Review: Zombie Cheerleader Camp (2007)
Review by Disgruntled Monkey
Director: Jon Fabris
Starring: Jamie Brown, Chris White, Nicole Lewis
Writer: Jon Fabris
A non-existent budget, a story so thin it could be used as a wafer and
not a competent actor in sight. Knowing all this before I
even started the movie meant
my expectations were pretty low. Unexpectedly,
the movie began with a pretty rocking song and a
cartoon prologue. Sure, it wasn’t animated – this
being a sign of the low budget - but there was a
certain charm. As the film
went about its business I found I couldn’t help
but be entertained. So what went right?
It sure wasn’t the acting, it was damn abysmal. I have never seen this
much wooden acting before and those that weren’t overly
stilted were over the top. Despite this, everyone
seemed to be having a good time and enjoyed what
they were doing. It was this genuine love that managed
to hold my attention and kept me watching even in the more tedious stretches.
I guess this is where the
movie peeks above a lot of other, similarly
horrid, films - it has a heart that is very hard
to ignore. This is an exceptionally
cheap film but no body seems to care. The scene that stands out the most in
this regard is the zombie squirrel attack. Yes, really.
The zombie squirrel is stuffed and an actor has to wrestle with the inanimate
object for a good five minutes. It’s hilarious, it’s stupid, but damn it I believed that actor was being attacked
by a zombie squirrel.
Yet a film with a big heart can only push the picture
so far. In the last ten minutes or so the movie really starts to strain under
the weight of having no story to tell. Also, the ending seems to suddenly
become oddly serious and
this certainly doesn’t
gel with the overall tone. I’m not sure what the
thinking was behind it but it really ended the whole
on a bad note.
The future of Glee. |
While there were scenes that had me laughing my head off, a goodly amount of the
humour just doesn’t work. Some may even find parts
of it offensive - but only mildly so. Honestly I feel
that everyone was chucking as many ideas at the script as
possible and just leaving
what stuck. Some lines
might have even been improvised on the day.
There is a charm to this movie and one that might actually
appeal to people who don’t mind venturing into the valley of low budget horror.
It’s truly not for everyone and in no way am I saying that this is a good movie. But I would be
lying if I said I didn’t smile or laugh during the course of the film. GO TEAM
ZOMBIE!
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