A LITTLE BIT ZOMBIE REVIEW

Infected by a virus, a mild mannered HR manager attempts to fulfill his over whelming desire for brains, all while trying to keep it together so as not to incur the wrath of his bridezilla-to-be.

Starring: Kristopher Turner, Crystal Lowe, Shawn Roberts, Kristen Hager, and Stephen McHattie

Directed by: Casey Walker

Written by: Trevor Martin, and Christopher Bond

  The movie opens with two zombie hunters blasting away some zombies, but soon shifts gears following two couples reaching their vacation spot. After getting settled in, Craig (Kristopher Turner) gets bitten not by a zombie, but a mosquito that is carrying the zombie virus. Of course he kills the mosquito, and an exaggerate amount of blood explodes all over him. After thinking this movie was about killing zombies, it quickly becomes a horror comedy about Craig’s transformation.

  The couples are at the cottage in the woods in order to celebrate, and plan the marriage of Craig, and Tina (Crystal Lowe). No one really sees the change in Craig until he throws up all over his bride to be. It’s a decently amusing moment, and finally lets the others know there is something really wrong with him. Many might think the wedding would be called after that, but Tina has none of that. She is determined, and pretty much obsessed with getting married.

  Craig becoming a zombie isn’t going stop this marriage. Tina, along with the other couple, quickly adapt to the situation, and help Craig adjust to being a zombie. It isn’t too hard considering that he doesn’t completely change into a zombie. He just looks a little sick, and of course wants to eat brains. In one of the few other amusing scenes, they all go to a butcher shop looking for something Craig can eat. The shop just so happens to have all kinds of brains for him to try.

  Another scene that is pretty fun is when Tina, and Sarah (Kristen Hager) decide to bring back a fresh body for Craig to kill, and eat. The pair gets dressed up, and tries to lure in a poor sucker looking for a hot date. They are successful with their part of the deal, but Craig is a little slow at accomplishing his task. Other than those scenes, and a moment here and there the movie never hits on laugh out loud moments.

  Every once in while the movie would cut back to the two zombie hunters from the beginning of the movie. There even is a quick encounter between them, and the couples before Craig changes. While they play a role late in the movie, it just never feels like they should have been included in the first place. They carry around some weird ball that supposedly leads them to the zombies. It feels like they are on some adventure, and the audience is thrown in the middle of it never knowing their whole story.

  Overall “A Little Bit Zombie” is a little bit too cheesy. Besides for a couple of scenes, there is just too much useless conversations, and dumb jokes. It’s a shame that the movie isn’t funnier because the idea for the story isn’t too bad. The movie should have done without the zombie hunters, and left the focus on Craig’s transformation, and Tina’s obsession to get married. In the end, I give this movie 1.5 pools of blood.

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GUT REVIEW

Family man Tom has seen something he can’t forget, a mysterious video with an ugly secret that soon spreads into his daily life and threatens to dismantle everything around him.

Starring: Jason Vail, Nicholas Wilder, and Sarah Schoofs

Directed and written by: Elias

  “Gut” starts with a bang, and then quickly settles down into a slow burning psychological horror movie. The story centers around two friends that are in different places in their lives, and have been growing apart. Tom (Jason Vail) has a wife and kids to take care of, while Dan (Nicholas Wilder) is more of a loner.

  Perhaps they have been going in different directions because they each feel there is something missing in their lives. That is the kind of vibe that each gives off, and adds to that slow burning feeling. Dan tries to fill part of that void with a strange video that he orders. Stunned by what he sees, Dan has to share it with his best friend. After trying to keep his distance from Dan, Tom finally gives in, and agrees to see the video.

  From here on out, each of them become obsessed with the video in their own way. Dan orders more videos, while Tom seems to have recurring dreams of what he saw. So what’s on the video? Well, that takes the audience to the title of the film, “Gut.” The video shows someone gutting a person tied to a table. It’s the bloodiest, and most gruesome part of the movie. Just like the movie, it’s a nice and slow gutting of the person.

  Besides being a slow burner, the best part is that the movie never gives the audience a clear idea of who is behind these videos. Because of the awkwardness of Tom and Dan, there are times when you think one of them could be behind it. At other times, you get the feeling that it’s just some other crazy person. That is what the characters leave you to believe. Even when the movie comes to shocking conclusion, there still is no evidence of who’s behind the videos. However, it puts the final nail in their friendship.

  Sometimes slow burners become too slow, and bore me to the point where I have had enough. “Gut” isn’t one of those movies. Not knowing who’s behind the gruesome videos kept my attention throughout. The odd behavior of Tom and Dan had me flipping back and forth between who I thought did it. They do a great job of showing how the two friends’ relationship changes, while mixing in the mystery of where these videos come from. Because this movie had me on my toes the entire time, I give it 3 pools of blood.

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