Review: Undead (D+)

Undead (2003)
Directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig
Starring Felicity Mason, Mungo McKay, Rob Jenkins
MPAA: R
Grade: D+

Review by Bobby Nashville

In Undead, a meteor shower in Australia has brought flesh eating zombies to life and strange phenomena is occuring everywhere. The townspeople try to run but eventually end up battling it out with the zombies. Sometimes ya gotta just take a stand. There are references to American zombie classics (Night of the Living Dead) everywhere and the attempts at humor are painful. To me, a zombie film better be damn scary or funny as hell. Undead is neither.

I love a good horror film as much as the next guy, in fact maybe more so. So I really wanted to like Undead. It's chock full of zombies, freaks and more. Heck, that's usually right up my alley. Unfortunately, Undead is a horror film that just doesn't impress. It looks and sounds like just about every other zombie move out there. Sure, it has the formula down. But that's not enough for me. I'm looking for a little more from the horror genre nowadays and I think audiences are too. Ultimately, I found Undead a little boring.

If you love zombie flicks and don't mind the poor acting, Undead might be for you. As for me, I'll pass. There are just too many better options (Evil Dead, etc.) out there. Undead is not as scary as it should be. And when it comes to horror films, that's the curse of death.