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Zombie Cheerleader Camp (2007)
Zombies and Cheerleaders... Doesn't really work, at least not for me!
This is my second indie zombie movie review, and I mentioned in my first review, which I posted for Feeding The Masses, there are Gems, Crap, and some worth while indie zombie films worth checking out. Zombie Cheerleader Camp is definitely close to the bottom of the barrel. Whether it be the lousy editing, the contrived screenplay playing up the sex, campiness and every other cliché they could throw into it, ZCL is just a pain to sit through.
In the recent marathon of indie zombie flicks I have watched I found 3 to be worthless, one to be worth while and one to be a flat out gem of a film.
Instead of wasting anyones time with discussing this further I can say one good thing, the film is bloody, but the acting, blocking and camera work are atrocious from start to finish. This is definitely only for those infatuated with gore.
If you're curious as to what I am talking about, just seek out the teaser trailer for the film and you will see what I am talking about. If you can make it through that you may be able to sit through the film, and as I noted it will deliver on the blood, but not much else.
At best a netflix rental.
Feeding the Masses (2004)
Worth a Look
Feeding the Masses is definitely one of the indie zombie flicks worth taking a look at. I have been privy to seeing a few gems, a few ghastly offerings and some worth while offerings.
Feeding the Masses falls into the worth while category as it does try to bring a social message with it, but it tends to go off the deep end once in a while.
From what I can tell the film was budgeted around $20,000 and it seems they tried to spend the money where it counted, but there is something this film lacks, lots of zombies.
When I look at zombie films I want to see zombies , not just a cluster here or there, but an overall mass of rotting dead flesh engulfing the world one bite at a time.
When it comes to zombie films they are never really about the zombies, they are about the characters, and zombies are just the background menace screwing up the works for everyone involved, however, Feeding the Masses uses not only the zombies, but the how the government is spinning the media frenzy surrounding the rising of the dead.
One of the aspects I really enjoyed is how they delved inside the government control of media, it felt almost communist in nature, and I mean that in terms of how the filmmakers portrayed the response to the situation not that the filmmakers were promoting communism. Anyhow, the two single biggest problems I did have with Feeding the Masses was with the use of the CG explosion, and the horribly shot and put together commercials sprinkled through the film.
Budget restrictions aside the film actually has a good story, but it does get lost when you look at the Video feel the film has, coupled with the cheesy CG. If those items could be fixed this would be a sure fire 7 or 8 on my rating scale.
Worth a look for hardcore indie zombie film fans.