The Exorcist, Halloween and Psycho are some of the best horror films ever created. One film that won’t be part of that list is The Zombinator directed by Sergio Myers. This micro-budget zombie film accomplishes something that very few films can, which is being totally unredeemable in anyway. In nearly every area of this film, from the script to the acting and the effects are a disaster. And what’s worse is it’s not even a horror film that’s so bad it’s funny, like Plan 9 From Outer Space.
The Zombinator revolves around a successful fashion designer who is the subject of a documentary being filmed in a small town in Ohio. All of a sudden a zombie apocalypse breaks out and a man called The Zombinator appears and tries to stop the breakout because he knows who’s responsible.
The film is shot in the exact style as Diary of the Dead and The Blair Witch Project. It’s the favored style with low-budget films because it’s inexpensive. Which is a completely acceptable thing, when it’s done right. The acting by the characters is awful, but because it’s in a documentary style, it’s supposed to be realistic. They could’ve casted any rookie actor to play the roles, which they did. There are way too many characters to follow, in the beginning there’s around eight or ten. And because we know nothing about them we don’t care when they die. In one scene a couple breaks up, but since we don’t know them and their acting is horrendous, we don’t care.
In the beginning there’s a scene where the characters are at a wake. It’s one of the most bizarre scenes ever. A young troop died overseas and yet it looks like a party. Everyone’s drinking alcohol, there’s a heavy metal band and it’s full of younger, college-aged kids. I have doubts as to wether or not the director even knew what a wake was. And probably one of the biggest flaws ever in a plot occurs near the beginning. A seemingly innocent man appears to some of the main characters to talk when all of a sudden creepy music starts to play. I don’t recall music playing at all up until that point, and the conversation was friendly, so obviously he must be a bad guy.
While watching I couldn’t help but notice some similarities to another bad horror movie, Birdemic: Shock and Terror. But with that film, it’s so bad it’s funny while The Zombinator isn’t funny for its level of awfulness. Both feature very successful women in fashion who become endangered after a breakout occurs of something wanting to kill them. If this film would’ve had a little worse acting and didn’t consist of scenes that were in small spaces, The Zombinator might of joined the club of films so awful their enjoyable like Troll 2 and The Room.
I could go on and on with what’s wrong with this film. Other problems include jump cuts during action scenes, not containing a single scary moment, horrible dialog including “I guess we’re alive until we die.” not to mention the terminator looking guy is hardly in the film despite being on the movie poster, he’s present probably twenty five percent of the time. Just avoid this film at all costs.
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Reviewed by Ivan Karhoff
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