Zombie Town

When I initially started watching this movie, I was willing to accept the fact that this was a low budget movie.  I knew that the special effects weren't gonna be great.  I was willing to over look that.  I was even willing to over look the plot hole of a zombie being arrested.  But I'm getting ahead of myself.  Let's back up a bit.

The movie opens in the woods somewhere.  A group of friends have decided to get away for the weekend.  For one reason or another each of the friends has a reason to go away.  One friend decides to take a walk by himself through the woods.  Alone.  At night.  Bad idea.  When the opening credits are finished rolling this guy is now a zombie and has managed to stumble back to the cabin where is friends are.  Needless to say, he eats all of them.  At this point, I'm enjoying the movie.  I've looked past the bad acting and the bad special effects.

The next morning a couple of guys (who know the dead guys) hear about what happened.  They do some of their own investigating before calling the cops.  Once the cops are called in, things go down hill.  Down hill for the movie and for the characters in it.  A zombie gets arrested.  The next scene cuts to the guy screaming and growling from his jail cell.  How exactly did they manage to put the guy in handcuffs? How'd they get him in and out of the car?  How'd they get him into the cell?  I've got more questions.  None of which get answered.

So, the guy is laying in the cell, and some sort of snake-looking thing eats it's way out of his chest.  This thing crawls into the toilet.  And then, the sheriff sits on the toilet.  You can guess what happens next.

As it turns out, this really wasn't a zombie movie after all.  It was an alien invasion movie.  That being said, I won't be able to rate this film.  I guess if I did, it'd get a 2.  But, it's not really a zombie movie.  The soundtrack is what gives this movie the rating.  It's evenly mixed with Heavy Metal and Country Music.  Those are two of my favorite genres of music.  But that's not enough to save this film.  I don't recommend this one at all.

Exit Humanity

This zombie flick takes place in 1875, ten years after the American Civil war has ended.  The main character, Edward Young has returned home from a hunting trip to find that his son is missing and his wife is a zombie.  Edward begins to wander around looking for other people, shelter and food.  He meets another man who is trying to rescue his sister from some Confederate Soldiers who refuse to accept that the war is over.  Much like The Walking Dead season 3, there are alot of fights between the living in this movie.

There a some very cool animated intervals that add to the story.  The animated shorts are taken from the journal that Edward keeps along his journey through the Southern United States.

The special effects team did a great job.  The zombies looked very scary.  Dee Wallace has a small role in this film as a woman with a secret.  You may remember Dee from her role as Elliot's mother in E.T.

Somewhere in the movie I became somewhat bored.  The movie ran a little too long.  Near the end of the movie Edward has somehow gained control of the zombies and he leads them to battle.  I probably missed something very important to the film's plot when I became bored.

Despite the flaws in this movie, I still enjoyed watching it.  On a scale of 1 to 10, this movie gets a respectable 7.  You should probably check it out.

Stripperland!

This VERY lame spoof of Zombieland was pretty stupid. The only thing remotely cool about this movie was the idea that the Zombie Virus only affects women.  I can see that as totally plausible.  But that's where it stops.  Once a woman has become infected, she has an uncontrollable urge to either take all of her clothes off, or dress like a stripper and seduce men for the purpose of eating their flesh.  In this film you could kill a zombie by shooting it anywhere.  I like the fact that in order to kill a zombie, you have to kill the brain.  That's a basic rule for a good zombie movie.  This just might be the dumbest movie ever made.

Just like in Zombieland, the characters are named after cities or states, and the main character (Idaho), has a set of rules to survive by.  His rules are modified from a book he carries called, "How To Pick Up Strippers".  The soundtrack wasn't too bad.  But, there are a few reasons to watch Stripperland! If you have an irrational hatred of Woody Harrelson and/or Jesse Eisenberg, or maybe you just wanna see some boobies, then watching Stripperland! might be an acceptable substitute.  Otherwise, don't bother with this one.  On a scale of 1 to 10, this gets a very generous 1.