Les portes de l'enfer

I'm always one to give a zombie movie a chance. This was more of a thriller that had zombies in it. Some zombies. The movie tried to impress upon you that the world had been overrun by zombies (why?), but there was never any tangible sense of fear or terror. This was a total vanity project.

As a newly minted Debbie Rochon fan, I had wanted to see her performance. The homicidal character she portrayed didn't serve much, if any, purpose. It was as though she was there to prop up the main character as a hottie girlfriend, but that was stretching the truth too far. The lead, in the B/W sequences, looked like a high schooler in a home movie. And it seemed like in every scene he was checking his clip for bullets. And the kungfu scenes... woah boy. And dude, keep your shirt on, that Bacardi bat tattoo was too skimpy looking (not bad ass, but ass-bad).

I did like Richard Lynch's over-the-top acting. And, there is something nice about seeing Brinke Stevens and Linnea in another horror film. In fact, I would have enjoyed more seeing Brinke, Linnea, Debbie, and Richard talking about horror films. That would have been interesting. However, this film is truly marred by the deus-ex-machina at the end with Linnea showing up saying "You owe me one (two... three...). In any sequel she would probably show up whenever the heroes were in trouble and bail them out. How unimaginative! Speaking of deus-ex-machina, let's have a serum that induces a flashback and amnesia that has little to do with the story! And let's have a bright white room with no segue to the other scenes.

Why, WHY, does one actor bring up John Carpenter's "They Live"? All of a sudden I was thinking about that film, and how much better it was than Corpses. It took all I had not to turn off the movie then and there. I'm a big fan of indie cinema and horror films, but this film simply falls short in so many ways. Total vanity project- it's as if the writer/director shelled out bucks for some talent and couldn't deliver on the script. The positives? Rochon, Quigley, Lynch, some of the lighting, and the car. The zombies sucked. But I'm sure the cast and crew had a fun old making it.

I would love to give a more detailed comment on the flick but it sucked so bad, I couldn't focus on it. Bad, acting, crappy fx, poorly shot, I've seen 8- year olds with better zombie makeup on Halloween. All I can really say is that it tries to pass off as an action/horror, but its not scary, or exciting..its just boring...90% talk to say the least and the action is so weak its not even worth watching to laugh at about how crappy it is...I would only recommend this movie as a sleep aid to people with insomnia...much respect to Felissa Rose though (not for playing in this garbage but sleepaway camp) though...that and I like Romereo is about the only reason I watched it but this movie is a disgrace, and I'm not saying that based on its budget... It just sucked...hardily.

Corpses might be forever, but my attention span wasn't. Another horrible movie distributed by the asylum, please stay away from the asylum.....unless you want to waste your money?

OK here's the story line, guy with amnesia wakes up in future where zombie are running rampage (why who knows?), zombie chase him, he runs, then he starts fighting them with kungfu (which looks like little kids in the backyard play fighting, not one punch or kick even come close to target) he then meets some people, who know him (how unusual..) then this process is repeated through the movie multiple times till it ends....

Another reason this movie was just bad, is because the person who wrote it, is also the main character, and his acting skills match his writing skills, horrible! must have been over budget?

Now don't get me wrong I am a big horror fan and love low budget movies, but this had the substance of a home movie, bad actors, horrible sets, unbearable script, and no plot, ya.. just like a home movie....

If you enjoy zombie movies I would stay away from this and cuddle up with ....day of the dead, dawn of the dead, night of the living dead, Shawn of the dead, the undead, and even the old school "zombie" movies...for some real zombie action.

There are only two things that save Corpses are Forever from being worse than it is. One is the reasonably well-shot and creepy prologue, the other is Richard Lynch, who sinks his teeth into his role and seems to be enjoying himself thoroughly. Which is more than can be said for the rest of the cast who either look embarrassed, are wasted or have no acting talent. Debbie Rochon is not bad but she is pretty wasted actually in that she is given next to nothing to work with. Linnea Quigley does not convince as a zombie and looks like she doesn't want to be there, and Brinkie Stevens is another actress who has very little to do. The worst of the lot though is definitely Jose Prendes in a performance so charisma-less and forced, often he makes the zombies seem more animated. And they were certainly nothing to write home about, in fact they were not scary in the slightest, all they did was lumber around as if stoned. They were also very poorly made-up- fancy-dress party zombie make-up has been much more convincing- and they even managed to feel irrelevant to the story. Prendes also writes and directs and in all honesty of all the writing/starring in/directing-by-one-person jobs from any movie Prendes for Corpses are Forever has to be down there as one of the all-time worst. The direction is completely amateurish, with all-over-the-place editing and his support and direction for the actors seemed non-existent too, you can tell by how the minor roles/extras were just wandering around looking as though they didn't have a clue what to do. His script-writing is stilted, doesn't develop the characters at all and adds ones that are completely extraneous, has a very improvised feel and has no structure and humour and banter that verge on juvenile. The awkward line-delivery doesn't help nor does the sound, sometimes you can't even hear what was being said. The storytelling is so thin on the ground that there is often very little of it at all, it is filled with plodding exposition that seemed to be solely there to pad out the running time, is very tediously paced(not in a while have I been this bored by a movie)and is often incoherent(perhaps due to that there was a lot of stringing-of-rip-offs going on). There is no fun, tension or thrills, you can go as far to say no atmosphere, and then there are action sequences that are haphazardly shot and to say that they are choreographed unimaginatively is being too kind. And the ending is too ridiculous that it is not worth commenting on, plus the most inventive Corpses are Forever ever gets are the title and taglines that are very cheesy themselves. In conclusion, not the worst The Asylum has done or the worst movie ever but it is a terrible and interminably dull one on all but one or two levels. 2/10, though it was a very tough decision as to whether to give it a 1 or a 2. Bethany Cox

Corpses Are Forever (2003) is a waste of time. The film makers tried to make a cool movie but thinking somethings cool when it's not sucks, and so did this film. Instead of wasting money on B-Movie actors who know the product sucks, they should have spent in on production and writing a decent script. This movie is why Asylum is a joke of a company. They think they're Troma and they act like their product is all that and a bag of chips. You think that a company with the name Asylum would make edgy and horrific films that'll shock and terrorize you. Instead they scare you from watching any of their d.v.d.s

When you're making a movie, don't try and bring up cooler movies just so you can get some cred amongst old school horror fans. It wont work. You'll seem like you're reaching for some thing (and anything). The concept of this movie was interesting. Anybody could have made it work. The problem lies with these people. They just don't know how to make a watchable movie. Throwing stuff at the wall and seeing if it sticks is no way either. I could have made a better movie movie with $10,000 and three digital cameras.

Perhaps there's a market for this crap. I don't know who would watch this tripe but there must be. Just remember, have a decent script, motivated actors, a good director and lots of lighting. If you follows these rules you can make something that's watchable. If you try to make a movie that'll entertain yourself, you'll end up on the short end of the stick every time.

Not recommended. This movie is so bad it'll crack the lens within your d.v.d. player.