Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009)

AKA: ZMD
Country: US
Year: 2009
Director: Kevin Hamedani
Actors: Janette Armand (Frida Abbas), Doug Fahl (Tom Hunt), Cooper Hopkins (Lance Murphy), Bill Johns (Reverend Haggis), Russell Hodgkinson (Joe Miller), Ali Hamedani (Ali Abbas), Cornelia Moore (Cheryl Banks), James Mesher (Mayor Burton).
Genre: Zombie

Zombies of Mass Destruction

Port Gamble is a quiet island town - that is until a bio-terrorist attack turns people into zombies! Frida, returning to her home town after dropping out of Princeton University, and Tom & Lance, a gay couple who are in town to tell Tom's mother he's gay, must try to survive the infection whilst battling mistakenly racist neighbours and homophobic churchgoers on a mission to save gay souls.

This film is one of those rarities in the world of shitty horror that's both intelligent and laugh-out-loud funny. My only real qualm is that the filmmakers didn't quite take the political incorrectness far enough! The acting is strong and the ideas are hilarious - the redneck neighbour who doesn't know the difference between Iraqi and Iranian people is a particular gem, as is Reverend Haggis who believes he can 'turn' gay people straight in a Clockwork Orange style - but I feel the makers could've pushed a little further with the outrageousness. Saying that, it's still a cracking wee number and I totally recommend it.

And watch out for the 'Little Lost Girl' character Lisa. She owns the funniest part of the film!

Reviewer - @helen_of_horror

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