'Zombies of Mass Destruction' (2009) - Kevin Hamedani.
Reacting somewhat negatively to the double-bummer of its prosaic title and generic artwork, my initially too-glib dismissal of 'Zombies of Mass Destruction' proved to be no less misguided than Johnny Depp's miasmic marriage to golden-haired harridan, Amber Heard! While 'ZOMD' doesn't exactly lumber the apocalyptic road less travelled by the reeking multitudes of many other no less penurious 'Zom-B movies', it is enlivened by a sprightly witty script, which takes the singularly novel approach of actually placing appealing characters in deadly 'Zom-Com' jeopardy, rather than blithely sending asinine caricatures into the anodyne celluloid meat grinder. Granted, witnessing the imaginatively sanguineous slayings of shrieking, scantily clad imbeciles can have its momentary pleasures, but like frequently over-imbibing cheap-ass Vodka, the calamitous damage to your delicate sensibilities greatly outweighs the all-too brief, life-numbing high!
'ZOMD' is a bloody entertaining satire on the reactionary prejudices fulminating behind the deceptively docile domiciles of small-town U.S.A., and, pleasingly, the actual living brains behind all this ghoulish, maggot-brained, cannibal carnage are still infected with enough guile to give starving horror fans a little more grist to chew on than usual! For me, one of the joys of watching/collecting horror films is zealously grubbing below the glossy surface of the shimmering mainstream in the eternal hope of discovering hidden celluloid treasures all too many complacent fright-fiends might be unaware of! And what strongly endeared me to 'ZOMD' was its delightful lack of 'EBJS' (Enervating Blumhouse Jump Scare Syndrome) and having all this sublimely silly, post-911, terror-tosh gorily refracted across the dusky eyes of our delectable, American-born Iranian heroine, Frida (Janette Armand) made for a most beguiling Zom-B-Movie butt-kicker!
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