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Country: USA
Year: 2011
Director: The Pierce Bros (Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce)
Starring: Michael McKiddy, Ross Kidder
Status: North West premiere (UK Release: early 2012)
Screening: Saturday, 00.25
Supporting short film: I AM LONELY.
The Bastard Love Child of…The Hangover and Zombieland!
Slacker dude Mike Kellerman (McKiddy) wakes up to discover that he’s been dead for two years and is now a zombie. The last thing he remembers, he was going to ask his girlfriend to marry him. Encouraged by fellow undead dude, Brent (Kidder), he determines to go ahead with the plan, and see if love really is stronger than death.
The only problem is, Mike and Brent aren’t the only zombies out there – and the rest are of the more traditional mindless, flesh-eating variety. If that wasn’t bad enough, there’s also a team of mercenaries out there determined to wipe out this spate of undead activity before it develops into a plague…
Grimm’s Eye View: Mike and Brent’s Excellent Undead Adventure. Championed by Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, this zom-rom-com road movie combines splatter with patter, and plays like Day of the Dead re-imagined by Kevin Smith.
Filled with stoner humour, pop-cultural references, and a surprising amount of romantic idealism, the film nevertheless doesn’t stint for a moment on the exploding heads, severed limbs and spilled guts, and delivers a twisted sucker punch ending that will touch the heart even as it sickens the stomach.
