Z-O-M-B-I-E-S
Published October 27, 2024
Film info
- Title Z-O-M-B-I-E-S
- Director Paul Hoen
- Year 2018
- Run time 1hr 34m
- Genres Romance, Comedy, Fantasy
- Tagline At Seabrook High, it's zoms vs. poms
Welcome to Seabrook, a suburban town preoccupied with uniformity, traditions and pep rallies... until one groundbreaking semester when students from Zombietown integrate into Seabrook High School. As the human and zombie students struggle to coexist, a budding friendship between a cheerleader named Addison and a zombie named Zed could unite their high school and community for good.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 0:31 | Any film that starts ‘everything was perfect’ is bound to go wrong very quickly. |
| 1:34 | “Science found a better way to deal with Zombies.” SCIENCE! |
| 5:08 | The pastels of the perfect house are so reminiscent of Black Mirror. |
| 9:27 | “People love me, I got jazz hands.” |
| 20:25 | Not at all like High School Musical, honest. |
| 27:35 | This Cheer Captain is more famous than whatever sports team they’re cheering for. |
| 30:59 | It’s gross that being good at football gets you SO much, even if in this case it’s the right thing. |
| 37:20 | “What could go so wrong with a girl and a zombie?” |
| 47:23 | I don’t understand the courage of shouting across the cafeteria but he’s done it a couple of times now! |
| 54:00 | You can’t rhyme ‘worries’ and ‘scary’. |
| 1:05:27 | We’ll go with it, but I do have some questions about the science in play here. |
| 1:07:48 | “We’re changing ourselves, when what needs to change is everyone else.” |
| 1:10:47 | American Football time is amazing, it says three seconds on the clock but that could be about twenty minutes of play time. |
| 1:25:07 | “You don’t change the world through sabotage, you change it through cheer.” Hmm. |
Thoughts
After the snoozefest that was Friday the 13th, I wanted something a bit brighter and more cheerful and a Disney TV movie fitted the bill exactly. This was so reminiscent of High School Musical, just with added zombies on top. But it’s too different factions at a high school that at first can’t see past the end of their own noses but gradually manage to sing and dance their way to a reconciliation and a happier world. It’s not even slightly subtle with it’s message on prejudice, but still, I quite enjoyed it!
Rating: 3 / 5
