Xombie: Dead On Arrival

This is an animated short film that was first created sometime in 1994.  It was intended for release on the internet as a four or five part mini-series.  I found it edited as a full movie on Netflix.

The movie opens in the distant future with a little girl waking up and not knowing where she is or how she got there.  Quickly, a swarm of the undead are after her.  Enter the movie's hero, Dirge.  He's a xombie.  This is where we learn the difference in zombie and xombie.  The problem is, both words are pronounced the same. Xombies remember who they are.  They know they are dead. Zombies have an irresistible urge to eat human flesh.  Now, you know the difference too.

For safety, Dirge takes the girl (Zoe) to his home. Dirge explains to Zoe that the earth is infested with zombies and that her only hope is to go to the safe zone that was built.  Along the way, the pair stop at a museum.  There they fight a dinosaur, and meet it's owner, another xombie, Nephthys.  She explains that she was a servant to an Egyptian royal.  Nephthys goes on to explain the movie's back story as well.  She even explains that the safe zone is mostly run by robots designed to protect the humans.  If Dirge gets too close, he'll be killed by the robots.

To make a long, boring story short, Dirge and Nephthys take Zoe to the safe zone.  Once they arrive, a herd of zombies chase Zoe.  In an effort to protect Zoe, Dirge does get too close to the robots.  Zoe makes it into the safe zone but Dirge is killed. Maybe.  The movie ended with hints to a sequel.

I was kind of excited to see an animated zombie film.  But one about zombies saving humans, fighting dinosaurs and robots was not what I cared to see.  So, on a scale of 1 to 10, this one gets a well deserved 2.