Zombie Campout (2002)
Director: Joshua D. Smith
Writer: Joshua D. Smith
Synopsis: Radioactive meteorites from a meteor shower crash into a cemetery causing the dead to rise as flesh-eating zombies. Armed with only their wits and few camping supplies, can the attractive teens get out with their skin? Or will they become another midnight snack for the rapidly growing mass of zombies? This campout will be one they'll never forget!!
Ed Wood moves to modern day!
1) THE ACTING: Low / no budget fare, ya know what you're gonna get. I think the actors that were zombies in this movie seemed the most dedicated to their roles.
2) PRODUCTION: So-so. There were a lot of issues that I noticed. Out of focus shots, a buzzing / humming on the soundtrack during certain scenes, and choppy editing. A lot of the jokes and one liners were indeed funny. The zombie make up was pretty basic: pale discolored face with raccoon eyes. The blood and gore was surprisingly good. It seems that a chunk of the budget was spent on buying fake arms, legs, facial applications, fake heads, lots of blood, and the usual bag o' guts from the local butcher shop. I thought what happened to the forest ranger was pretty gross looking.
3) THE ZOMBIES: The usual crowd of "Romero shamblers" kept this movie hopping. And the zombies weren't picky, either. They eat children and dogs too! I did find it interesting that as our group of heroes is attempting an escape from the convenient store that they took a never before seen action on how to stop the attacking zombies. Other than that, it's the typical zombie genre fare.
4) THE CAUSE: Radioactive meteorites from a meteor shower crash into a cemetery (which is right next door to the campgrounds) causing the dead to rise as flesh-eating zombies.
5) NUDITY: Considering the type of movie this was, and all the hot chicks running around the woods in bikini tops, there was absolutely NONE. I think that if there had been some nudity in this movie, it would have helped play up the cheese factor of it all.
FINAL: Imagine if Ed Wood had a grandson who followed in his grandfather's footsteps in making cheesy, campy "B" movies. This movie is bad, shlocky, cheesy, campy fun. I can't say that I absolutely hated it. I think this is one of those movies that you watch on a rainy day with your friends over, having pizza and beer. It's at least worth one viewing, but remember, with friends and LOTS of beer!
RATING: 2 OUT OF 5
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