The Afterdark Horrorfest is often hit and miss, but like a train wreck I have to keep watching. Thankfully they were smart enough to give us this little gem.
Zombies of Mass Destruction
The production value is acceptably high from a very low budget film. There is an appropriate amount of gore for the average zombie flick. In fact, visually this is a very average zombie film. Since there are already hundreds of average zombie films, why am I wasting more time than it takes to type "AVERAGE" or "MOSTLY HARMLESS"? It's because of the script. I laughed my ass off. I haven't enjoyed out of place lines this much since Shaun of the Dead or Black Sheep.
Let's start with the typical setup. Big town girl returns to small town to help her father with his restaurant. Another big city guy returns with his boyfriend to tell his mother that he's out of the proverbial closet. Boring, boring cliche. Stir in Zombie Holocaust. Then everyone boils down to raw stereotypes in a way that I haven't enjoyed in years. You almost feel dirty laughing at some of this. There is an over the top minister that is convinced that the zombies are the impure getting what they deserve. A redneck family whose abusive patriarch decides to capture the local Iranian woman to torture her since this is obviously terrorism. Let's not forget the genius of the dialog. One man is asked why he doesn't know how to handle the zombies. Hadn't he ever seen a zombie movie? His response? He's more of a vampire guy.
Zombies of mass Destruction also gets bonus points for the greatest senseless line in modern film history "Don't shoot I'm gay!"
For the price I think any comedy horror fan of a B film level will find something to enjoy.
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