Reel Zombies (2008)

Powerful

Beautiful, moving film.

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

What a great idea for a movie definitely an original concept, which is something hard to come by these days in movies. It took time for us in Canada to be able to see this movie; thank you Super channel; this was worth waiting for. You actually forget you are watching a "movie" and get right into what is going on to produce this!! Fantastic actors & actresses Very Realistic they just portrayed natural characters and the cattiness between a couple of the girls was Very funny because; well lets face it we can be catty. Would love to buy a copy to watch it repeatedly. This is not a movie for children to watch but I would let my 16 year old see it.

What do you do when a zombie apocalypse destroys society and your way of life? If you're a self-centered shallow git like wannabe schlock filmmaker David J. Francis, (The director, playing himself) you get your self centered egomaniac friends to help you conclude the third part of your zombie franchise "Zombie Night", which were shot before the outbreak. Francis and co figure that they can get that gritty real life feel to their film, by utilizing real undead zombies. And if they happen to be temperamental, well the show must go on. The only problem is, what constitutes talent among the bunch could be written on the back of a postage stamp, with room to spare...Reel Zombies is awesome fun, with funny naturalistic performances and some laugh out loud scenes as things go from bad to worse for the crew of incompetents.One of the most original zombie films I've seen lately, it's proof positive that having next to nothing for a budget is no excuse to make a bad film.A very entertaining hoot from start to finish it's well recommended for any zombie fan. 8/10

Caught this film at the Dendy the other night and was blown away. I knew the concept going in, but what I didn't expect was the quality of the film. The trailer doesn't really do a good job demonstrating that this film is not a sequel to the other films in the series, but rather a completely original fake documentary about the behind the scenes of a film.As far as this genre goes, I've never seen a funnier zombie film. It's funny on every single level.The best part of the film is by far the performances. In hearing the director speak about the film, apparently most people are playing themselves (which playing oneself can be the hardest role to play) and these guys play it off perfectly. The two standouts are by far the two leads, Dave and Mike. A kind of ying and yang of film production. One overwhelmingly positive, the other, extremely negative. Despite that, both characters have a common goal – to make a good film.The supporting cast is equally strong. A grizzly bearded zombie wrangler (complete with hockey stick) and a Lloyd Kaufmann cameo as an aspiring actor is hilarious. I only wish they had have used Lloyd in the film more as he really seems at home here.Some people may not like the shaky camera-work, but I thought overall it was very effective in really helping to sell the look these guys were going for. It's grainy, dirty and at time a little dizzying, but it really brings you into their world.This film is a real crowd pleaser from start to finish. As most films do, it has a few minutes that could probably be cut from the 2nd act, but all of that is forgiven when the film ratchets up to a very strong climax that sees everything come together (or fall apart in this case) I was one of the many who enjoyed this film immensely and would highly recommend it to any fans of the zombie genre. I'm hoping to catch the first 2 on video if I can find them.

I saw this film as part of the 'A Night of Horror Film International Festival 2009' in Sydney.Reel Zombies is a 'mockumentary' set in the near future when zombies have taken over the earth, and a follows a group of filmmakers who capitalize on the situation by making a zombie movie.When you think about that, you can begin to see the comedy potential - and it's there in spades! Mike Masters - playing himself as the director - sees himself as 'ahead of the game' because Hollywood production has dropped to zero since the 'real' zombie incursion. "Yeah, but after a zombie outbreak, whose gonna wanna go see a zombie movie?" asks one of his cohorts. Similar pieces of gold are scattered throughout.Real zombies are wrangled and used as cheap, expendable extras saving on make-up and gunshot effects, and preproduction meetings are interrupted by excursions to the outside parking lot to kill a few 'strays' that have wandered in.I won't spoil it any further! Suffice to say, a must-see for fans of the zombie genre for its high originality.A couple of downers: the pace struggles a little here and there, nothing too serious, and Mike Masters' overuse of the 'f-word' seriously detracts from the comedy at times and actually would have been much funnier without it. I'm not a prude, it's just that saying 'f**k' a lot simply isn't comedy - give me something smarter, please! Besides that, I enjoyed this film very much.