Hide and Creep

I have rented several b-horror films in my time. I have to say that this one isn't as bad as some of the users have made it out to be. It made me laugh a couple of times and had a halfway decent story line. As usual, the acting isn't great and blah blah blah, but if your renting a low budget movie you know what your getting into before you start to watch it. As far as the genre goes I would rate this one at a 6 just because of the decent script. The video store owner Chuck kinda reminds me of the guy from "Clerks" with his comments and attitude. Don't get me wrong, the characters and script are no where as good as "Clerks" but it did remind me of him a couple of times. All in all, I wouldn't call this a complete waste of time and I actually watched it twice before taking it back. To each his own though. I may be biased because I had rented "The Wickeds" at the same time which I believe will be in the Guinness Book of Worlds Records for the worst movie of all time.

After a bit of a break from the Zombie monotony of The Craptacular Compilation Midnight Horror: Zombies collection. I crawled myself out of the grave to try to finish off the last three films. Starting with the zomedy Hide and Creep. Although not a great film, I did like a lot more of it than I thought I would.

Hide and Creep jumps around a lot as it tells the tale of a small town besieged by the living dead, as well as government agents, and aliens. There were a lot of storylines of minor characters to follow that seemed like they would connect, but most of them did not do so in more than a passing way. Which is my main problem with this movie. For me, the main characters were a group of not so intelligent redneck hunters out in the woods, who battle their way back to town and try to protect it and their families. The jokes from that group had a better chance to land for me, and it seemed like a more interesting group of people. I would have been good with a zombie comedy that just followed them as they tried to survive and alert people in their favorite goofy dry county hangouts about zombies. Sadly though we are subjected to those other random characters and stories that don't add a lot more then nods to the makers' favorite films. The naked guy who was abducted, the ex-deputy and his ex-girlfriend, and the video shop owner all take up time for the basic, "survive" zombie plot. With all these characters it would have made it more fun to have a siege style film like Feast...well with zombies instead of monsters.

Still, Hide and Creep had its entertaining moments, mostly with the hunters, and their dialogue, but it didn't make up for long boring times with the other characters. Although I didn't rate it super high, I would recommend this for low budget zombie fans. It has enough in it to entertain them.

OKay first off I had nothing to do with this movie nor did I personally know any of the actors or any of the cast or crew members for that matter.

I have seen the worst of the worst zombie movies and movies in general. This is a very low budget movie with that in mind this movie was done very well.. Almost too well. My friends and I still quote lines from it and we still get together and watch it when we have our zombie movie get togethers. The acting was OK, the plot was OK and the effects were a little on the cheap side but for a low budget movie and entertainment it really does get much better than this movie.. Keep in mind that it is a low budget cheap cheezy zombie movie. but its funny and fun to watch.. I liked it and will defend it to anyone...

If you wanna she some crap movies check out anything by asylum. Especially that Night of the Dead Leben Tod that is the worst movie ever made.. Chuck and Chance are Spielbergs compared to that crap.

No question the movie is a comedy. No question it is low budget. No question the script "borrows" from the genre. No question the acting is not good, but enthusiastic. No question "Hide and Creep" can rightfully take it's place on the low budget fun shelf, next to the likes of "Inbred Redneck Alien Abduction", and "Night Feeders". The script seems to be a cocktail of zombie movie snippets, redneck jokes, and stereotypes. The film is fast moving, with little character development, nevertheless there are a few laugh out loud moments. If you look past the cheap effects, and latch onto the lighthearted idea of rednecks trying to outsmart zombies, you will be entertained. - MERK

"Hide and Creep" has the look of an undiscovered 80's zombie movie and the heart of one too. It just rocks with it's bad, low budget self. Obviously there's a lot of love put into it, all the characters do their thing without falling into over-the-top clichés or stereotypes. The description on here is a tad misleading. You won't see a flying saucer or an alien and the televisions work pretty well for the most part. What you will see is a tongue in cheek zombie movie where the whole premise is people are just trying to get out of dodge at the beginning of a zombie invasion. These are some of the most sneaky zombies I think I've ever seen, man they just pop up, just like that. Budget is an estimated $20,000 which tells me that the actors involved where doing it for the love. The director(s) Chuck Harsell and Chance Shirley make good use of their camera work with fairly imaginative shots. The zombie effects are hit and miss. The gore is substantial enough to probably find a good amount of censoring on television if ever broadcast. I liked all the characters, nobody was sleeping through their lines, and all seemed independently created with real lives behind them. This should be a MUST SEE for the zombie lovers and on every zombie movie lovers list. It doesn't quite change the game but it does keep the bodies on ice.