Saturday, December 15, 2012

Mutant Vampire Zombies From the 'Hood! (2008)

This C. Thomas Howell movie is hoping you won't notice that they borrowed the plot, and is filled with cliches and lines  from other movies.  In a Night of the Comet opening, a solar flare leaves everyone mutated except those in an underground garage or in some sort of protected structure.

The film is so low budget that you don't see more than ten zombies at once, and even that is a generous estimate.  Sometimes the characters forget that they're supposed to shoot the zombies in the head.  Why does that happen so often?  Zombies are a part of our mythology, yet people in movies never think to do it.  But as the zombies mutate, even the head shots won't work.

Watch for the plot convenience where the electric garage door won't open, so two old guys decide pry open the door and are attacked.  Well it's a good thing because the plane they were going to fly out of the city in only has four seats and the old guys would have made six.  Sorry, old dudes.

The movie is as good as the cover.  Make up your own mind as to what I'm saying with that one.

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