Director: Micah Khan
Year: 2024
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Zombie; Horror/Comedy
Plot:
Hoping for the day of her dreams, a woman sets out on getting the wedding of her dreams with her fiance and finds her hopes dashed when he gets bitten in a zombie plague and turned into one, but not wanting to throw her wedding away tries to keep it going with it being more difficult than imagined.
Review:
This was a generally fine comedy but somewhat underwhelming genre effort. That this one works so well as a comedy, going not just from the wild setup of the whole thing taking place during a zombie apocalypse where they’re so unconcerned with their presence daily life remains uninterrupted despite everything to the contrary, the more traditional rules established for zombies being jettisoned in favor of more humanistic approaches where they retain personality and traits just enhanced with occasional brain-munching, and the exploits of the family trying to treat the situation as a difference of status which fuels the comedy. While it delivers an endless slew of physical slapstick gags involving the families hoping to resolve the situation without incident but the zombie-like tendencies that spring up acting like an obstacle to overcome allowing for plenty of laughs to come from the situation or the jokes about the situation.
While still fun elsewhere, the zombie qualities here are quite a bit downgraded from what it could've been here as the focus on heartwarming interactions and goofy comedy leaves a lot of the horror here downgraded. The ability to render their status into more humanoid-style creatures instead of the mindless brain-eating ghouls makes this one feel quite nice and funny but takes a lot of the fear out of them with the more comedic touch taking centerstage. Although there are still moments where the creatures’ instincts kick into high gear, such as their big moment at the wedding at the end where everything goes crazy offering some nice blood and gore, it's the main sequence where that happens. It’s not a true detriment to the film but this is a feature that has to be taken into account here.
Overview: ***.5/5
An immensely fun comedy with some issues, there are some really likable factors with the film although it does get letdown by the horror elements that are brought about here. Those who appreciate this kind of genre effort or are curious about it will have a lot to like with this one while most others out there should heed caution.
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