Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Tino Mewes | ... | Philip | |
Manuel Cortez | ... | Wurst | |
Thomas Schmieder | ... | Konrad | |
Collien Ulmen-Fernandes | ... | Rebecca (as Collien Fernandes) | |
Hendrik Borgmann | ... | Wolf | |
![]() |
Nadine Germann | ... | Uschi |
![]() |
Sissi Perlinger | ... | Frau Fleischhacker |
![]() |
Henry Gründler | ... | Herr Fleischhacker |
![]() |
Patricia Thielemann | ... | Frau Niedermacher |
![]() |
Oliver Grober | ... | Gunther |
Tom Lass | ... | Frederik | |
Tim Wilde | ... | Sportlehrer Stalin | |
Daniel Krauss | ... | Zivi 1 | |
![]() |
Sebastian Kroehnert | ... | Zivi 2 |
![]() |
Walter Gontermann | ... | Direktor |
The school friends Philip, Wurst and Konrad are high-school losers: Philip desires the sexy Uschi, an easy girl for successful boys; the complex Konrad lists all the humiliations he has been submitted in school; and Wurst only cares to dope himself and smoke pot. Philip's next door gothic neighbor Rebecca has a non-corresponded crush on Philip. When Rebecca performs an ancient voodoo ritual in the cemetery with her friends, Philip and his friends arrive, mocking the ceremony and are accidentally blasted with zombie ashes from Haiti. Then, while driving his van, Wurst smokes marijuana but he has a car accident and the trio dies. However, they awake in the morgue and sooner they realize that they have become zombies. While seeking an antidote in the Necronomicon, Konrad, Wurst and Philip find the advantages of being zombies, becoming successful due to their recently acquired strength. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I saw this film as part of the Cinemuerte Horror Film Festival in Vancouver recently, and I have to say that I did enjoy it, as silly as it was.
The characters were affable, the zombie and gore effects were solid, and the storyline was good fun. You actually got to like the three "losers" and the preppy-rich kids were fun to hate. Don't listen to the person who commented on "bad acting", because they don't know what they're talking about. There was no bad acting in this movie at all. The actors were all very natural, and seemed like real teenagers, despite the fantastic situations they were in.
Anyway, when this film will reach DVD on North American shores is hard to tell, but if you like 80's-style teen comedy flicks, and are a fan of zombies and gore (there are some gross and violent scenes, but nothing as extreme as what you'd see in a Romero film, and they're mostly played for laughs), then this film is good for a laugh and worth renting. It's certainly better than most teen flicks coming out of Hollywood these days!