Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
The hardest part of the horror movie reviewing gig is invariably trying to put scores on movies. Numbers are arbitrary to begin with, and trying to assign one to an experience like viewing a movie is a tricky thing. This becomes even more dangerous when you consider we live in an ADD-addled society where no one spends more than about 15 seconds reading anything. People click the review, read for a few seconds, then invariably scroll to the bottom to check the score before clicking off to something else. The problem is, how do you score something like Zombies Zombies Zombies? On one hand, it’s clearly a piece of crap movie that looks like it was made for about $500, features some really bad acting, and doesn’t bring anything new to the table in terms of zombie cinema. On the other, it’s kind of fun if you just want to kick back and watch a bunch of strippers take on an army of crack-whore zombies and their Johns. Giving it a 1 (which it deserves if you’re comparing it to Hollywood productions) isn’t fair, but a 4 is pretty damn misleading in its own right. Basically, you’re screwed no matter what you rate it.
