Director: Richard MacQueen
Year: 2019
Country: Canada
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Zombie; Horror/Comedy
Plot:
Arriving at a secluded rehab facility, a man hoping to get over his drug habit with the other inhabitants of the camp but when a zombie outbreak occurs nearby they realize that the ravenous creatures overrunning the facility are more dangerous and must deal with them to escape the area alive.
Review:
This was a depressingly disappointing horror/comedy. It’s pretty easy to pinpoint the film’s flaws, which is nearly every single time this tries to go for the comedic route in its storyline. Hardly any of the jokes work here, from the inept cheerful leader that tries to keep everyone in line but is clumsy, incapable of basic leadership skills and unprepared to do anything if it falls outside the rule-book, to the commando squad next-door that acts more like a militia group and the inability to even notice the zombie apocalypse around them. Granted, the fact that many of these are intended to be the point here with the goofy action, lighthearted music and intentional tone that attempts to make these scenes funny but it just comes off lazy and aggravating instead. This type of material doesn’t come off as any kind of intelligence or even funny and just becomes frustrating it goes for these simplistic aspects to try to build laughs around moronic characters in idiotic situations.
Now, that being the case, whenever this one treats the zombies with any kind of dignity or menace there are some enjoyable elements at work. The initial attacks, first on the compound guards in the adjoining facility which allows them to escape to the ambush on the couple by the lake and how they overtake the few members outside the meeting in a somewhat interesting series of confrontations around the campground give this some decent action and indie-styled gore. The race to escape the compound as the zombies start to rush them with their overwhelming numbers has a lot of action without being too goofy or silly, and the scenes in the maintenance shed have a far more serious tone than expected with some heart from the different characters involved. As these scenes also include some decent zombie makeup and gore, there are some positives on display but not all that much.
Overview: *.5/5
Far more flawed than it should be when it comes to the comedy aspects, that there’s plenty to like here with its horror elements is enough to make it watchable even with the flaws being present. Give it a chance if you’re a die-hard fan of zombie comedies or looking for a light-hearted genre effort, while those turned off by the idea of the film or don’t appreciate this kind of effort should heed extreme caution.
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