An Accidental Zombie (Named Ted)

Not hilarious, but a few grins. Has a short film feel, need to watch through the credits. Acting was good, directing not to bad, no graphics, but set's were done well. Seemed to be more improvised than polished script.

I enjoyed this film a lot. No offence to projects like Warm Bodies but I'm not the biggest fan of zombie stuff let alone zombie comedies. Mainly because half the time they never seem to know what they were or are trying to be. This film gets it perfectly. In fact, it sorta reminded me of those great old school 80's or 90's films that understood how silly they were and yet still came at the comedy very intelligently. This one was fun and executed very well.

Hilarious wild crazy love story. Kane Hodder doing comedy, awesome. Doc is creepy cool.

Accidental Zombie is yet another take on the well-worn "monster on the outside, human on the inside" theme. Ted has recently returned from a vacation in the Caribbean and has a strange skin rash. Slowly he comes to the realization that he was actually involved in some sort of ritual and is now a zombie. He joins a support group for other confused "paranormals", including a fairy who has lost her wings, a werewolf, a troll who has become too smart and needs help becoming dumb again, and a vampire. Ted also has to deal with his misfit extended family, including a grandfather who is dating a witch, his two parents with "skin problems" and his sex-crazed aunt who can't keep her hands off his uncle-in-law (who thinks he'll be the next President.)

In the world of this movie, every character is varying degrees of odd and eccentric, and monsters are just another ingredient in the mix. Human or outcast, it's their humanity underneath (or lack thereof) which ultimately shows itself in the end.

Production, pacing, writing, script, editing and acting all reveal the amateur chops and low budget, and it takes a bit of effort to get through. This is a lazy Sunday or a folding laundry film, not one for surprising your friends with an offbeat, destined-to-go-viral weird hidden gem, like Wolf Cop or The Greasy Strangler. Still, there's some sincere charm to be found if you have the patience and appreciate some of its low-budget earnestness and inventiveness.

Well, the concept idea behind the 2017 movie "An Accidental Zombie (Named Ted)" definitely was interesting enough, just a shame that the movie itself flopped as much as it did.

When I sat down in 2021 to watch "An Accidental Zombie (Named Ted)", I hadn't even heard about it, and I didn't know what it was about. But given the movie's title, then I assumed that I was in for a zombie movie.

And as the movie started and I saw Kane Hodder was in it, I must admit that I was sort of thrilled. But Kane Hodder wasn't in the movie for a long time actually, and he only did so little to lift up the movie.

The storyline told in "An Accidental Zombie (Named Ted)" was boring and bland. Nothing much of any interest happened throughout the course of the entire movie, which made the movie feel a lot longer than it actually was. And with it being so mundane, it was not a great movie experience.

The characters in the movie were semi-adequate. I mean, some of the characters had appeal and could be interesting, while others felt like mere fillers in the background to populate the movie on the screen. The acting performances, were for the most parts adequate enough. This isn't award-winning performances though.

I wasn't particularly entertained by what writer and director Anne Welles managed to do with this 2017 movie.

I am rating "An Accidental Zombie (Named Ted)" a mere three out of ten movies. It wasn't a zombie movie in the traditional zombie movie manner, and the movie just fell short of being entertaining.