Yummy

A young med schools dropout takes his lovely and well endowed girlfriend to a dodgy hospital for a breast reduction but things don't go according to plan. This is a fun zombie horror set in an Eastern European plastic surgery hospital but thats about the extent of it. If you go in expecting nothing more then you'll have fun. Think Dead Snow but set in a hospital and with patient zombies instead of nazi zombies and you'll have a fair idea of what you are getting yourself into. The young male lead and his aversion to blood makes him a fairly useless hero in this situation and so we get something different from your usual lead male heroics. A wide range of characters including the girlfriend, her superficial mother, some creepy doctors and sleazy medical personnel keep things interesting but it still never reaches much higher than can be expected from the premise.

In the zombie genre Yummy definitely has its place. There is a lot of gore, a lot of blood and guts spilling out, and the make-up artists did a good job with their creations. As for the story it's just what you could expect when watching a zombie movie, nothing too serious, just endless bloody fun. As a Belgian I was surprised they made a movie like this one. Belgians don't make a lot of movies but when they do it's most of the time good if not excellent, and so is this one, a good fast paced gore movie à la Braindead. Gore and horror is certainly not the kind of movies that gets sponsored in Belgium so it was a nice surprise they gave it a shot. A good movie with unknown but decent actors to me, that is if you like this genre of entertainment.

Whats not to like? Very funny and gory. Thought it was a blast all the way through. The characters are hilarious.

I enjoy watching movies of this genre, and it was quite a pleasure to come across this gem. The plot is interesting and has its many brilliant moments, camerawork and CG are good, acting is also excellent, as well as the eastern European setting in its concrete grittiness and music - aah the music is also brilliant and quite on pont - not sure if its Macedonian, or Bulgarian - but quite on point. All in all - very enjoyable movie - Kudos! Will watch again.

We watched this in an early advance screening in the Roxy Theatre in Koersel with the director, crew and some surviving actors in attendance followed by a Q&A.

Not since the Belgian party zombie movie "Rabid Grannies" (1988) did I have so much fun with a Flemish zombie movie. The spirit of the Troma studio's was never too far away as the film went from bloody gory fun into zany over the top black humour involving various genitals and bodily fluids. The technical quality of both the production as the numerous practical FX were top notch, harking back to the energy of "The Evil Dead" and the humour of "Re-Animator". Especially the male protagonist had the survivalist urge of an Ash Williams anti-hero.

Filmed mostly in the old hospital of Maaseik and in Poland, this movie mostly took place in a plastic surgery clinic with dubious experimental treatments resulting in carnage. The lighting in red, green and blue hues reminded me of the cinematography of a Dario Argento movie (Suspiria) and the virtuous camera work embodied Sam Raimi. The music rings back to the synth scores of John Carpenter giving it the right atmosphere.

We had a blast, with the pacing really picking up once patient zero started wreaking havoc. You can check off all the checkboxes you want to see in a film like this. Nudity, action, lots of practical gore with some added VFX to expand the physical effects and a few painful moments that made people whince in painful groans. A couple of really original gore gags makes this a certified horror crowd pleaser. I hope this will do well as I want to see more genre movies like this to get made in Belgium.

Definitely has international potential as there is a clear foreign market for this. After the Q&A we had a nice talk with the director and his wife who are really nice people, giving us some fun anecdotes about the making of the film. She even bought us drinks!

Well, roll on the sequel "Yummier" with double the budget and double the fun!