Zombie Hunter (2013) User Reviews

Wow, just wow...

[paul_haakonsen · 3/10 · 27 September 2013]

This movie was like watching a bad movie spawned from the "Borderlands" games mixed with elements blatantly stolen from the "Resident Evil" universe.

The storyline was fairly straight forward, and anyone who have seen just a single zombie movie should be familiar with the essentials of the storyline here as well. A lone stranger ends up with a small group of survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse.

The dialog in the movie was just horrible. It was so corny and bad, that there were times when you sit there curling your toes in disbelief.

Which leads us to the characters. Wow, are you kidding me? What a bunch of generic, stereotypical and totally irrelevant characters can you manage to put into one movie? Now, I am not saying that the people acting and portraying the characters were doing bad jobs, but the characters themselves were parodies on themselves and everything in the zombie genre. It was just an atrocity to witness.

The zombies, well they were your standard low budget movie zombies; shredded clothing and usually mangled faces. Yet somehow the necks, ears and hands were also spotless and never showed a sign of decay or damage. It is the classic low budget mistake to make. And sure enough, here it was. And what was going on with the hybrid mix of Nemesis and the licker creatures from "Resident Evil". I was ready to get up and find something else to watch when I saw these. It was just laughable.

For some reason, then the blood in this movie was purple, and it always had to spray directly on the camera. It was annoying and tiring to look at, and it got old really fast. Purple blood, sure, why not...

Without the risk of sounding sarcastic, wait, that is exactly what I am trying to do here, then the not-so-subtle advertising for their other movies put on display in the movie was really just fantastic. Watch the movie, and you will know it immediately when you get to that scene. Way to go Arrowstorm Entertainment...

If you are credited as 'Sexy Zombie' in a movie, then you know everything is not right here.

Yet, there is something to this movie that makes you stick around to the end, even though it is campy, cheesy and have low budget written all over it. However, I can honestly say that this movie is the type of movie that you watch once and never again. As much as I love everything zombie, then "Zombie Hunter" just didn't have that much to offer.

A movie that isn't good at all but since Danny Trejo is in it people will watch. Not really anything good about this. I say D+

[cosmo_tiger · 3/10 · 27 September 2013]

"Most of them are brainless globs of walking matter with one objective, eat, but every once in a while you'll get one thats a little tricky." After the apocalypse there are two kinds of beings left...Zombies and humans. One man known as the hunter (Copping) who has nothing to lose drives around killing any flesh eater he can find. When he finds a small group of survivors he decides to help them out. When a group attacks them the hunter must now put his skills to the test. There isn't much I can say about this movie that will make you want to watch it. Danny Trejo is in it but only for about 10 minutes. The way I think the movie got made is this; Hey everyone likes zombies, should we make a movie about them. We only have $50 though who will be in it for that? I know Danny Trejo, he does anything and has a huge cult following...we can't lose. Much like Bruce Campbell in the 90's people will watch a movie based on if he is in it or not, no matter what the movie is. That's what the makers are hoping for. To prove my point...there is a scene where the group talks about how many zombies the hunter has killed that is interrupted by a woman stripping...using a pole that is conveniently located in the warehouse they are in, but since Danny Trejo is on the box people will watch. Overall, exactly what you would expect. I give it a D+

Worst Zombie movie I have ever seen.

[dennis-302 · 1/10 · 25 August 2013]

This movie is incredibly bad. Danny Trejo - which is probably the reason for most people to watch this flick - is only seen in three scenes and is just doing his usual job. Being the cool, archaic guy who is looking into the camera with a grim face. And this is the best part of the movie. All the other actors are just crap. Their roles are clichés as you would expect from a movie like this, but their acting is so bad, that you cannot even take those clichés seriously. The dialogs have been written by some computer software which tries to bring the most common lines of all scripts into some order. The main character plays like he had been undergoing a lobotomy. And still he needs crappy monologues with a cheesy voice to bring his point across. Then there is the very bad CGI of those special monsters, which just look like they had been animated in the 1990s. Even the Pixar table lamp looks more realistic than they do. It seems like the director/writer/producer has seen Planet Terror and thought "I can do this too!". Unfortunately they can't. And they should have never tried. I want those 90 minutes of my life back!

B Movie - Triple A

[mark-de-graaf · 5/10 · 26 October 2013]

This movie is not for everyone i gotta say. But for a B movie it is on the top of it's game. The corny characters,Catchphrases and bad effects are great in my point of view. If you are going in with the idea of watching a 'good' movie you're wrong. The first scene already tells you what kind of film you're watching and when you are spoiled with Hollywood blockbusters and aren't familiar with this style of movie i agree you wouldn't like it. But if you can look past the special effects etcetera and appreciate the film for what it really is your gonna have a blast.

(you gotta be at least 18 to get the greatness of it).

Signed, A Critic of Life

I was hunting for my remote control

[trashgang · 3/10 · 1 October 2013]

There was a time not so long ago when the independent flicks ruled the horror business but that's over. Nowadays independents aren't delivering the goods, there's nothing to spot and most of them are utterly boring. For some reason, money I guess, famous names are but on the bills to attract the fans. Here we do have Danny Trejo as Jesus but he's in it for just a few moments.

This flick is full of stereotypes like the macho killer, the smart girl, the nerd, and of course the sexy chick. Here we have problem one. The so-called sexy chick do walk around scantily clad but when she's given her pole dancing she stays dressed. O sure, she shows them titties but off-camera. Big mistake. But not only that, the zombies faces are really well-done but that's it, it's only their faces that are zombie looking. The clothes they walk around aren't what they should be. And then we come to the effects used. I don't have any problem with blood flying against the lens of a camera but here we always have that effect and the blood has some purple colour. What the hell.

One of those flicks were you take your remote and wanted to push the fast forward or even the eject button. And for Danny, hey man, you're going for the money or what, Rise Of The Zombies (2012) was another disaster. And if you have a close look here at Zombie Hunter you can see posters for Ozombie and Orcs, do I need to say more. A bit too much of talking and the same action (read effects) used.

Gore 2/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

Grade Z camp; awful, but minimally fun

[m-a-elsewhere · 3/10 · 31 March 2014]

There are two kinds of really, really bad zombie movies:

Those with NO Danny Trejo... And those with ¡SI, MUY! Danny Trejo.

Or as much Danny Trejo as the "producer/writer/director" could afford to hire, which seems to be roughly a half-day's worth in this case.

Too inadvertently cheesy to qualify as the worst ever in its sub-genre, this grind house wannabe also boasts: absolutely no acting or directorial values; an unedited, witlessly amateurish imitation Frank Miller tough guy script; lots of gore, black gore, maroon gore, fuchsia gore, lavender gore, green gore, ecru gore; a gratuitous chain-sawing wielding maniac clown; never-explained CGI mutant space monsters; a single set of all-purpose fake intestines which are repeatedly pulled from various dead extras; characters who keep forgetting they're in the zombie apocalypse; a running visual gag involving masturbation; a geezer who repeatedly declares "I'm getting too old for this sh*t"; and a second-lead actress whose IMDb biog notes that she used to model for Japanese girlie mags and now sells lingerie at strip clubs in Utah.

In sum: grade Z camp fare; awful, but minimally fun. Eh...sometimes you're in the mood for a really bad zombie movie. It may as well feature Danny Trejo.

Junk!

[William_Henry_Pratt · 1/10 · 27 October 2013]

Never before has technology made filmmaking so easy to use just for a bunch of talentless nincompoops. This film has no plot, thus no story. It's highly derivative in a completely non creative or inventive way. I wish these 'filmmakers' would pick up a copy of 'The Poetics' or at least 'Save The Cat' so they could at least make an attempt at good story structure. There is a reason why movies affect us. It takes planning and the understanding of dramatic structure. You wouldn't build a table or a chair and say "Well I like chairs whose legs are different lengths, this way you can't sit on it. It's art." Same goes for motion pictures. Just as you need an understanding of basic carpentry and the comprehension of executing a well designed plan, you need to DO THE SAME THING WHEN MAKING A MOVIE!

I didn't care about any of these characters. The universe in which they live is constantly changing. It's like the director was making soup by throwing into a chicken broth, an apple, an onion, toothpaste, anti-freeze, and an old smelly sneaker. Come on guys! Think about what you're doing. You just can't take Mad Max, Terminator, Snatch, Star Wars, (Danny Trajo's lines are written as if he were some kind of Ninja Yoda) and Dawn of the Dead, jumble it all up and think you've got something remotely entertaining. This is a complete mess! It reeks of sneaker- toothpaste soup for crying out loud!

Why is the blood pink? The creatures look like really bad claymation. We have no idea what is anyone's goal. Most of all there is no theme.

All I have to say is YUCK!

Cool Movie

[firestorm_1999 · 10/10 · 1 October 2013]

If you enjoy the classic "B" Horror Flicks and the cheesy actors and lines then this movie is a Hoot. I personally loved the movie. My whole family watched this and laughed. Danny Trejo did a great job at being (The Badass Priest Character) If you are a serious type person.. you wouldn't get it. The special effects was just classic "B" horror flick like the original Evil Dead Movies. Loved the Evil Clown with the chainsaw chasing the big breasted blonde. Great Stuff :) I personally look forward to seeing more of this kind of film in the future. It has been a long time since I really enjoyed a great "B" horror movie. I also loved the main actor Martin Copping He did a great job at portraying the hunter.

Kind of like Planet Terror - better in some ways

[stefanczar · 7/10 · 1 January 2014]

Definitely a "B" movie, but pretty dang fun! Keep your expectations low (come on. Did you expect Shawshank?) and you'll have a good time with it. The main character is not played by Danny Trejo who is only in it in order to get people to watch it. The main guy does a good job as a hardened "Ash" ass-kicker kind of dude. Props to him. The action sequences are very stylized and different than most zombie flicks out there.

Plot? If you're looking for plot, pick a different movie. If you're looking for some laughs and gore, you're gonna like this hunk of crap.

Give it a shot. It does not take itself seriously and there's lots of zombie-killing fun! Sure, it rips off Resident Evil, but... I. don't. care.

Praying for Danny

[kosmasp · 3/10 · 27 April 2014]

Don't rent this if you're expecting this to be a Danny Trejo (leading) movie. He's only playing second fiddle (maybe not even that, if you count all the beautiful women being portrayed in this) to our main lead. And our main lead is not nearly as charismatic as Danny is. It's a shame because with a better lead and some of the action set pieces this would have been a lot more fun to watch.

As it is, it's a nice try, but has too many clichés ruining the story and the very limited character definitions we get. While the group mentality thing is almost working for it, there are too many slacking and there might be a bit of frustration setting in with the viewer.

As bad as it can get.

[tomensslen · 1/10 · 23 March 2019]

This movie wasn't entertaining at all. It was almost hurtfull to watch.

Just don't

[christopherlauer-34222 · 1/10 · 19 March 2019]

Plain and simple: This Movie is just Bad, even when you factor in that Zombie movies are a special genre.

That the Movie is marketed with Danny Trejo comes close to fraud. He is like in four or five scenes, one so bad lit, that you can barely see what happens.

So, should you see this movie? No.

Lazy camp movie to avoid

[johages · 2/10 · 25 December 2014]

If you are looking for a plot or good acting and writing, keep walking. If you are looking for gore, action and fun, again... keep walking. Zombie Hunter is aware of it's own campiness which it tries to ride off of the entire movie but yet feels too lazy to commit. The jokes are cheesy (as they should be for a campy movie) but it gets to the point of frustration when they begin to repeat the same lines 3 to 4 times. The repeating jokes, glaring continuity errors, 2D characters you don't give two craps for and flat (and I mean flat as a board) acting, makes the movie rather difficult to watch. There are a couple of good action scenes (and a lot of crap ones), which is why I gave it at least a 2 our of 10... and I'm being nice.

Complete rubbish! 1/10

[leonblackwood · 1/10 · 1 March 2014]

Review: You know a movie must be bad if Danny Trejo is the best thing in it! Anyway, this movie is awful, but in some ways I think that it was deliberately made be be so bad, that you actually find it amusing. The acting is terrible, from a Z class cast, and the storyline was, just about, watchable. The Zombies looked like they were made of rubber and the splatters on the screen were dreadful. The narrating got on my nerves and the leading character was a joke. As for the ladies, they really need to go back to acting school. I just hope that there isn't a sequel. Terrible!

Round-Up: Poor Danny Trejo! For some unknown reason, I keep on hiring out his movies just to have a laugh. The thing is, in real life, the guy is quite a comedian so I don't know why they always make him look like a hard nut with mental issues. In this film he really does put the other actors to shame, but I'm not surprised after he has starred in millions of movies. As for the other actors, if you can call them that, they seem like they just wanted to say that they had starred in a movie because they really are bad. It's not surprising that I haven't seen them before, and hopefully won't see them again. In all, a total waste of time.

I recommend this movie to people who are I to there trashy zombie movies without much storyline, but loads of blood. 1/10

Great Zombie Flick!

[sportsbros808 · 8/10 · 22 September 2013]

Zombies are hot and Zombie Hunter is the latest entrant into the zombie genre. The movie is pretty good and there are some good action scenes in it. It's a small budget film but it does well with what it has to work with.

The gist of the story is this: there is a street drug called Natas (Satan spelled backwards?) that is turning its users into Flesh Eaters. The Flesh Eaters go about eating flesh and generally destroying everything in their path.

That is when Hunter comes in. He is a cross between Mad Max and every other zombie killer out there. Martin Copping as Hunter and keeps the film moving. Danny Trejo makes an appearance as a priest (a bad ass priest, of course) who has a group of followers who are looking to escape the zombies and find the Promised Land. Hunter and the priest hook up and that is when the real action starts.

Oh, did I mention there is a killer clown as well?

Without giving too much away just know that this movie packs a lot of action into the story. It's a small budget horror film but it has that DIY feel to it like some of the best horror films do. There are a couple of good laughs in the film but nothing gratuitous that takes away from the solid horror moments.

This is a solid horror/zombie flick that is perfect for watching with some friends on a Friday night.

Fairly decent and very cheesy direct to video zombie movie

[dworldeater · 6/10 · 29 October 2013]

Zombie Hunter fullfills its obligations of a campy, low budget horror movie. There is a lot of gore,blood,a cheesy storyline where drugs turn people into zombies ( sometimes giant zombies),hot chicks,a musclecar and Danny Trejo. Danny Trejo unfortunately is not the lead,instead they got a guy who looks like Ripper Owens from Judas Priest to play a zombie hunting bad ass. Even still,he did okay. The film delivers a lot on zombies and gore. The blood flows freely and frequently splatters into the camera. Low budget zombie flicks are a dime a dozen nowadays,few are classic and more of them suck. Zombie Hunter is no classic,but should please most fans of the genre as passable entertainment.

Bottom of the Barrel Zombie Flick

[gennyt84 · 1/10 · 11 December 2013]

It wasn't a fun "bad" movie. I had Netflix playing on a secondary monitor and I honestly had to stop it, then continue another time(figured I might as well finish it). I could totally forgive the awful juvenile writing, terrible acting, and vfx if this movie didn't try to seem serious.

I really took note of the low end costume design, instead of zombies looking tattered, their clothing was riddled with very clear and precise scissor cuts, fail! The product placement of other horrid movies and the Kanye West(No Church in the Wild) rip off track made me chuckle though.

Loved Danny Trejo and nothing else

[berg-74532 · 2/10 · 9 May 2020]

Danny Trejo and his past are a great story and I'm always willing to watch him in any movie, is he a great actor, but he is always the right guy for the part. That being said the problem(s) with this movie is this is not a real horror movie it would play better as a parody of a zombie horror movie. I somehow still like zombie movies but I do hate one part, the opening monologue. Something happened, zombies are here get on with the movie. Right after the the monologue in this one the is shot while driving his car and we're told that he's shot because he maybe one of the walkers or eaters whatever they called them at this point. I assumed that the lead would question this explanation because it's completely ludicrous but he doesn't he just accepts this as the reason. And that brings us to the reason this would work as a parody the lead male actor who plays this character like a cartoon his portrayal of the lone wolf tough guy is ridiculously over the top it's like an 80s cop tv show called Sledgehammer. Huge gun oblivious to anyone else other then himself and in one episode that he was to stop a witness from being shot by the mob at all cost, so his solution is to shoot the witness himself. Clear parody and that's how this self described Zombie Hunter acts. This movie is bad but you want to see the worst acting on screen since Tommy Wiseau here's your chance.

Not quite as bad as I expected. But not good either.

[Stevieboy666 · 4/10 · 18 October 2023]

"Nothing puts a smile on my face like a midday massacre. Tequila has also been known to put a smile on my face", so tells us Hunter in his opening narration. America has suffered another of those zombie apocalypses and Hunter says that he hasn't seen another human for 6 months and feels that he could be the sole survivor, that is until he is stopped in his Mad Max type car by a small group of survivors. Danny Trejo gets top billing as a priest called Father Jesus, he is great but sadly only in the movie for the first half. And speaking of first half this part of the movie was the best and was reasonably promising, unfortunately the more interesting characters get killed off first and I found the second half to be disappointing. There is plenty of zombie (or "Eaters" as they are called here, a name that I quite liked) violence but is let down by some very poor CGI blood sprays. The acting is decent and I liked the hot chick called Fast Lane Debbie, she treats us to a pole dance though there is no nudity in this movie. In addition to Eaters a giant alien/demon type creature appears out of nowhere, I have no idea what that was about and found it stupid. A poster for the movie "Ozombie" is seen several times but that film makes ZH look like it was made by George Romero in comparison! If you are hopelessly addicted to zombie flicks, including bad ones, then ZH is worth a look. I enjoyed some aspects of the movie but won't be watching it again.

Ok if you're a zombie. Awful if you're not

[anthraxlolly-24779 · 2/10 · 30 April 2022]

Dialogue written by a teenager. Acting by wood n Co. This is pure dung from start to finish. Bit of splatter n gore but in no way makes up for the rest of it. It's so bad it's almost funny. Maybe that's what it's supposed to be. Maybe a bottle of tequila beforehand would have helped, but I very much doubt it, unless I fell over and landed on the off switch.

Meee

[thewhomakesyoucrazy · 4/10 · 5 July 2020]

Needed nudity and the brother should've died. Danny was ok

Just awful

[markjeffery · 2/10 · 19 July 2022]

I literally only watched it because I thought "at the very least Danny Trejo in a zombie film will be cool". I was very very wrong!

It doesn't even fall in the so bad it's good category, you may be thinking how bad can it be...... it's really bad. If you want a cheezy, easy to watch "bad" zombie film just watch Land of the Dead instead.

Calling it a 'B-movie' would be generous

[bowmanblue · 4/10 · 29 July 2014]

Okay, so we have a film called 'Zombie Hunter' and it stars renown B-movie actor Danny Trejo. So... what are we expecting? I'm guessing that most of us know it won't be Shakespeare and would settle for some silly, over the top, zombie-bashing fun. Right? I wish. Sadly, right from the start we're treated to possibly the most corny monologue from the film's leading man (who isn't Danny Trejo, incidentally). And, worst of all, this guy who seems to be doing his best impression of Christian Bale in the Dark Knight trilogy, keeps jabbering on all the way through the movie. Seriously, his monologues are so bad, you'd think they were funny - perhaps a way of making sure we didn't take this film seriously. However, they're just not amusing enough to be funny. There is no humour in this film.

If you have a B-movie with no stars and little budget, you don't expect it to try and compete with Hollywood's A-list efforts. You expect the film to play to its strength. However, this doesn't. It's not funny and, if it thinks it is then I simply missed every last 'joke' in there.

You won't care about any of the characters. Every last one is a walking-talking cliché who you'll know whether they're destined to live or die from the first moment you see them.

Yes, the 'zombie kills' are nice. They're filmed in slow motion and have a decent about of blood (albeit purple blood for some reason). However, zombies have been at the forefront of film-making since the first Resident Evil film. By now a film has to have more than just a bit of stylish direction when an undead creature is killed.

If you're looking for a cheesy zombie film to simply entertain you then look elsewhere. Or just stick to Shaun of the Dead. That's funny, gory and has characters you'll actually care about.

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Wasted Potential

[Uriah43 · 3/10 · 9 August 2022]

This film begins with a new synthetic drug having made its way into society which is far stronger than any other illicit drug currently on the market. Unfortunately, it isn't until a little while later that it is revealed that this new drug has one extremely hazardous side effect--it turns users into ravenous zombies! To that effect, the scene then shifts to a year later with the entire world having been plunged into a zombie apocalypse with one particular man known simply as "Hunter" (Martin Copping) driving his black Camaro at a high rate of speed on a deserted road somewhere in the American southwest. To that extent, after stopping momentarily to kill a zombie in the middle of the road, he then continues driving until he a bullet penetrates his windshield and rips into his shoulder which then causes him to lose consciousness. Upon awakening he finds himself lying on a bed and being tended to by an attractive woman named "'Fast Lane' Debbie" (Jade Regier) who is quite eager to get to know him better. However, before she can go any further they are accidentally interrupted by another attractive woman named "Alison" (Clare Niederpruem) who has simply come in to check on him. Not long afterward, he meets the other members of a small group of people who are wandering from place to place in search of a safe haven from the zombies who roam aimlessly throughout the country. What none of them realize, however, is that some of these zombies have mutated into extremely powerful beings who are not only hard to kill--but also possess incredible power as well. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say this is one of those films in which the director (K. King) didn't seem to have a good grasp on what type of movie he was trying to make. On the one hand, it seems he was aiming for a comedy of sorts--only to switch things up by injecting some action or horror into the mix. In either case, he obviously didn't have the necessary experience for this endeavor and the end result was neither funny nor exciting. To be sure, I liked the acting of Danny Trejo (as "Father Jesus") and I thought that both Jade Regier and Clare Niederpruem definitely enhanced the scenery. But, other than that, this just wasn't a good movie and I have rated it accordingly. Below average.

Great

[brendanrehmer · 10/10 · 6 October 2019]

Best movie I've seen I would recommend it to all my friends if you rate it below 5 then you are to strict of a person