"Nice beaver!" – Lt. Frank Drebin. "Thanks. I just had it stuffed." – Jane Spencer.
That famous (or maybe, just to me) Naked Gun joke is my contribution to a lake of more "beaver" references in Zombeavers.
There's not much to report to a film called "Zombeavers" other than: if you like When Animals Attack films like I do, you might like this. If you like zombie movies, well, eh, I guess? And if you like horror- comedies, this worked for about half the jokes. (That half actually made me laugh out loud – mainly the two truck drivers, but sadly the other fifty percent was either unfunny, overkill or missed the mark and many opportunities.)
Someone I know compared this to a Syfy Channel movie, like that godawful Sharknado. I disagree. While the premise: "Return of the Living Dead meets The Evil Dead having Cabin Fever inside The Cabin in the Woods near The Raft" sounds suspect, it's moderately above that trashy schlock/CGI the Syfy channel spits out in seconds.
Granted, the budget didn't seem that high and some of the Zombeaver- attacks seemed either intentionally funny or not, but at least the cast was taking it dead-serious. That part, and the 50% humor that really worked, I admired.
Going by the title alone, you know what you're getting yourself into. It's not the best horror-comedy, in fact, it ranks pretty low in that subgenre, but you could do a bunch worse. Like said (ALL) Syfy Channel movies.
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Final thoughts: Stay through the credits for two Marvel-esque post film/credit scenes. They're both worth it. Well, if you made it that far in the film, anyways.
That famous (or maybe, just to me) Naked Gun joke is my contribution to a lake of more "beaver" references in Zombeavers.
There's not much to report to a film called "Zombeavers" other than: if you like When Animals Attack films like I do, you might like this. If you like zombie movies, well, eh, I guess? And if you like horror- comedies, this worked for about half the jokes. (That half actually made me laugh out loud – mainly the two truck drivers, but sadly the other fifty percent was either unfunny, overkill or missed the mark and many opportunities.)
Someone I know compared this to a Syfy Channel movie, like that godawful Sharknado. I disagree. While the premise: "Return of the Living Dead meets The Evil Dead having Cabin Fever inside The Cabin in the Woods near The Raft" sounds suspect, it's moderately above that trashy schlock/CGI the Syfy channel spits out in seconds.
Granted, the budget didn't seem that high and some of the Zombeaver- attacks seemed either intentionally funny or not, but at least the cast was taking it dead-serious. That part, and the 50% humor that really worked, I admired.
Going by the title alone, you know what you're getting yourself into. It's not the best horror-comedy, in fact, it ranks pretty low in that subgenre, but you could do a bunch worse. Like said (ALL) Syfy Channel movies.
***
Final thoughts: Stay through the credits for two Marvel-esque post film/credit scenes. They're both worth it. Well, if you made it that far in the film, anyways.