A fertilizer used in a rich gated community becomes the source of a genetic mutation that transforms its residents into zombies. Can a teenager and his baby sister break free from the quarantined island before turning into grass?
Starring: Iani Bedard, Roy Dupuis, and Marianne Fortier
Directed and written by: Julien Knafo
Make sure you don’t have a “Brain Freeze” and keep focused on this wonderful zombie comedy. Andre (Iani Bedard) is just trying to be a teen, but instead he’s tasked with being a babysitter. His mother (Anne-Elisabeth Bosse) has to work and the real babysitter has other places to be, so he’s left to a big home alone with his baby sister. When mom returns he thinks his job is over, but unfortunately mom is about to become a zombie making him a permanent babysitter.
Then there is Dan (Roy Dupuis), who is the security guard for the area Andre lives in. While driving around the neighborhood he’s either trying to talk to his daughter with little success, or listening to a radio talk show. Apparently he’s picked the right show because soon enough it’s going to give a big clue to what’s about to happen. The local golf course has had their grass sprayed with a fertilizer so the rich can play golf year long. Too bad it’s about to turn them into zombies leaving Dan, Andre, and the baby to figure out what’s going on before it’s too late.
Having seen so many zombie movies it’s nice to see a story that feels a little different. Audiences have seen people turn into zombies for many reasons including a chemical like fertilizer, but this reason seems unique enough. Spraying the grass so rich people can play golf all year makes it hard to feel sorry for them when they start attacking each other. The film obviously has a message for the rich here whether it’s delivered by zombie transformation, or more bluntly through the talk show host.
The pairing of Andre and Dan seems odd at first, but they definitely grow on each other, and the audience. Seeing the world differently is part of the humor the two create between each other. Then there’s the added element of the baby, which will leave the audience constantly smiling at when not fearing for her life. The three of them will provide plenty of entertainment, and so will the zombies. There will be some good deaths, and even a zombie dog. The most interesting thing about them might not be what they look like to begin with, but what they look like in the end.
In the end, the film might not have the audience falling out of their chairs laughing or have their characters soaked in blood, but that’s alright. It manages to strike a balance of horror and comedy that works just right for this story. A story with the unusual pairing of a teen and security guard with a baby in the middle both worried about the fate of their families. A story that builds on how the zombies are created, and the drama created in cleaning it up. “Brain Freeze” enters the crowded field of zombie comedies and holds its own, which is why I give it 4 pools of blood.
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More information at: http://promotehorror.com/2021/08/05/focus-on-fantasia-2021-brain-freeze/
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