Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Let's be realistic.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

This is one of those horror movies you wait until the last ten minutes for the gore to happen, but when it does, it's beautiful. It's too much, you could say. The story is quite a surprise, and we do get to know a bit of the characters while spending a bit of time in their RV, or at other times, while the women wait for their men to return. One of them, a blind Asian chick, constantly nagging and bitching to her boyfriend, got on my goat, a bit. The men who stop in this graveyard, make the fateful mistake of stealing a diary and war medals, thus bring the dead zombie soldiers back to life to retrieve the diary and medals and and also to devour them, which is shown in one of the most sickest displays of violence I've ever witnessed on film. The hideously repulsive violence, just devalues it. The film even comes with a warning in regard to the gore. From here you have to wait patiently, while enduring the bickering, arguing, and bitching of a bad script, or I should lazy, from such amateur actors, you want to shoot em. So gore lovers, be warned. Terrible.

I usually get very heated when my friends and colleagues question my taste in films: I passionately explain that unlike mainstream Hollywood movies, my preferred viewing—low-budget 'trash'—is unpredictable, unique, and challenging, and that even the most seemingly worthless of films can yield unexpected delights.However, that is not the case with Curse of the Cannibal Confederates, a film so completely wretched that it is utterly indefensible.Risible production values, acting so bad that it doesn't even qualify as amateurish, thoroughly obnoxious characters, atrocious sound, laughable effects, a terrible script: this one is a stinker on practically every level. Even some graphic scenes of gut-munching prove totally boring thanks to Tony Malanowski's lifeless direction.Do yourself a favour: on this occasion, go for the big-budget blockbuster. Even the blandest of PG-13 CGI-fests has got to have more to offer than The Curse of the Cannibal Confederates.

"Curse of the Cannibal Confederates" is definitely a lot of fun and really enjoyable.**SPOILERS**Traveling together in a minivan, Wyatt, (Steve Sandkuhler) Mel, (Christopher Gummer) Sarah, (Rebecca Bach) Bill, (Jim Ball) Lin, (Judy Dixon) and Kiyomi, (Mimi Ishikawa) manage to find their destination and head off to their campsite. Getting lost in the surrounded woods, they stumble upon an abandoned cemetery, which gives some of them the frights and urge the others to leave it be. Returning back to camp, they realize one of them has removed a special diary from one of the tombs from the cemetery, and immediately afterwards, are set upon by a horde of ravenous creatures that are intent on killing and eating them. Learning that the dead and buried Confederate soldiers from the Civil War were in the tomb and have risen to seek their revenge on them for removing the diary as part of a curse issued due to their treatment, they try to get away from the creatures before succumbing to them.The Good News: This one was actually really fun and enjoyable. One of the best features is that, while there's not a lot of action to it, it manages to stay enjoyable and watchable for most of it's running time. When it gets to the cemetery sequences, these are moved along nicely by the inherent creepiness of the area, which is exploited for all it's worth by having the group arrive around dusk and leaving a lot of them to take place around the darkened ruins, with the dilapidated headstones, ever-present fog and the ghostly bells wailing in the distance leaving an effective air and atmosphere around them. Then it goes into the campfire scenes, and these manage to stay exciting as well before it gets to the attack the attacks themselves aren't exactly terrible either, actually nicely done and have some sense of urgency to them despite the low-budget being on display for these scenes. The main one in the forest at dawn is pretty good, and the assault on the house at the end is fine if a little short, with a much better dash to get there fending them off that leads to some tense moments. The campfire one is still the best, though, for it's the one where it introduces a logical and extremely effective weapon into the handling of zombies, the use of exploding bullets when aiming for the head. It's hard to imagine a better weapon than this to use against them, which is both logical and generates some really great explosive moments, leading it into a winner of a concept that is used well throughout the film. These attacks also serve another good point in getting the gory goods onto the screen, which is fantastic. Long, loving close-ups are afforded of these scenes as the zombies rip into the bodies with glee, some content to sloppily eat the flesh while others pull out intestines and other pieces to consume, leading to some rather great moments as they put the cannibal portion into use. The zombies also deserve some good praise, as the ones who don't look cheap are very nicely designed, with some looking completely rotted and mangled from being dead, with deformed heads that are pretty much the exact opposite of what's to be expected from these. The last plus is their eerie, effective resurrection scenes. Nowhere near the best, the sight of the glowing-white hands emerging from the heaving Earth and heading off while others are doing the same around them is a pretty nice sight and makes for some worthwhile scenes. Overall, all of these elements here help the film.The Bad News: There wasn't a whole lot of flaws to this one. One of the biggest ones is the fact that there's not a lot of excitement in the beginning of this one. The film takes a while to get into and rather has a couple of scenes to offset that boredom, but the first attack doesn't come until nearly an hour has occurred, and that's an eternity for some to get over. The endless scenes of them wandering around the forests or the group yelling at each for their actions, not exactly endearing a lot of excitement into the film. They're not exactly boring, as it somehow manages to keep these interesting, but then there's not a whole lot for those who prefer the more adrenaline-fueled entrants. The other flaw here is the fact that this one tends to let it's low-budget take over at times. This is most obvious in the gore, which looks cheap, especially within the scenes of them chewing on their kills, with the incessant and unneeded slurping sounds playing over the visuals being of particular annoyance. The fuzz around many of the night-time scenes also gets rather annoying, and when it goes to close-ups on many of the zombies, it's obvious most have tattered Civil War regalia and white paint on, nothing more and it comes off looking really cheap. These here are the film's main flaws.The Final Verdict: A lot more fun than expected, this is definitely something that may surprise some who aren't expecting it. Give this one a shot if you're into the low-budget zombie genre or a die-hard Troma fanatic, otherwise then heed caution with it as it does tend to favor those who enjoy those types specifically.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Language

(Curse of the Cannibal Confederates) Contains no ski, some gore. A group of friends go on a road trip that ends with them disturbing some confederate soldier spirits, who decide to attack them and feed on their flesh. - - - This was the first time I'd seen a zombie movie that was actually dull. There's plenty of screen time for the gut munchers, but, despite a decent idea, the movie is sabotaged by the director and actors. There's no talent in this one and it even wears thin once you start heckling it. I don't think I've ever seen a movie so devoid of content as this one. Not entertaining and thoroughly avoidable.0 out of 4