Zombie Town |
  • USA • 2007 • 95m •   • Directed by: Damon Lemay. • Starring: Adam Hose, Brynn Lucas, Dennis Lemoine, Phil Burke, Jayson Argento, James Aspden, Keith Boylan Baudreau, Carol Benson II, Jen Brace, Patrick Colligan, Peg Dombro, Dan Drew, Toby Fitch..     Local mechanic Jake LaFond's life is suddenly disrupted when mysterious parasites transform the law-abiding citizens of his quaint hometown into hoards of cannibalistic zombies. Isolated from the outside world by an accident on the only road out of town, Jake turns to Alex, his ex-girlfriend, for help. Together they try to solve the mystery behind this rapidly spreading infection. As the town grows deadlier by the moment, Jake's gun-toting rival, Randy, becomes the third person in this trio of unlikely heroes and the battle is on. Between blood hungry grandmothers and lethal domestic animals, Jake, Alex and Randy must fight to make it through the night. Can they survive?
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Written, executive produced, produced & directed by Damon Lemay this is another low budget horror shot on a camcorder & edited on a PC type effort of the kind that has flooded the market over the past several years with the advent of cheap professional camcorders & editing & special effects programmes for the home PC, I usually hate these poorly thought out, atrociously made & cheap looking films & while Zombie Town isn't the worst of the bunch I still thought it was crap. The film certainly doesn't take itself seriously & does try to have some humour in it but it's just not funny, the Sheriff being attacked while sitting on the toilet & the scene where the old ladies turn into zombies at bingo for me were just embarrassing to watch. Then there's the complete lack of plot, there's these slug like parasite things that turn people into zombies for no reason whatsoever. I mean they still survive & reproduce outside, there's no explanation of what they are or where they came from & it's just some random plot element thrown in there taken from Night of the Creeps (1986) &or Slither (2006) that is never elaborated upon. Then there's the notion that these slugs pass from person to another because of bites, well how does a half foot long slimy creature pass from one person to another because of one small bite? Yeah, that is never explained either. The pace is alright, if you are a die hard low budget zombie fan you might like it but I just look for more in a film. The character's are slightly better than usual but that's not saying much & the film never really flows that well & I never thought the town was seriously under attack as we only ever see one or two zombies on screen at once.
The gore isn't that impressive either, there are a few bites, a rake in someones head, someones leg is cut off with a chainsaw, some melted zombies & there's lots of very watery looking blood splattered around, the likes of George A. Romero & Lucio Fulci were making gorier & more realistic looking zombie films 30 odd years ago so this really doesn't impress. It's certainly not scary, most of it takes place during the day & it's too badly filmed & put together to have any suspense or atmosphere.
Filmed in Vermont this has reasonable production values but still has that cheap low budget look about it that I really can't get into or like. The acting is varied, people pull funny faces & do their best but it's all rather uneven & a little camp at times.
Zombie Twon is a film about zombies taking over a town, that's it really & while the makers intended this to be funny it isn't, while they intended it to be gory it's tame & overall I wouldn't want to see it again & I am just glad I didn't spend any money watching it otherwise I would have been unhappy...
Review by Paul Andrews from the Internet Movie Database.
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