This whole series is basically a mass grave for cheesy camera effects. This does not bode well for the rest of the movie.Chilling.
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The movie begins with a rapid-fire series of images of such disturbing scenes of human depravity as: For now, let's start at the beginning.Įlectric Zombies is a disjointed, confusing mess from the first frame. Don't even get me started on the threat of the U.S. And I don't know that I'd say these victims carry out their orders "will-lessly," largely because I don't think "will-lessly" is an actual word, but also because each time, the victim adds quite a bit of their personal touches to the orders, and on a few occasions, disregards the orders entirely. The creator of the evil signals demonstrates that every time the signal affects someone through their phone, there is someone else on the other end of the line, telling them very specifically what to do. Also, the signals don't inadvertently do anything. The sardonic comments about post-9/11 fear boil down to someone mumbling "It's 9/11 all over again" or something like that while getting out of a car. That summary is also a steaming load of horse apples, not unlike the movie itself. And by "much more likely," I mean, "true." However, it is much more likely that the summary was written by Jonas Moses, one of the primary actors in the film, and the most biblically named man alive. Wow, that's a pretty detailed and thoughtful summary! Is it possible that there are people out there who found something meaningful and true under the surface of this movie? Could it be that I somehow missed the deep, powerful message buried beneath all of the shoddy acting and epileptic camerawork? Possibly.
Those who manage to escape from falling prey to the menace must find a way to stop the threat - before the U.S. They receive self-destructive orders, which they follow will-lessly - orders running the gamut from self-mutilation to suicide to homicide to riot. , turning unsuspecting civilians into super-obedient zombies whenever their cell phones are answered. The signals inadvertently grow in power and become redirected to the U.S. government-gone-haywire, as it recounts the tale of a misguided federal project to brainwash "enemies of the state" via cell-phone signals. It also comments sardonically on the post-9/11 fear of the U.S. "Cult horror director John Specht's low-budget feature, "Electric Zombies," neatly cobbles together two disparate genres: the conspiracy thriller and the horror/slasher movie. I would have known this if I had simply gone to IMDB, where the movie is summarized thusly: The closest thing this movie has to the shambling, brain-thirsty undead is a few people - most of whom have little, if any connection to the plot, and even fewer of whom actually have names - acting strangely because their cell phones told them to. I suppose they would have a point, but only in the sense that your mother meant you were a zombie when she told you to stop watching so much TV. I know how you feel.Now, the filmmakers behind this excremental film might try to argue with me, claiming that there are zombies to be had. In fact, there is such a palpable absence of zombies that in the event of a zombie attack, I think the safest possible place to be would be inside this movie. So you can understand my surprise and frustration at this totally zombie-free movie. After all, when you sit down to watch a movie called Electric Zombies, you can feel pretty secure in the notion that there will be zombies, and that these zombies will be in some way related to electricity.
I cannot wait to see what sort of antics these electric zombies get up to. When I heard that there was a movie about electric zombies out there, I thought to myself, here's a novel twist on the classic premise. I have reviewed several zombie movies in my time, and I've passed on several more. Low-budget zombie movies are the lifeblood of the amateur filmmaking world. PLEASE LEAVE NOW AND GO MAKE A MOVIE WITH THOSE THINGS IN IT. Before we get started, I need to make this very important announcement:ĪTTENTION: IF YOU ARE READING THIS REVIEW FOR THE PROSPECT OF ELECTRIC-POWERED ZOMBIES, ROBOT ZOMBIES, OR ZOMBIES WHO CAN SHOOT LIGHTNING FROM THEIR MOUTHS, YOU WILL BE SORELY DISAPPOINTED.