's "Better than Shaun of the Dead." That's the reason I rented it.
I like zombie movies but this amateur effort has nothing going for it at all.
I don't really mind that the zombie makeup is pathetic or the lousy acting but there's very little story and absolutely zero laughs.When someone makes a really terrible amateurish film like this you always see comments like "so funny, buy the DVD!" - why would any normal viewer suggest that?
it's not as good as resident evil but it's still a 10 i did not even get scared when it came on sci channel last week long advertisement though but it was still awesome though that was the best movie i saw that had zombies cause it had a lot of light and the dude who wrote it if your on here good job dude.Shaun of the dead was good to.la.la.la.Ad.Ad.Ad.brass monkey junkie that monkey monkey.
awesome movie dude Freddy is better than zombies.i hope bub the chainsaw dude is dead it was never closed..........i live in Texas thats why...........it sucks bad-ass.i ate.eye.cool.mummy.ass.jackass.Darin.i hate comments.they suck like you-tube..
In the future, I'd like to see more with the actor who plays the bullet biting zombie in the police station--great scene..
This movie rocks: Southern style Zombie action..
Also, when the only person alive in the police station tells the TV reporter to turn the SEC football game back on, it made me realize this cast injected some real southern dialogue into a Zombie movie.Overall, this is a great movie, but you should know what to expect if you watch it.
This a hilarious zombie movie done on a limited budget, but I think there is some real talent in the crew.
Pretty funny zombie movie.
"Hide and Creep" is a pretty funny zombie/comedy.**SPOILERS**The town of Thornsbury, Alabama is a typical redneck town, and everyone loves it that way.
There's really no gags against the zombies, but from what the characters are doing in the film.
Everything is laid out pretty quickly, and that is a great thing for a film to be like, as a pace with lots of action is never really a bad thing.
And frankly, any movie that features a lesbian zombie scene isn't going down as a bad movie at all in any red-blooded males book.The Bad News: The one thing about the film is it's comedy.
The makeup was subpar, all the zombies looked like people that needed a good night's sleep.
This is a zombie movie comedy, it's not a horror film by any stretch of the imagination.
That movie was garbage.This film even shows a surprising amount of intelligence.
You'll never, EVER hear mention of such a thing in a Hollywood movie because they assume that the audience is way too stupid to know what a 64 1/2 Mustang is, and they would become confused and disoriented.The acting is really low-key, everyone just takes the zombies in stride, dealing with them much like they would a herd of cattle that got loose and began roaming around town.
When was the last time Hollywood poured $20 million into a film and actually produced a laugh?
And to make the whole thing more entertaining, they have the regular people in the town going about their lives while everything else is going on.The entire movie is filled with good one-liners, and comments that you get if you have ever hung out with gun nuts or rednecks for any length of time.
This isn't a brilliant movie, but it is vastly entertaining considering it was made for like ten bucks.
Rednecks *hate* zombies.Perhaps it's because I'm from the South, but I felt a special kinship with this movie.
One of my main criticisms of Romero's movies has been that slow moving zombies are no match for a guy with a gun.
I can forgive a couple of guys trying to cash in and ride on the coattails of a "funny" zombie movie like Shaun of the Dead and the Hartsells were heading in the right direction, but lack of money, lack of writing talent, and lack of any real directorial ability dooms them from the start.
HIDE AND CREEP takes place in a Southern redneck town, where a zombie plague has suddenly sprung up.
But I'll tell you what - put some more money into the project, some better writers for the dialogue, and a new director and an idea like HIDE AND CREEP has real funny possibilities..
HIDE AND CREEP is another indie horror flick based around redneck zombie mayhem.