Disappointment for a huge fan!

Deeper than the descriptions

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Imagine "Warm bodies" if it was funny, with cool action scenes and better dialogue. (And better story.)It was surprisingly funny, with crude (And somewhat revolutionary humor , personally for me. I never thought you could do a zombie- penis joke that good.). I LOVED the action scenes. How they worked the camera & edited it made them intense and cool. *Heavy spoilers ahead*The only thing that prevented me from giving this movie a higher rating, was the really cheesy & unfunny ending. I expected it to be "The main character has grown a lot and stopped being weirdly awkward all the time and he expresses his love in a badass clear way" but instead "lets make it awakward and cheesy. Also lets make her chase after him like 5 meters & kiss him and speak to him in a cheesy weird bad lines kind of way just to make it worse"God, that ending ruined it. I still love the movie though.

A random recommendation on Netflix that turned out to be among the better zombie movies I've seen in a long while. Mike wakes up one evening and learns he died and has become a zombie but Mike's brain is fully functioning, he can talk and is not craving human flesh. Frightened he seeks help at a nearby cabin but they don't take kindly to dead folk. Soon after Mike stumbles into Brent, another high functioning zombie that died of auto-erotic asphyxiation and the duo set off to find Mike's ex- girlfriend, Ellie. Deadheads is an 90's style road trip/romantic comedy that manages to be fun, touching, quirky and sincere. There is a fun scene in the beginning that can best be described as Night of the Living Dead meets Feast but thankfully Deadheads doesn't devolve into a montage of mash-ups. On the way to Michigan they meet an odd assortment of characters, some living, some become friends, some want to kill them, and Mike learns the shocking truth of how he became a zombie.

I just happen to see this movie while going through random titles. I am glad i found it.It's a low budget film without the horrible plastic look and feel that most of them have. I was quiet surprised of the quality of acting from a lot of no name people.Taken from the view of zombies, it creates an original plot and sub plot.It reminds me of dale and "tucker vs evil", or a low budget "zombieland".I wish there were a lot more low budget movies like this one.

If George A. Romero, John Hughes, Sam Raimi & Broken Lizard spliced together their genes, DeadHeads may indeed be the love child of this labor.Reading the plot summary before selecting this flick, I thought it was going to be "My Boyfriend's Back" shifted forward a few years. I liked that little sleeper, and would have been happy with a similar track.However, from the first scenes, this story was clearly pure camp, with heart. We open with Mike (Michael McKiddy), a newly awakened zombie. He is self-aware and intelligent, except, of course with regards to his current state of being. He soon meets Brent (Ross Kidder), who becomes his goofy sidekick. Brent is grounded more in the reality of their situation, and his loyal friendship helps Mike along.Mike has unfinished business - he is carrying an engagement ring meant for his high school sweetheart, Ellie (Natalie Victoria). Unfortunately, he's been dead 3 years. He doesn't know how he got where he is, or why he's one of few 'intelligent' zombies around, but this quest is his only thought.Unfortunately for the guys, there are 'unchanged' folks ready to call them out & kill them. Also, there's the little matter of the corporate types hunting them down for extermination. It seems they may have something to do with the situation Mike finds himself in. They've hired a sure-shooting, experienced zombie slayer, Thomas (Thomas Galasso).What follows is your typical A to B road trip. We meet many characters along the way. Beloved "Cheese" (Markus Taylor), is the slow, but mostly harmless zombie who tags along like a puppy. Cliff (Harry Burkey) is the doper who picks them up and helps get them closer to Ellie's door. And, of course, super-fuzz wannabe McDinkle (Benjamin Webster), who seems to be suffering from a combination of suppressed homosexuality and roid rage.At times, this flick had a very "Tommy Boy" feel w/Brent being the Chris Farley to Mike's serious David Spade. The music and almost cartoonish delivery from Kidder's Brent also called to mind the newer Scooby Doo cartoon features. Add to that the naked sincerity of Mike's love for Ellie, and a high school reunion to boot - we have a Zombie John Hughes movie.I discovered part way through the movie why there was a Bruce Campbell quote in the trailer - they watch clips of Evil Dead. But, I was OK with that. The snippets fit in with the campy nature of the film.This movie manages to fill many niches at once, as well as hearkening to some 80s nostalgia (there is a Goonies reference at one point). The story, direction, music and acting are overall pretty good. Even Kidder's exuberant offerings don't quite tip to the side of absurd. The lighting is a bit weird, trying to keep it dark, but for the most part it's forgivable. As we head toward the climax, Mike gets flashes of memory revealing pieces of how he got where he is. When he finally reaches Ellie's door, he is just as resigned, though prepared not to have his fairy tale ending. She makes the decision for him & Brent encourages them to 'give the audience what they want' amid a throng of the corporate scientists and assassins who have followed them the whole way.Overall, I really liked this film. It was entertaining, and the characters were sympathetic. They played a far-fetched storyline, with enough humor and drama to keep my attention to the end. There are plenty of gags and caricatures, but they add to the fun of this adventure.My rating: 7 out of 10.