Deliberately off the wall and over the top goof ball comedy suffers from what has been described to this viewer as the "trying too hard" syndrome. In this case, the makers of the film are trying too hard to aspire to Troma-esque heights of lunacy and create an instant cult sort of film. When it comes right down to it, this movie goes on a little too long and gets too tiresome at times. It's awfully crude and immature - there's more than enough penis jokes on hand - but then, one has to assume that that was the whole point. All things considered, "Die You Zombie Bastards!" is still a reasonable amount of fun, and gets by on its incredible enthusiasm and fearlessness, as it adopts a "let's throw all kinds of stuff at the wall and see what sticks" approach. It *does* feature some appreciably wacky ideas, as a highly unlikely "hero" named Red (Tim Gerstmar) finds that his wife Violet (Pippi Zornoza) has been abducted by a scheming villain appropriately named Don Nefarious (Geoff Mosher), who's constructed a diabolical machine dubbed the EnormoZombotron that turns unlucky schmucks into pink haired, green skinned zombies. Unfortunately, one thing that happens here is that the movie gets a little repetitive as Red has one encounter after another, as each supposedly helpful individual he meets refers him to another person. Still, there are some fun character moments spread throughout. Sandra Kennedy is particularly delicious as Super Inga. Some schlock fans watching should note the generous dose of bare female flesh on display. The eclectic soundtrack includes a number of entertaining alternative artists, with Paul Leary of The Butthole Surfers prominently featured; rockabilly artist Hasil Adkins plays himself in the movie, and is a hoot, even when his dialogue gets incoherent. In a special guest star role is porn legend Jamie Gillis, in the role of Stavros, making his last appearance in a feature film. Makeup and visual effects are strictly of the aggressively tacky and therefore highly amusing variety. Not that any of us would expect much else from a movie with this title, anyway. With nods to "Clash of the Titans" and "Jaws" along the way, "Die You Zombie Bastards!" isn't as fun as this viewer would have liked, but is also pretty hard to dislike. At least it goes all out for an "everything and the kitchen sink" style finale. Just don't take the title too literally and expect much in the way of actual zombies. Troma boss Lloyd Kaufman is actually featured as the announcer of the game show. Six out of 10.
