We Are Zombies

I don't know if they were going for a, so bad it's good, type vibe, but I could definitely see myself under the influence of some bad decisions and laughing my butt off with this movie. I would honestly watch this just to see the drone/nature shots. No joke. That one shot, where the camera is gliding over the water with the morning mist rising up, is phenomenal. If that's total AI or CGI, I'm super impressed. I'm not saying I'm gonna watch the whole movie and I'm not saying I'm not. I'm just saying that I need 87 more characters before I can post this and I am currently under the influence of some very bad decisions.

This had potential but then went downhill after the midway point. Could have been a sci-fi zombieland but execution was poor.

I liked the younger actor with the hat, the big guy's choices were annoying, the girl actor had one emotional scene which made me laugh (When the press play me) I am not sure it was meant to make me laugh.

Decent idea like the other guy said but it went nowhere.

I like these type of movies normally, I give it a chance anyway, it left me feeling like oh okay, waste of time. I think the direction on this was poor, liked the choice of camera and colour, looked good in that aspect.

Needed a better 2nd and 3rd act, also could have made it feel more spacious. Felt like I was trapped in small locations. More thinking outside the box and chance missed.

In a zombie-infested town, where the living dead are a marginalized group of society, three lazy young people -Alexandre Nachi, Derek Johns, Megan Peta Hill- who work in the easy-money market must fight small-time crooks and are forced to battle an evil mega-corporation to save their kidnapped grandmother. Throughout the film there is a a large number of zombies appearing here and there, causing a criminal spree. The Road To Survival Could Be A Dead End!.

From the creators of cult classics "Turbo Kid" and the ultraviolent slasher "Wake Up," the RKSS collective directs this super-bloody and hilarious twist on Zombie movies. Here, the undead aren't aggressive; they're an oppressed group. The film is based on the comic book series drawn by Jerry Frissen, a graphic novel titled 'We are Zombies', dealing with a city infested with the living-impaired aka non-cannibal zombies - in which three slackers, after easy money, must fight small-time crooks and an evil mega corporation to save their kidnapped grandma. A creepy and eerie movie with humor, tongue-firmly-in-cheek, including thrills , chills, some very violent scenes, and lots of gore, blood and guts. This movie is strange, it pays tribute to old zombie horror flicks and goes off on its own direction. It gives amusing consideration to the violence created by the living dead, yet with humor, being nicely played by the Canadian trio Alexandre Nachi, Derek Johns, Megan Peta Hill.

The motion picture was mediocrely directed by François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell (RKSS), getting little success at box office. They direct professionally and adequately all kinds of genres. They're working interchangeably for television or cinema. Their debut feature was ¨Turbo Kid¨, it is a post-apocalyptic film made in 2015, an anti-prophetic story with a lot of gore, which adds an eighties science fiction aesthetic and shows a past that has not come to fruition. And going on: ¨Summer of 84¨ an amusing mess made in Spielberg style, the goal was to pay homage to the movies of the '70s and 80s. And following the slasher ¨Wake up¨(2023), a disturbing survival story full of horrror, chiller and chases. And continuing this ¨We Are Zombies¨ (2023)¨. Rating: 6/10. An average but fun and entertaining movie, that's why it'll appeal to fans of Zombies genre with humor.

Oddly enough then I had actually not heard about this horror comedy titled "We Are Zombies" prior to stumbling upon it by sheer luck here in 2024. And of course I had to watch it, given my fascination with all things zombie.

While I am not familiar with the graphic novel from Jerry Frissen, then I will say that writers François Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell put together a rather enjoyable and entertaining script. It was a nice blend of horror and comedy, and when you throw zombies into the equation things tend to get spruced up. And so it was in "We Are Zombies". I like the non-cannibalistic zombie approach that there was in the movie, because it was a nice change of pace to the zombie genre.

Alexandre Nachi, Derek Johns and Megan Peta Hill were nicely cast for the leading parts. I wasn't familiar with them, but they definitely carried the movie quite nicely. I was not familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, and that is something I do enjoy when I sit down to watch a movie. The actors and actresses on the cast list were great and put on good performances.

Visually then I was rather surprised with the movie. I wasn't expecting the special effects and zombie make-up to be that good. That was certainly a nice surprise, and one that added a rather enjoyable layer to the movie.

If you enjoy horror comedies with zombies, then directors François Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell's 2023 movie "We Are Zombies" is well-worth spending 80 minutes on watching. I was genuinely entertained throughout the course of the movie, and it is a movie that I warmly recommend you to watch. This was a much needed addition to the zombie horror comedy genre, because it was done so right and with the heart in the right place.

My rating of "We Are Zombies" lands on a seven out of ten stars.

This movie is on par with its zero-brainer title.

Though it starts off with a decent idea; a different vision of zombies that don't eat people, etc. Zombies taking up a place in society - this could be read (this isn't a spoiler) like the people who work 80 hours a week in terrible working conditions just to get a job more than the next poor schlub, etc. This idea quickly falls out next to the cheapest "humor", bad dialogue and an apparent inability to build up plot and have some actual story telling.

The movie looks like it is partially Robot Chicken style inserts, within a mediocre plotline, and well... yea, it doesn't really come out like something you are interested in watching. They added cheap slapstick style gags and "bellow the belt, haha this is funny because it is making fun of political correctness" at every turn, either hoping it would cover up for the b-series acting, the dull set up, the... well, I suppose everything.

I really can't imagine anyone that isn't stuck in an "antisocial teenager" phase finding this movie either funny or entertaining - maybe that's the target audience? If it wasn't enough, the people who worked on the colors and lighting must have taken a bunch of b-series horror films as an example - everything is shot in the dark, unengaging, almost can't see sh** half the time. Yea, shooting in the dark may work sometimes, but not when you have no atmosphere, dull scenes, cheap comedy and less than desirable acting.

As a note though, for any writers out there, this movie is a great example of why "show don't tell" is a thing. Because you can't see sh**, but they sure do spell out EVERY plot element and detail for you.

The basic ideas in this movie deserve a rip off, but this film deserves to be forgotten.