Plot: While illegally selling one canister of Trioxyin-5, Charlie Garrison is murdered by a zombie. His nephew Julian Garrison finds two canisters hidden in the attic of his house with his girlfriend Jenny and they ask their friend Cody to analyze and research the chemical product. Cody finds that the composition of the product is very similar to ecstasy and he processes the chemical, making a large quantity of a drug that he called "Z" to make money. Using the services of the local drug dealer, they sell "Z" in the college campus. In the Halloween, the DJ and Jenny's brother Jeremy organizes a rave party. Meanwhile, Julian, Jenny and Cody disclose that the drug transform the users in zombies, and with the support of two weird agents, they try to stop the distribution of "Z".
Hmmmm, ok, firstly the original ROTLD film is in my top 5 horror films of all time. No question. It is as near to the perfect zombie film as you'll ever get. Part 2 was pretty shit. It had the same two lead characters but overall it was rubbish. Part 3 sort off worked. It reinvented the franchise somewhat and had the excellent Julie Walker as the star. Then, a fair few years later part 4 came from nowhere. It was shit. I had been waiting to see part 5 since 2005 and was really excited as it kinda looked similar to the first one. I was wrong.
Zombie college kids....nice.
This film takes place after part 4 but no reference is made to the last zombie outbreak at all. The same characters are now at college when one of the trusty canisters containing the nasty zombie gunk turns up in an attic. There is some kind of sub plot going on involving two russian mafia types who are looking for the canister but this doesn't work at all. They are played for laughs all the time and the problem is, they arn't funny. At all.
Go on, bite his head off.
The kids end up at the rave of the decade, along with the zombies and the russians, dressed as vikings! The acting is crap, especially John Keefe , the lead male, who is atrocious. My bollocks can act better then this guy. All this is such ashame because there is one part of this film that is good. No, not good, excellent. The zombie make up. As in the first film, it is top notch. Brilliant. The way zombies are meant to look. This is down to Optic Nerve Studios who should have been given an oscar for their work, but they wont get jack because they arn't James Cameron.
She's naked and has a prongy fork thing.
The film makers try to throw in the usual nudity and gore but this dosen't save the film from slipping in to turd territory. One thing a ROTLD film should not be is boring, but this is. An utter mess of a film. I hate it and wish it was dead.
Kelly did not watch this film. Lucky her.
Summary:
Great because:
- Zombies look great
Crap because:
- Boring
- Actors can't act
- Tries to be funny and fails
Hamster Rating: 1 for the zombies
Gore: 3
Scares: 0.5
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