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This movie has absolutely no comedy n it tried very hard to fall in the horror/comedy genre but failed miserably.

What was the point of taking Michael J White n not show his character kicking zombies.

The whole 'Blob' style scene towards the end is a big meh.

It's crazy how movies are getting done with such lousy scripts, seriously.

There's a lot of work here in terms of production, they even got a good bunch of actors, none of them was half as bad as the script!

Cinematography was good and the practical effects were decent for the genre.

But the script is mediocre from the beginning to the end, the story is nothing original, true, but it's just an excuse to see how the characters survive the situation, it's been done before, simple stories, clever script. This isn't clever at all. Dialogs, action, pace, characters... everything fails here in that department.

Totally wasted potential. Again, I can't imagine how this script got greenlighted, somebody of all the people reading it must have noticed how bad was the writing.

It's ok if you want a dumb watch, but I'm sure you can find easily something better.

Not once I've raised the corners of my mouth for a slight hint of a smile. The (first time movie) writer totally missed the humor in his writing. Writing comedy is an art and this could have been much better (maybe hire a comedian?) On the characters and story, the writing was bad also because the situation is handled as if the events happen every week which made it surreal & detached (in a bad way)... Also the music score gets annoying (its like a Home Alone score).. Now all this would not bothered me when the writing was good! The writer should've watched 1992 "Braindead" (my fav horror-comedy!) which has the absurdism, sarcasm and over the top gore this movie needed badly! Watch Braindead instead, avoid this!

Bruce Campbell is the only redeeming quality of Black Friday. Yes, the production is okay, the cast too, but the humor just does not work very well and the horror is at most okayish. On paper a mix of Blob, Superstore and a buddy horror comedy a la Shaun of the Dead may look good but the execution meanders something on the edge of average and below average. What I miss mostly is some unique spark. Also there never is really some suspense like for example in the story of The Mist. Exact rate: 3 + 1 for Mr. Campbell's solid performance.

I have to admit, I wasn't too keen to watch this... when I saw that Devon Sawa (Final Destination) was in it, as was Bruck Campbell, I gave it a go. I have to say, while you won't achieve nirvana, nor discover the meaning of life, give it a go. It was better than many other movies with higher IMDB ratings, and certainly doesn't take itself seriously, almost parodying itself.

On a day off, and at a loose end, I microwaved a bag of popcorn, sat back with a couple of beers, turned my brain off and to be honest, I actually didn't mind it.

Give it a go.