| ZOMBIE CULT
MASSACRE (1997)
L. D. Filmworks, 4703 Wilmer Ct. Cincinnati OH 45226-1815 This indie horror feature definitely has a raw, homemade edge, but director Jeff Dunn knows how to keep it amusing, aided by solid camerawork and editing. In addition, it goes gleefully overboard with gore, which will appeal to anyone attracted by the grue-promising title. Meet Marvin (Michael Botouchis), a product of a fucked-up childhood (as seen in flashbacks), and his girlfriend, Sally who get more than they bargained for while visiting Marvin's dinkwater hometown. Attacked by wandering, flesh-eating zombies, the pair end up at a religious cult-compound, ready for the upcoming apocalypse. |
Led by the horny Jeffrey (repulsively spot-on by Bob Elkins), he promises a "new kingdom," where only the faithful will be admitted. Pretty soon, it's difficult to tell which predator is scarier--to have your body chewed up by zombies, or your mind screwed up by zealots. Like Romero on a rotgut budget, this imagines a mini-society dealing with an undead threat, and fueled by imaginatively cut-rate hallucinations (thanks to the cult's lab experiments), Marvin meets the Devil and freaks out. It all builds to a crazed climax, as zombies attack, redneck bikers take part, and empowered Marvin goes totally mental. Along the way, we get a woman's bare tits graphically ripped off, a head crushed by Goodrich radials, plus a final half-hour of outstanding carnage... |