World Ends at Camp Z

With all the constraints that this movie has it could have been a lot worse.

The acting and direction is bad. However, the basic story and set up is done quite well. There are some good drone shots and effective lighting. The zombie slo mo is overdone thesedays.

I've actually seen World Ends at Camp Z twice, and it's not as bad as some of the reviews suggest. It's no masterpiece, but I've definitely seen zombie movies of significantly lower quality. While the acting isn't exactly stellar, the story holds up reasonably well, with elements of both drama and horror woven into the plot. There's even a touch of romance added to fine-tune the overall experience.

That said, when working with a low budget in horror filmmaking, there's often a trade-off: should the money go toward the monsters-in this case, the zombies-or everything else? I feel this movie opted for the latter, and that's where it falls short for me. The zombies in World Ends at Camp Z just don't look very convincing. I would have preferred them to at least look cool or scary, but some appear quite underwhelming-almost pathetic.

The film appears to be a Canadian production, set in the French-speaking province of Quebec. It's in English, though, which I found to be a nice twist. Quebec's natural scenery is truly beautiful and adds a unique flavor to the movie, especially since the entire horror unfolds at a camping site.

All in all, I think World Ends at Camp Z deserves a higher rating than it's received.

I could barely make it through this movie because despite the plot (middling), the actors were SO BAD. I'm literally typing in other words just so that IMDB will let me tell you how bad the acting was.

When I judge the "quality" of a zombie movie I usually take into account the budget. "Okay, it's not that good, but it was made for just 500.000 dollar so what could you expect?" This weekend I checked out World Ends at Camp Z that only costed 300.000 dollar. Frankly, I was pleasantly surprised. Yes, there is bad acting. Yes, there is bad dialogue. And the zombies look very bad too. But I thought a lot of things were done okay.

The story takes place in Canada. Young Dean has lived and worked all his young life on this camping La Tuque. He's not happy to learn that his "home" will be sold to some rich guys. His uncle just couldn't pay the bills anymore. To make matters worse the new owner Aaron, a spoilt kid in his twenties, wants to check out the camping with his friends before purchasing. They start a big party. Now Dean must be their butler before the deal is done. He does have a connection with Vanessa, a young lawyer who must check the paperwork. However, she turns out to be the girlfriend of the owner. Damn! When a friend of the owner gets injured, they must go to town to take him to the hospital. And then the zombies turn up...

What I liked about World Ends at Camp Z was the beautiful locations. The makers used drones to film the camping (which is located near Quebec?) surrounded by trees and water and it looks great.

Also a good point was the fact that one of the heroes is a Native Canadian named Clay. Clay is a father figure to Dean and knows how to deal with the threat when the zombies take over the camp. I think we should see more Native Americans or Canadians in movies, also in "normal" roles.

Lastly, I enjoyed the two leads. Of course Dean and Vanessa don't really get along at the start of the film. But the way they get closer to each other wasn't bad. Overall Vanessa (played by Anne-Carolyne Binette) gives us the best performance.

When the first zombie appears in the movie (after 55 minutes!) the film goes downhill. The action scenes with the undead aren't the best part of the movie but it does have a satisfying ending.

Not brilliant, maybe not even good, but I did like World ends at camp Z.

7/10.

Its not a big budget movie, but its worth watching on a lazy weekend.

The acting is decent, the cinematography is solid, these story is interesting enough.

It had a pretty low IMDB score, so i wasn't expecting much, and as i suspected it is a lot better than most viewers seemed to rate it.

It was what I've come to expect from Canada based or directed productions, having worked on similar pilot films and commercials.

The ending could have been better, and leaves some obvious questions, but resolves well enough I be able to sleep well.

In essence this is a pandemic or post pandemic made movie, built upon a pandemic gone wrong theme that results in a zombie chow down.

I have no regrets having watched it and included it in my list of "Pretty Good Movies"