To me, this movie is perfection.

Please don't spend money on this.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Church bells ring morbidly, but New Jersey newlyweds Tracy Coogan and Graham Sibley (as Denise and Danny Zanders) are very happily married. Bounding out of the church, they take off in their "Just Married" car with Mr. Sibley at the wheel and Ms. Coogan bobbing her head in his lap. The honeymoon goes well, although one kiss does seem like a foreshadowing bite. With a little "Endless Summer" (1966) music, Sibley goes surfing. While the couple relaxes on the beach, an ugly zombie emerges from the ocean. He falls full front on Sibley and spews dark vomit down his throat. It appears like Sibley may die from the encounter. Coogan is happy when her husband miraculously recovers, but the couple faces a zombie challenge...Neatly written and directed by David Gebroe, "Zombie Honeymoon" is essentially a love story. The horror and gore are present, but Mr. Gebroe does not focus on fright. This sort of monster drama recalls the supernatural characters explored by Dan Curtis on TV in "Dark Shadows" and Anne Rice in her "Vampire Lestat" novels. Explicitly, Mr. Gebroe's script identifies being a zombie as "an affliction." The couple must deal with the potentially monstrous condition and make it work in their marriage, or not...Coogan and Sibley perform well and we understand their plight. Still, there is very an audience can invest in their characters. He likes to surf, she likes oral sex and they got married. They like Portugal, too. That's all great, for them. Generally, we are spectators and do not participate in their interests and activities. A couple of exceptions are among Mr. Gebroe's highlights. He intimately opens a scene by panning Coogan's legs as she dozes in her underwear, then discovers her groom sick in the bathroom. In this sequence, we are brought seductively and effectively into the drama. Lastly, near the end of the film, Coogan has a brief, dreamy vision of Sibley which shows a romanticism that should have been part of the story's opening.***** Zombie Honeymoon (10/23/2004) David Gebroe ~ Tracy Coogan, Graham Sibley, Tonya Cornelisse, David M. Wallace

Newlyweds Danny (a sturdy and likable portrayal by Graham Sibley) and Denise (a strong and compelling performance by the lovely Tracy Coogan) go to the Jersey Shore to celebrate their honeymoon. Things go terribly awry when Danny gets attacked by a zombie and transforms into a ravenous and ferocious flesh-eating ghoul. Regardless, Denise decides to stand by her man. Writer/director Dave Gebroe puts a fresh, quirky, and inspired spin on the usual walking dead premise by centering primarily on the devastating emotional effects losing a loved one to zombie-ism has on a couple's relationship, with a noted emphasis on the two appealing main characters and the mutual affection they have for each other. Moreover, Gebroe deftly manages a precarious balancing act of jolting queasy horror and wickedly amusing pitch-black humor while exploring a powerfully moving central theme of how far someone is willing to go for the sake of love. Granted, we still get a handy helping of graphic gore and the scenes with Danny suddenly attacking people are quite shocking, but it's the doomed love story at the heart of the whole thing which gives this movie its extra poignant dramatic impact. Coogan and Sibley do stand-out work in the lead roles, with fine support from Tonya Cornelisse as the perky Nikki, David M. Wallace as the boorish Buddy Cooper, and Neal Jones as the cheery and diligent Officer Carp. Ken Seng's crisp cinematography gives the film an attractive bright look. Michael Tremante's spare shivery score never becomes too overbearing or distracting. The lively soundtrack hits the right-on rocking spot. A very nice and touching sleeper.

I loved the storyline, but I'm not sure if I liked the movie. Maybe it was too emotional for me, maybe it was too serious, maybe it had too much drama and too little horror, I don't know what it was but I do know I was bored throughout most of it.The movie starts off with an overly obnoxious couple who were way too giddy for me not to be annoyed. Ya, I get it, you just got married but they more acted like a ten year old who just got his first transformer, then an adult couple. Another thing that bothered me about this movie was in order to make the audience "get the picture" they would have scenes where nothing was going on, no sounds, no movement, just sad faces for what seemed like an eternity.If you are looking for a sweet "love" story that more fits a horror movie rather then a drama with some blood I would recommended David Morlet's "Mutants" (2009). Now that was a good horror movie about a relationship trying to survive through the odds.

ZH concerns newly wedded vegetarians, Tracy Coogan as Denise and Graham Sibley as Danny, who encounter an apparently deranged man during their honeymoon that vomits blood into Danny's mouth during an attack. Rushed to the hospital and despite doctors efforts to save him, Danny dies soon after. Everyone is amazed when several minutes later, Danny is alive and apparently feeling well. A local cop assigned to investigate the assault stops by the next day to visit Danny and ask questions about Danny's roommate in the hospital that mysteriously disappeared. Soon Denise learns the awful truth, that Danny is no longer a vegetarian; in fact, he likes his meat very fresh and very rare.Obviously an amateur effort ZH manages to confront some very real issues about how people change after marriage and asks how far are you willing to go to make a marriage work. The makeup is passable but it's not meant to be a serious zombie flick anyway. The camera work is very amateur with many shots being framed poorly, especially in the first half, and lingering way too much on Tracy Coogan. While it could be argued the camera focuses on Tracy because the story is presented from her point of view, I suspect the cameraman of being infatuated with Tracy's bosom as most shots are framed around her breasts even to the point of cutting off character's heads during dialog.It's a difficult movie to recommend. Zombie fans won't like the slow burn and lack of zombies and many others will just skip over it as a C grade zombie flick. I found it entertaining though and hope that Tracy finds new roles as her acting was good and I look forward to more movies from David Gebroe. Note to David, hire a more professional camera man next time, it'll be worth it.