The Zombie Club

Usually, when I hear the words "faith-based film" I quietly decide to skip it and move on. I was burned by too many church screenings in the mid-90s, especially those geared toward a youth audience. However, The Zombie Club is unique, and well-worth your time. It's a genuinely entertaining film where the message is clear without sacrificing the story. And, to be frank, it's much higher quality than the movies we sat through when I was a kid.

In a small town, a diverse group of students find themselves stuck with the typical high school labels (smart girl, jock, pretty girl, nerd, stoner, goth kid) and they can't get along because they are all too busy trying to fit in with their own tribe. Soon enough, those with the social clout to get away with it start to bully the unpopular students. Coincidentally, a group of bullies and the bullied end up in Saturday detention together. There they, and their delightfully absent-minded science teacher, are infected with toxic gas emanating from a shipment of poison dart frogs mistakenly sent to the public-school lab. From that time on, they find themselves endowed with supernatural powers, but this comes at a cost: They are slowly degrading mentally and within a few days they'll be dead... or maybe undead. Losing their humanity, however, causes them to find it in each other. The group ends up bonding and working together to curb bullying in their school.

Movie goers of a certain age will recognize the title of this film as a nod to the "The Breakfast Club" with which it shares many intentional similarities- From Saturday detention to a group of students bonding over the struggles of adolescence. For this and other reasons, The Zombie Club is a movie that can cross generations. But it hopes to cross social paradigms too. By the end of the story, viewers will likely find an open door to discuss bullying in general and that seems to be the filmmaker's intent. Somehow it achieves this without becoming too preachy or feeling bad. But it's more than a discussion starter. It's a fun movie in its own right. I'd recommend it for anyone.

The Zombie Club is a movie about a terrible mix-up where the company accidentally sent the professor at the local high school poison dart frogs instead of his regular order which is where the story takes a turn for the worst. Six teenage students in Saturday detention find themselves and their teacher aka Professor Lewis beginning to get a multitude powers and slowly begin turning more and more into zombies and in the race to find the cure they end up finding something else. Friendship. Even though this movie is only rated PG it is still a great movie for teens and young adults. The Zombie Club also falls into a category of sci-fi mixed with an anti-bullying theme, so if you are looking for great sci-fi movie this might be the one perfect for you.

The acting was great, also the way the movie was narrated and plotted. You were able to tell the special effects in the movie were low budget but were actually really good. There were a couple weak points in the movie such as the transitions and making the plot completely clear from the beginning but other than that I don't see any other negatives.

In my opinion the movie is a great sci-fi film, and if you're bored and trying to find another good movie I would recommend this one or even if you're looking for a great movie centered around anti-bullying I would recommend considering this one because it's a lot better than most of the anti-bullying themed films out there and you would be able to show this to large groups of people because it has such a large age range you could show it to a 10 year old's because its rated PG but you could also show it to an adult if you wanted because it is such a great movie.

What a movie for Bridgeport! This movie is intended for the teenage audience and it does a good job fitting its audience. Since the movie is basically one for teens it has a positive message with bullying and technology, 2 major problems in our world today. Its very realistic in some aspects like things that can happen in reality.

Zombie club has many advantages and disadvantages. Some acting isn't very good in some parts, lets just say that you can tell who has been acting for a while and then the people who they just threw in the movie. There are definitely some emotional parts that hit home. The special effects in the movie are good. You couldn't tell in some parts that they were using them. But then again you can tell where they using them and it wasn't good at some points in the movie.

Do I recommend the movie? Yes, I do definitely for the intended audience at least. Also for locals that want to see the awesome production that was made in there town. Overall I thought this was a good movie! Could have used some work here and there. It definitely makes Bridgeport look even better!

The Zombie Club is a movie about a group of teenagers and their science professor with diverse backgrounds who come together to defeat their decent into death. They fight against bulling and life's everyday problems as high schoolers all while trying to find themselves and a cure.

In the movie their strongest asset is the storyline. They do well managing the sub plots while keeping up with the main point of the movie. They struggled with special effects and acting; but this is also not a big budget movie.

I would recommend it for middle school and up because there are some topics in the movie that some parents of younger children wouldn't want them viewing or asking about. But when you do see the movie, it gets its point across.

The movie took place in a high school, where all these teenagers were put into detention. They heard a scream coming from the lab and when they walked into the room they came out with superpowers. The movie was based on anti-bullying where it showed throughout the story. It showed Justin bullying the kids earlier in the story. Finally, once they had the same problem, he bonded more with them and become an anti-bullying club to stop it. The other theme is more science-fiction where the superpowers from the Poison Dart Frog came into place. The movie focused on teenagers because there is more bullying between them, and the movie was in a high school, so it shows who it's targeting.

The strengths overruled the weaknesses, because the movie was well put together. The characters played their roles well and it showed from start to end. The scenery fit the story well and matched the genre of it. The dramatic effects were well put together and added the science-fiction and spooky part to the movie. The only weakness was the lack of scenery, because it was well put together in the high school but outside would've added a lot more.

I liked the movie and the story there was behind it. I would recommend to someone who likes more science-fiction due to the superpower theme of it. It interested me since I not only knew the people, but also the school it was filmed in. The only reason I had some dislikes is due to the unrealistic part, but other than that it was overall good.