Zombi VIII: Urban Decay

I sat down to watch the 2021 movie titled "Zombi VIII: Urban Decay", given my interest in all things zombie. Sure, the "Zombi" movie franchise haven't exactly been great, but still, I opted to give it a chance.

And I should have gone with my gut feeling and just left this movie alone. Yeah, "Zombi VIII: Urban Decay" was that bad.

There weren't any properly well-written storyline to be seen in "Zombi VIII: Urban Decay", so I don't really know what writer and director Dustin Ferguson was thinking when he wrote and made this particular movie.

What you get when you sit down to watch the 2021 movie "Zombi VIII: Urban Decay" is a whole lot of nothing. There is no proper storyline, and even worse dialogue. Then there was the dubious and questionable acting, which was just painful to witness. And "Zombi VIII: Urban Decay" contains a whole lot of nothing, virtually nothing - film being wasted on people walking in the wilderness, or sitting in a cab. I feel that I should also mention the audio in "Zombi VIII: Urban Decay", because it was atrocious. I wonder how a sound that bad, which was at times so low you could hardly hear what was being mumbled on the screen, could ever pass through editing. Surely someone must have noticed it and raise a finger.

"Zombi VIII: Urban Decay" is one of the worst zombie movies I have had the misfortune of stumbling upon. And it is definitely a contender for the top 10 of bad zombie movies I have seen.

I am rating "Zombi VIII: Urban Decay" a generous one out of ten stars. You should really do yourself a favor and skip on this abysmal wreck of a movie. Some of us suffered through this ordeal so you don't have to. Another strike out for the "Zombi" franchise.

The Zombi series is quite the confusing franchise. But this film claims to be a direct sequel to the two original Lucio Fulci films. Other than original music cues and reference to the original island the zombies are on, there is no connection.

Here we have a zero-budget film shot in the United States made for the Australian market based on two Italian films that were made as unofficial sequels to an American film (Dawn of the Dead) which was also a sequel to Night of the Living Dead. Which they show clips of in this movie because public domain even though they film it off a TV and looks like crap.

You'll be bored watching this even though it's 57 minutes. In order to pad the runtime as best they can, they put in minutes of footage where nothing is happening as characters are walking around a forest. But that's better than when the characters are talking. Not only are the actors bad, you can barely hear them as the audio was recorded straight from the built-in camera mic.

They also stretch the runtime by long opening credits, lasting about 3 minutes, and about 4 minutes of closing credits. Leaving virtually no plot, no character development, or any lack of care for what's happening.

This feels like an insult to the Fulci films. Those weren't great either and were low budget in their own right but at least there was real effort, talent, and charm to them. Especially if you're familiar with the making of Italian horror films of that time.

If you're going to watch anyway, don't pay for it. It is not worth the money. I was fortunate to watch it for free on Tubi.

I don't know how it was scored 8/10 by another reviewer, maybe linked to the movie?

You only have to check the trailer to see it is badly acted and is a cheap B movie. If it is was made to look like the 70's 80's cheap badly acted movies then it works (back in those days).

Other than that terrible film, just on the trailer! Check it and see what I mean,

Where do you start..is this even a movie,made up of mostly stock footage,this pile of rot should not even be considered film,the acting is nonexistent, FX completely sad and the script is just not there ..the 8/10 review is surly by someone connected to this production (for lack of a better word)

if you are expecting a watchable b movie with some good moments.....you are WRONG..all you will get a time wasted on this utter pile of garbage.

Since half of the current reviews are obviously written by people involved with the makers of this piece of crap ,I decided to split the difference.

WARNING this isn't even a movie.

Don't waste your time please , and watch anything else with zombies in it , if you are a fan of the genre , and give this crap a pass.