Damon
Lemay
MTI
Home Video
R1
DVD
Jake La Fond is a mechanic who is just one
of the locals, until his small and rather quaint hometown, Otis, is rocked by
strange events. After going hunting with a friend ends up as a zombie Jake
realizes something is really wrong ! The town, of
course, ignores his pleas and thinks he is a bit weird until the carnage
begins. It seems rather disgusting squishy parasites are taking over the
citizens of his town and turning them into zombies. By the time they realize
what has happened the vast majority of the town is infected and Jake, his
girlfriend Alex and Randy, his gun toting rival, must shot their way out.
At first glance, this does sound fairly
derivative; however, director Damon Lemay brings together a range
of different horror motifs to make an interesting and action packed zombie
film. The combination of the rather disgusting looking slugs, which remind me
somewhat of Slither or even Cronenberg’s Shivers
combined with the gore of a classic zombie film makes
this an enjoyable horror romp.
The acting is surprisingly good, the
special effects are impressively well done with a high gore quotient and some
quite over the top scenes and there is a good sense of humour
which makes it a real winner. The film is kept at a very fast pace so your
interest is always sustained - there is always a new “shot to take” or “zombie
to kill”, and there are also of course the zombie grandmothers and flesh eating
animals to avoid !
While this is a B grade zombie film, it
has some really A grade special effects and with
careful editing and a great sense of humour it
transcends it’s clearly lower end of the scale budget. The mixture of action,
horror, gore and humour make this a winner.
I thoroughly enjoyed this bloody romp and
highly recommend it.