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Not to be confused with Zombie For Sale, this is a comedy for the most part. It stars Merry from Lord of the Rings and the Beast from the 1980s Beauty and the Beast.

Not really a zombie movie. There are 4 1/2 zombies in it, a vampire, and an alien. And it tells the story of Willy and Arthur, two Victorian era grave robbers who are about to be executed. After Willy gets the chop, Dominic Monaghan's Arthur is visited by Rob Perlman's Father Duffy to take his confession.

With the confession in the cell being the only scenes in the movie without constant bloody music, and an obvious plot twist you can see from a mile away this movie is NOT as suggested by the DVD box, "a horror comedy that surpasses Shaun of the Dead." Get in the sea! Go on! Get in the sea!

Also there is a woman called Fanny. (Stop laughing at the back)

For what it was I gave it 5/10 as it is on par with the Australian The Undead, whilst having a few annoying gimmicks such as the freeze frame and illustration of the scene to look like a comic book we have seen in loads of other movies.

I can see why it cost $450,000, I can also see why it only made $8,000 at the box office. It was quite forgettable, despite the two jokes I have already forgotten, and a woman called Fanny. (lol)

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It is described on the DVD box as one of the greatest zombie movies of all time. This is a huge exaggeration. There are 2 zombies. 2 and a half really come the end. It tells the story of 3 survivors, Ana, perky and inconsistent, dull engineer Jonathan and creepy weirdo Axel. Axel is tattooing dead flies on his entire body, with the idea that he will leave once covered. That level of weirdo.

Apartment survival horror at it's worst. The picked a one bedroom shack with a fly problem and no real security as a home. They surrounded it with microphones that play the noises of outside to them via huge Tannoy speakers.

They live by rules. No one leaves alone. Someone must always stay behind. All votes must be unanimous. And I can get on board with some rule making the apocalypse to survive.

But we soon lose focus, as Jonathan wants to leave, and therefore wants Ana to be with Axel, the creepy weirdo tattooed with dead flies.

Not a lot happens. They capture a zombie. They sneak into their Big Brother style video confession booth to watch each other's videos. And they play Risk. That's about it.

I was more interested in seeing the US 20 minute long short with the same name but can't find it anyway. This one? Avoid. All 3 Argentine zombie movies we have seen are not great, despite what is written on the DVD cover.

4/10 a long ass slog

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Mirror Life Modern zombies

With the tag line FIND CURE ESCAPE LAB TELL EVERYONE…

Doesn’t always work out that way

I got it on DVD from the US rather than waiting. I thought Id throw some cash to the guys,

Not much has been written about it. So I hope to change that.

From HorrorDNA: Jordan opts to enroll in a medical study for a promising new drug called Dumitor, reputed to cure virtually any disease. When his cousin Tracy doesn't hear from him for several weeks, she brings in a documentary filmmaker to track down the doctors, find Jordan and bring him home. Meanwhile, the test subjects are exposed to this new drug, but something goes wrong and there are unexpected side effects. Jordan manages to escape the facility, but soon an outbreak spreads to pandemic levels and his city is quarantined. Is there a cure on the horizon or is society doomed by the “evils” of science?

Courtney Cavanagh as Tracy she was in Chicago fire
Kazy Tauginas as Jordan former boxer and restauranteur – is there anything the cant do?

Tauginas co-wrote, co-directed, co-produced, stars in, sings the theme tune, etc etc and some of the reviews pick up on this, saying it is a vanity project and his acting is the weak link. I don't subscribe to that.

I also don't subscribe to 75% of all reviewers on IMDB giving it 10/10. The Godfather doesn't get 10. Empire Strikes Back doesn't get 10. Citizen Kane doesn't get 10. Come on now.

The plot is relatively simple. A group of people volunteer to be part of human trials of a ground breaking new drug that cures all ills. Great. However, they need the cash of a dubious businessman who wants it all run like a black op. At some point it all goes wrong and the virus cures what was wrong with them but causes surges in adrenaline and epinephrine meaning they become, effectively, one of George A Romero's Crazies. The business then decides to shut all down. Everyone gets killed. But then one gets out. And the virus goes airborne and starts a pandemic. No one pays attention to the stay at home, don't go out, as it's airborne warnings. And a lot of people go mad. And whilst all this is going on Jordan's cousin Tracy investigates his disappearance.

However, although all of these elements are fine in isolation, the edit is a mess. It is a bag of cats. Although each cat is very nice, pretty to look at, enjoys a saucer of milk and a nap on your grandma's lap, together, they are a big old mess that makes little to no sense.

We needed more about how this went bad. We needed more to explain about the cure. We needed more about how it went viral and became a pandemic. But we didn't get it. And so we ended up with a big old mess that needs an edit.

In it's current form, like it was edited by someone with ADHD for the TikTok generation goldfish attention spans, it is just a 4.5/10

If the transitions between the story are handled better, as above, and it is re-edited to make some sort of sense then it would score higher.

Shame as I was looking forward to this one.

And for a final note, this episode where I try to explain where it goes what and what it gets right, is 1 minute shorter than the movie itself.