Redneck Zombies

This is possibly the first and only movie in which deodorant is used as a weapon. I'm all for originality but surely the producers could have spent $5 on plastic guns from a toy store. Anyway, that pretty much sums up the tone of this film - cheap and nasty. Thankfully, that's just the way I like my straight to video, comedy/horror trash!

Redneck Zombies makes "Surf Nazis Must Die" look like "Citizen Kane". It's cheap and poorly made, even by Troma's not so lofty standards. I have a feeling that someone made this film on a drunken weekend with their drinking buddies. At least that would explain the hilarious make-up and special effects, which seem to involve the overuse of mascara and a lot of tomato soup, respectively. The acting is as bad as you would expect and just about all of the jokes misfire. And yet, despite all of this, I enjoyed the movie immensely.

Redneck Zombies is the best kind of cinematic train wreck. It has no delusions of grandeur and simply spends all of its approximate 90 minutes trying to entertain through gore and humour. The fact that both the gore and humour are poorly executed really is beside the point. What matters is that the film is made with true Z-grade spirit, from the ridiculous toxic waste mistaken for moonshine premise, to the scene where a child extra actually waves at the camera while pretending to chew human flesh. Now that's classy.

Further highlights include the music interludes (I loved the Redneck Zombie theme song) and the autopsy on acid. This is one of those movies which will really only appeal to fellow crap connoisseurs. If bad movies are your thing, run out and buy Redneck Zombies.