From my favorite movies..

Dreadfully Boring

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

An experimental drug/virus gets loose in the Philippines (?) as people and birds become infecting flesh eaters. There are various subplots involving tourists and the military. The feature has some camp value to it. The initial gun fight sequence was poorly done and comical as people fire at each other at close range and some people with guns seem to be standing around. The bird attack was funny. The zombie makeup only covered the head and hands. The feet and legs were unaffected. The zombies are sometimes foot draggers, other times they can box and fight. Head shots are not required to kill them. And oh yes some talk and think. Just a bad script.Not worth viewing, even for zombie fans...unless you can't get enough of an 80's action sound track.Parental Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

If you've ever wanted to see a really, really awful zombie film, then this is the one for you. This is the film which makes ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS look like a technical masterpiece. A film which swipes liberally from George Romero's dead trilogy, THE BIRDS, and even RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD. A film totally irredeemable except for one small thing - it's funny. Yes, hilariously funny. In fact I would have to say this is the funniest zombie film I've ever seen. But first things first. For the most part this is total rubbish. The cast are of the uninteresting, bland teenage-types who populated the likes of DEMONS 2. There's a trio of amusing soldiers, one of whom is the spitting image of John Steiner. The dubbing is appalling, and the usual pieces of choice dialogue to enjoy ("I'm feeling thirsty... FOR YOUR BLOOD!"). The only character I did find amusing was the scientist, dubbed by somebody with a stutter! It's pretty funny. The film is poorly made - don't be fooled into thinking Lucio Fulci directed it, as he did only the first 15 minutes before being forced to retire through ill health. Claudio Fragasso took over, filling the film with his confusing editing, poorly-framed shots, and general lack of technical ability. This also has to be one of the most grainy, dark films I've seen - a lot of the zombie attacks take place at night.For most of the time, we get to see pointless things happen. For instance, a group of survivors spend half an hour building a barricade which the zombies knock down in two seconds. Why? The zombie attacks, when they do come, usually consist of an over-excited person being jumped on by a horde of them, hilarious instead of frightening. Some people even partake in a little hand-to-hand combat with the zombies, not realistic but very amusing. The makeup is insipid and uninspired, worse than in any other zombie film I've seen. The gore is quite disgusting but exceptionally cheesy, and when it comes it's laughable - view the bit where a man rescues a girl from a pool, only to find her missing her legs! Most chucklesome. Or what about the rubbish bit where a zombie hand bursts out of a pregnant woman's stomach - trust me, it's not as disgusting as it sounds, just silly.BUT...some bits turn out to be classic, not because they're good, but because they're so awful. In one scene a zombie head flies out of a fridge (!) to bite an unfortunate soul, this had me choking on my own tongue. The description just doesn't do it justice. These particular zombies seem to have little co-ordination, and on top of this none of them behave the same. Some like to hide in bushes and jump out on people. Some like to climb pillars and jump on people from there. One particularly enterprising zombie-guy appears to have been trained in the art of ninja, jumping about in a frenzy and slashing his machete everywhere in a scene which will have you wetting yourself due to the fact it happens so quickly. The ending tries to be shocking, but it's just plain dumb. A DJ who has been adding out-of-place comments throughout the film turns out to be a zombie. ZOMBIES CAN TALK?! What is this? Apart from the above unintentional humour, this is a film for sadists only. But if you're drunk and want a good laugh, then it might just be worthwhile. Just don't expect anything good. It's sheer awfulness all the way...

Zombi 3 has absolutely nothing in common with the Zombi 2 (Or Zombie Flesh Eaters in the UK) which was a slow burning masterwork of suspense, mystery and zombie horror which is what made it so good. Zombi 3 takes a different approach, seemingly aspiring to be more of a zombie action film and in the process losing everything that made the original a classic. What makes this film so poor can be broken down into several areas.Acting: The acting in Zombi 2 while not Oscar worthy was better than expected from a low budget Italian horror film and helped add to the film's creepy atmosphere and likability. However, the acting in Zombi 3 is nothing short of painful. The intonation of the actors is often bizarre and unbelievable and brings the realism and horror of the film down drastically. The actor for the doctor is particularly poor causing me to wince every time his character had dialogue. Overall, the acting basically devalues the film massively.Direction and cinematography: One of the most appealing aspects of Zombi 2 was that it featured some amazing shots of the Island that were framed beautifully, especially for a low budget film, and served to improve the film's production value drastically. Camera movement and angles were also carefully planned to create maximum impact. Zombi 3 has lost this entirely with the direction being uninspired and unimaginative. There are also no stand out shots like the film's predecessor.Diversion from the original: This film is not linked to the original in any way except for the title and the appearance of zombies.This is a massive error considering how successful the original film was and leads to some bizarre new ideas in this film that do not work at all. For example, changing the cause from voodooism to an epidemic seems pointless and random, having zombies that move quickly and run is even more bizarre and nonsensical and worst of all a scene featuring a flying severed zombie head is just simply kitschy and awful.Overall: Shoddy acting, boring direction and strange deviations from the original formula make for a truly inferior sequel to a really high quality horror classic.

Below average effort. The problem is there is NO SUSPENSE as in the first film. Also the Zombie makeup is not good at all(just a rubber mask to the face). The actors are all a bunch of misfits/rejects.Since Fulci became ill during the shooting, Bruno Mattei was asked to step in and the resultant film, with its running zombies and a more sci-fi/action-oriented story, ended up resembling Mattei's films much more closely than anything Fulci had done up until then.Throughout the film there is an element of cheapness. And why shoot the film in the Philippines? Might have been a better film if shot in a bustling Metropolis in any developed country. Also a Tom Savini should have been asked to do the make-up FX. Romero would have been a much better director then Mattei, should he should have directed it instead of Mattei.Some established actors should have acted in this film to raise it above the cheapo level. Chuck Norris for one....Plot: The theft of a biological weapon from a tropical military base leads to the transformation many of the island's inhabitants into flesh eating zombies. A group of young people led by Kenny and Patricia are barricaded in a hotel and seek refuge at the abandoned military base.Verdict: don't watch it unless you are a fan of Bruno Mattei's style of direction.List of good Zombie films I have seen: Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974), Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror (1981), Romero's Night, Dawn & Day Of The Dead(Trilogy of films), Zombi 2(1979), C.H.U.D. 1 & 2, The Re-animator Trilogy, The Return Of The Living Dead 1,2,3.