The Walking Dead Christmas Special

Another short film is up for review this time.  This one is a spoof of one of my favorite tv shows.  If you've been to this site a time or two, chances are you like The Walking Dead also.

Anyway, The Walking Dead Christmas Special is focused mostly on Season 3 events.  This was hilarious.  The actress playing Maggie wasn't very good, and Daryl was too skinny.  But, those are minor details.  This short film still gets a solid 8 on a scale of 1 to 10.

If you haven't seen it yet, click here to watch it.

Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!

This one opens with little girl watching a zombie film.  Once her uncle puts her to bed, he decides to finish watching the movie.  Later, it'll be revealed that the pair are related to one of the main characters.

The next scene cuts to a lab where a scientist is working on a cure for cancer.  A friend of his sneaks in to get another fix.  Apparently, along with his cancer research, the good doctor also does crack research.  Anyway, the junkie gets his crack and takes it to the streets to share it with his favorite hooker.

The next series of scenes follow a few strippers around the club they work at, The Grind House, until they get off work.  The main characters walk over to the cafe next door to grab a bite to eat before heading home.  It's in the cafe that we meet the rest of the cast: a group of hookers and their pimp.

The original hooker starts to feel ill from the experimental crack.  She quickly turns into one of the undead.  At this point, the movie is at the halfway mark.  The first zombie appears at the halfway point in the movie.  Not a good sign.

After the rest of the film is spent hiding in the strip club from the zombies, the survivors manage to kill off all of the zombies.  In case you do decide to watch this one, I won't give away the rest of the plot.

Probably the best scene in the film is when the pimp decides to fight a few of the zombies.  The only form of offense he has is.... you guessed it!  A pimp slap!!!  But that alone won't save this movie.  This one was terrible.  On a scale of 1 to 10, this one gets a 2.

Zombiethon

This one is definitely in a class of it's own.  The description of the movie on Netflix led me to believe that this would be something similar to Kung Pow.  I was wrong.  The production company behind this one took some of their movies and a few others and mashed them up into a collection of mini-movies.  It's actually considered a documentary.  There wasn't a plot to this film.  There wasn't a group of survivors to root for (or against).  There were several women running from various zombies from various movies.  That's it.  In fact, I just gave away the plot to the entire movie.

The idea of taking several movies and mashing them together was a good one.  Was it great?  No.  But, I did learn a few things.  1.  What would happen if a zombie wrestled a shark?  2.  What would happen if a zombie were set on fire?  3.  What would happen if a zombie were interrupted while watching a movie?  The list goes on.  This film was interesting to say the least.  On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd rate this one a 4.  It was bad.  But not terrible.

Remains

Like my favorite tv show, this movie is adapted from a comic book.  The setting is a casino in Reno, NV.  The movie follows a blackjack dealer through the casino headed to his work station.  After a short time he sees a waitress by, and he goes to follow her. After a short exchange of insults, the pair lock themselves in a shelter of some kind that also doubles as a storage closet.  It turns out that he's her drug dealer.  What a life he leads.  He's a blackjack dealer AND a drug dealer!!  The film cuts away to a news broadcast of a new weapon of some sort.  The reporter announces that he's been instructed to take cover.  Seconds later, a blast behind him causes a mushroom cloud to cover the planet.

The scene cuts back to the dealer and the waitress having sex in the shelter.  Apparently she pays with sex instead of cash.  Anyway, they're completely unaware of what's going on outside.  Once the deed is done, they get dressed and realize the power's out and they're stuck.

Another guy also survived somehow and has now turned the power back on.  This lets the pair out of the shelter.  This is when they make the grim discovery that the city of Reno is infested with zombies.  One guy that was trapped outside is let in, and the survival begins....

The group passes the days living off of the food in the casino's kitchen and drinking all the beer in sight.  Occasionally they attempt to escape, but they can never agree where to go.  But it doesn't matter anyway, they're never successful.  During one attempt, the waitress and dealer manage to steal a set of keys from a zombie they've killed.  They take the key fob into the parking garage looking for the car responding to the buttons they push on the fob.  They find a Cooper Mini.  That in itself was funny.  They get to the overhead door, and can't get it open.  They back the car up, and ram it at full speed.  Nothing happens.  This is pretty much the best part of the whole movie.

A group of soldiers begins broadcasting a message that they'll be coming to Reno to rescue anyone in need.  When the group manages to connect with the soldiers, they find out that the soldiers are only interested in stealing food and supplies.  Later, the only female soldier returns looking for shelter because her group was overrun by stronger zombies.  Everyone she was with is now dead.

These stronger zombies begin to feed not only on the group, but the weaker zombies as well.  At this point, only the dealer, waitress, and soldier are left.  The waitress abandons the other two, and jumps in the mini.  She uses some C4 she found.  She doesn't make it to the car in time and is bitten on her lower lip.  Shortly afterwards, the dealer and soldier take the car and head to Utah.

The film ends with the waitress missing her lower lip, carrying a shot-gun.  She's headed to Utah.  I guess she's one of those strong zombies.  That part wasn't explained too well.  That has to be some of the things wrong with this movie.  Some things weren't explained fully.  The acting wasn't too bad.  The idea that some of the zombies may be stronger than others was interesting.  I'm gonna give this movie and 8 on a scale of 1 to 10.