Night of the Living Deb

Chompcrc here. This is actually a pretty good movie. It hits all the major plot points, and I laughed out loud on numerous occasions. The lead actress is a revelation, and should definitely be way more famous than she is. Sure, a bigger budget Hollywood production would have looked and felt better, but this is as good as anything Hollywood heavy hitters are doing in the genre. Good job folks.

It's a fun little movie. It doesnt take itself too seriously. The main actress is a delight. The story is refreshing and contrary to appearances, is not 'just another zombie movie'.

The movie has some good laughs and even the romantic element is palatable. The main guy actor, well, he's a little low key but handles the role.

A few surprises, a few scares, some original story telling and a fun ending.

This is a good date movie and it is a good compromise in that both women and men will get a kick out of it.

I enjoy searching through the 'customers also liked' section of streaming services. It's a great way to find hidden or underappreciated gems. I was pleasantly surprised to find N.o.t. L. D. During a late-night search. I've now seen it a bunch of times.

Deb, the titular character (played by the lovely and talented Maria Thayer), is a classic underachiever who, prodded by her pal on a night out, chats up a good looking fellow a few levels above her on the social scale. The next morning, Deb and her new friend are forced to deal with a zombie outbreak, her new friend's snobbish family, and an extremely jealous girlfriend.

The comedy, mostly supplied by Thayer, plays a greater role than the human-munching and zombie-killing (although there's a decent amount of gore).

The movie was made on a shoestring budget, financed by a Kickstarter campaign. This is another element I liked about the flick; it's one of those movies were the creators worked with a tiny budget and still produced an entertaining movie.

Highly recommended.

Night of the Living Deb (2015)

** (out of 4)

Deb (Maria Thayer) wakes up after a night of drinking in the apartment of Ryan (MichaeL Cassidy). The two quickly try to play off their night but soon they're back together when they realize that a zombie apocalypse has broken out.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEB isn't the greatest horror spoof ever created but there are a couple nice laughs that help keep it moving but there's really not enough here for a feature-length film. I think this here would have worked much better as a short film because there's really no plot here as we basically see Deb, a rather nerdy person, falling in love with the good looking Ryan and the majority of the film has her being mistreated or taken advantage of. Oh yeah, the other thing is that she is very sarcastic and this is where the majority of the laughs come from.

Thankfully both Thayer and Cassidy are good in their roles and this certainly helps since we spend the majority of the running time with them. Thayer is the star here and she turns in a nice performance but I still felt that only twenty-percent or so of her jokes actually worked. The film could have benefited had there been something more going on. Perhaps more in-jokes or at least something more to hold the viewer's attention.

As it stands, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEB has a creative title but it's too bad the film itself wasn't more creative.

Deb is a smart, socially awkward girl who is drinking with her friend one night at the bar. The next morning she wakes up in a guy's place after a one night stand. While she is leaving a zombie outbreak is taking place all around. She takes her car, grabs the one night stand and begins her zombie survival adventure.

This was actually pretty good. It's a smart zomedy with good writing and several clichés avoided. Not really violent at all with maybe a bite or two and people get shot. Nobody is taking bats to their heads and the zombies aren't playing with intestines. Ray Wise does a good job as the evil company owner.

I was surprised with this one for sure. You can even watch this one with the significant other as there is a love story as well.