Zomblogalypse

Zomblogalypse started as a web series. Now it has spawned a movie spin off.

After the Zombie apocalypse. Some years later, Hannah, Tony and Miles decide to make a movie about surviving the Zombie apocalypse.

However they turn out to be inept filmmakers. Health and safety is lax, having real Zombies in the film set mean that the production crew start to whittle down.

This is a labour of love for the filmmakers. An absurd Zombie comedy that is part Shaun of the Dead and part Monty Python. Eventually the silliness starts to win you over but this is no Spinal Tap.

It does look a lot like an ultra budget home movie shot on an Iphone. Making movies is boring and so is this at the beginning.

It gets splatter heavy and gore crazy later on, but it is a little too late by then.

If you stitched 9 episodes of the Zomblogalypse web series together, it wouldn't be as great as this. This has all the ridiculousness of that, but with a feature-length plot, and slightly better camera work.

For me, the film has a handful of laugh-out-loud moments of comedy gold.

The film could probably use a tighter edit, but for the most part it's fine, and there's a faster overall pace than many episodes of the web series.

I advise those unfamiliar with the show to watch a few episodes before seeing the film, to get to know the lead characters better.

I went into this movie expecting to be disappointed after seeing the IMDb rating but after about 90mins of smiling ear to ear I can safely say that I really enjoyed what the movie offered.

Zomblogalypse is unlike any other Zombie movie i've seen and with there being zombies in it I assumed it was supposed to be a horror which it isn't. The movie is a comedy through and through, with lough out loud jokes all the way through. It reminded me of Spaced, especially the character of Tony who is like Mike in that.

The only bad thing about it is the budget was obviously very low and it can look a bit cheap at times. Some of the Zombies look convincing while others don't in some scenes which is weird. When the gore is good it is very good and funny. One guy gets his legs pulled apart and all his bowels fall on top of another guys head which made me laugh lots.

Worth checking out and more so if you like British humour.

This sounded good on paper, sadly it failed to deliver so completely that I laughed harder at the reviews giving it 10/10 than I did at the movie itself.

I just didn't find any of it funny, I was bored within the first few minutes and that boredom persisted through to the end. I don't remember coming close to laughing even once, though I admit I did miss a few moments while my mind wandered elsewhere in a desperate search for something more stimulating.

The writing was terrible, the attempted jokes fell flat, and the overall look and sound of the movie was on par with an average 'Asylum' film... without the special effects budget.

The movie did one thing very well though. I really felt as though I were watching a 90 minute VLOG. A really, really boring one. I was acutely aware of the precious seconds of my life trickling away.

You are either going to get the humour or not and in that way the film is a bit like marmite- you will love it or hate it. The acting is wooden but that is part of the humour. It is good fun and sends up the genre. Watch it for what it is: a fun take on mass produced zombie films and don't expect it to be scary or horrific just very tongue in cheek.