Zombie Wars

I love Zombie movies, I really do. It must be a primal fear that lay in us all, I'm not exactly sure what that fear is exactly, maybe it's a fear of swarms or a fear of disease but It brings itself to a head in Zombie films, us Humans love em.

Director and Writer: David Prior
Genre: Horror/Slasher

Adam Mayfield as David
Alissa Loenig as Star
Jim Hazleton as Brian
Kristi Pearce as General
Jonathan Badeen as Sliver


Zombie Wars is set in a post-apocalypic world were groups of humans live in fear of the dead that completely surround them. The zombies are smart, they breed and keep humans until they are old enough to eat (I didn't realise that we humans had an age in which we 'ripen'). The Zombie's camp reminds me of the world war II concentration camps, humans are put as workers on the 'farm', tending to the gardens (what Zombies need gardens for, I will never know). As a viewer, I was not able to identify or feel empathy for any of the characters within this film. There is not a lot of substantial character development, and the very little there is doesn't seem to come from a true place. Due to the low budget of this film, most of the scenes occur in woodlands, which isn't very damaging to the plot but it's pretty unrealistic, If that really happened, people would find a large building and completely corner themselves off, not unlike "Dawn of the Dead".

This film was extremely disappointing. The plot was completely unrealistic and the writing was abysmal. The film is plagued by silly cliche lines that fall into the "I'll be back" category. I found myself rolling my eyes at some of those ridiculous lines, which the actors deliver poorly. The zombies were another let down. They seemed to have emotions and thought processes, which is stupid considering the world wide zombie stereotype is that they are braindead! What makes Zombies scary is that fact that they are unable to be reasoned with, and all they think about is hunting you down and digesting your entrails, the fact that these Zombies had a hierarchy and a political system make them look ridiculous and not scary at all. I do see what the film makers tried to do, they tried to be unique. But, in my opinion, it failed to make a mark.

Speaking of the actors, I don't think there was one character who I truly felt was scared, they seemed very cavalier. The characters didn't seem scared at all, Which is outrageous, considering there are killers out there who want and need to kill you and eat you.  Jonathan Badeen, who plays Sliver, was particularly second-rate, he looked very awkward in front of the camera.

It's not all bad though, don't get me wrong. There are some very satisfying gore scenes, which included disembowelment and a stake being shoved into a "Pus heads" (a name the humans call the zombies) skull.

I believe Zombie Wars simply takes itself too seriously. I believe this movie would have been more successful if they tweaked it a little and turned it into a horror/comedy, I've given it one star.