Director: Ryan Smith, Tyler Foreman
Year: 2024
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Zombie; Horror/Comedy
Plot:
Trying to improve his lot in life, a down-on-his-luck guy and perfectionist brother working at a news station who cover the story of a cult able to bring people back from the dead, and after an accident requires their help to bring him back which soon turns into an unforeseen apocalyptic scenario.
Review:
This was a fairly fun if somewhat problematic genre musical. One of the better features of this one comes from the fine setup that allows for a great context of the relationships involved so everything comes across with the proper context. Going in-depth on their relationship with the brother, getting everything handed to him without even trying, being respected and loved at work, and taking everything he wants including what is his more reserved and quiet brother also includes times where it seems to happen just for the sheer thrill of taking something his brother wants. This allows for a great starting point depicting how their lives are played out gives the accidental death and need for resurrection to give him back his shot at a normal life which is enhanced quite nicely with the hilarious songs that come in offering more of a clue into their psyche explaining what’s going on.
That offers the perfect counterpoint for the interactions that take place once the resurrection occurs and their relationship starts to change. With everything here coming across nicely with the central accident and the ensuing resurrection ceremony taking place in the middle of nowhere to make sure it goes off rather nicely, there’s a strong start for the series of interactions that take place here introducing him back into humanity following the process with the station workers, the family members, or those who are in his immediate vicinity that delivers some hilarious confrontations trying to keep the zombie side from getting more prominent in his personality.
It all leads into a strong finale offering the full extent of their plans in fine form. Realizing that their undead nature makes for a strong conflict with the more civilized means the rest of the world is trying to impose on them, the two set out to right the wrongs offered against them by the resurrection attempt that sets them off on a different path holding the cult hostage and bringing the friend group back together to stop them. This more mystical-based finale with the spell-casting, occult rituals, and use of cursed objects brings about some intriguing action. However, it does depart from traditional zombie fare that’s somewhat expected here. It’s more of an expectation issue than anything. Still, beyond that, it’s really the main issue here beyond the tolerance for the musical bits interjected here that helps to bring about the comedic tone as well.
Overview: ****/5
An incredibly fun comedic zombie apocalypse genre effort, there are a lot of great aspects within this one that hold it up incredibly well over some of the minor drawbacks featured here. Those who are intrigued by the concept, are fans of this type of setup, or don’t mind the issues present will have the most to like here while most others should want to heed caution.
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