Zombiefest

Of course I ended up sitting down to watch the 2020 anthology "Ultimate Zombie Feast" as it is a zombie anthology. And everything even remotely zombiesque, and I'm there.

Granted, knowing that this was an anthology, I must admit that I was somewhat skeptic about it already before I even started watching it. Why? Well, honestly then a lot of the anthologies set in the horror genres tend to be very, very bland and mundane. But hey, I opted to watch "Ultimate Zombie Feast" regardless, as it might just happen to be a surprisingly good anthology, as it was all focused on zombies.

And it wasn't great. Sure, it was watchable enough, and most of the stories were actually interesting enough. But as anthologies go, of course there were some real lousy stories in the fray as well. And believe you me, some of the stories told in "Ultimate Zombie Feast" were beyond dubious. Sometimes, you just got to stop, take a step back and take a gander at your production with non-biased goggles.

Some of the stories and segments throughout the anthology were actually adequate, and had both a proper storyline as well as having proper special effects. Keep in mind, though, that nothing in the anthology is even remotely near what you had in the Romero movies or in series such as "The Walking Dead". But on the other hand, then many stories also were just downright bad and laughable, feeling like the bottom of the B-movie barrel.

This anthology is long; running at 2 hours and 21 minutes. And after having sat through what felt like three hours, I had to check the timer, and it turned out that I had only sat through 1 hour and 7 minutes of the ordeal. So yeah, "Ultimate Zombie Feast" is unfathomably slow paced. You might want to keep a gallon of coffee within hands reach.

I can't claim to be familiar with a single actor or actress in any of the stories here, for better or worse.

And the special effects throughout the stories in the anthology, varied as much as the contents themselves of each stories varied. Some have adequate special effects, others have laughable low budget special effects. And one thing that I just never will come to like in zombie movies are running, agile zombies, and zombies being able to produce sounds that no human vocal cord - dead or undead - is capable of producing. And trust me, this anthology is rich on these horrible things.

While I managed to endure the entire ordeal and sit through every single story here. I was only mildly entertained. And I can in all honesty say that I am never going to return to watch this anthology a second time. And this is hardly something I would recommend that you waste your money, time or effort on.

My rating of "Ultimate Zombie Feast" lands on a mere three out of ten stars. The fact for this rather low rating is the horrible pacing of the anthology and the overall sense of boredom that permeates most of the stories.

I don't know what some other reviewers were expecting... I was expecting a mixed bag, and that's exactly what I got.

A couple of really well filmed sequences, but also a couple of duds. Still not a waste of time if you're aware of the low budgets and very variable skill levels.

Being used to the usual dreck makes this anthology film a pleasant surprise. As with any anthology, the results may (and do) vary, but most here have at least a kernel of interest or even originality. Ratings may be a little inflated due to the low average of such fare, but those either interested or obsessed with this genre would likely find this has at least a modicum of value.

I'm not big in to shorts, but I LOVE me some gore, and the little bits I'd read about this said it was loaded with gore. In all honesty, that was the only reason I watched the title (via Amazon Prime). Suffice it to say, it was nowhere near as gory as it was said to be, and in fact, quite tame compared to what I would consider "gory zombie flicks."

I mostly wanted to comment on the gore factor (or lack thereof) in case other viewers were looking for a similar fix of bodies, parts, and body parts.

The rest of it is just meh. Certainly better production than some of the real super micro budget zombie films, but there is no reason to pick this over the myriad of generic zombie flicks.

Some awful pieces in this like the first story. Zombies & Cigarettes. Who ever chose to put this on first deserves to be sacked. I was ready to turn it off after being insulted numerous times.

Its YouTube level fan film level. Which is why I watched it. Poor and cringey. But to be fair there is an audience for it.