Mutant Vampire Zombies from the 'Hood!

this was a great movie. I was expecting a poorly made low budget movie with lots of funny bad actors instead i found a movie that had good actors and a good script. one of the best zombie/mutant/vampire movies i seen. it might have had a good opening in theaters if it had been promoted. I would compare it to the land of the dead. this might not be the best zombie movie ever made but its pretty good for some thing with this wacky title. one thing it did miss was hot nudity sure there was some from a woman with one arm but that doesn't do it much for me. over all i had a good time from start to finish and was left wanting to see more. if they ever make a squeal ill be sure to check it out.

Written and Directed by: Thunder Levin.

Really enjoyable fright flick with some laughs,Very much like ZOMBIELAND.

Feels like a Blaxploitation rift by a Tarantino or Fred Williamson.

Enjoyed the Urban feel when seems most types of these films take place in a small town or remote,These sets ARE NOT out of the way,'You are Knee Deep In URBAN DECAY !' More than adequate cast including -C. Thomas Howell ( Asylum Studios alum nowadays) and GregAlan Williams ( From BAYWATCH TV) and Johanna Watts ( Soon to be be seen in American BATTLESHIP) brings a realness into a Mutant,Vampire& Zombie environ.

Sound track was pretty good with VITAL,Doing most of the soundtrack justice.

Some nice lines of dialogue and some borrowed to great effect.

This film essentially begins in Los Angeles with two rival gangs meeting in a warehouse to discuss the release of a hostage. As it so happens, a Chinese gang led by a man named "Dragon" (Robert Wu) has kidnapped a woman named "Latiffa" (Rachel Montez Minor) who is a member of a black gang led by her boyfriend "G-Dog" (Tyshawn Bryant). Since the negotiation involves the exchange of some illegal drugs, two members of the police are also nearby and are prepared to make a bust. Unfortunately, as soon as they enter the warehouse a gun battle breaks out which seriously injures one of the policemen. Even worse, however is the fact that at this exact same time a strange solar flare occurs which releases large amounts of radiation upon the earth and turns everyone who didn't happen to be in a properly sealed environment into zombies. Realizing that something is terribly wrong outside one of the police named "David" (C. Thomas Howell) agrees to join forces with both G-Dog and Dragon as they now have to deal with millions of zombies all around them. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that the humor in this movie basically stems from the ineptitude of those working on the production of the film--with the manner in which the zombies were filmed and portrayed being especially ridiculous. Fortunately, the overall plot and the acting was sufficient enough to make things somewhat entertaining with Tyshawn Bryant probably giving the best performance overall. That said, while this was certainly not a good zombie film by any means, it wasn't necessarily that bad either and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.

Now in Gangs of the Dead, rival Mexican and black gangs and assembled arm-candy or gun malls are doing a drug deal in a warehouse that gets busted by the cops. Things go wrong on the outside and they must join forces to fight off the surrounding zombie horde. Here its black and wanna-b-black Asian gangs. Apparently the slang talking Asians kidnapped the black gang member's girl friend in order to deal drugs with them. The deal sours a zombie comet hits earth, but instead of a castle siege it's a running gun battle black-hawk down style…C. Thomas Howell who was in that south rampart show (which NBC will go to hell for canceling) is slumming as usual, his usual black side kick cop. Apparently its okay to do racist stereotypical depictions of minorities if you stick a bandanna on them and call them gang-members. I think one of the black gang-members was that rapper "MYSTIKAL". Sticking to the true ROMERO they have to learn to shoot the Zombies in the head. All news is coming from the lone TV (the black guy from "Bay-Watch nights") and it's about how people react to each other during this catastrophic disaster.

I was one of the fortunate few who got an invitation to an advance screening of "Mutant Vampire Zombies from the 'Hood." Like so many of you out there I have been waiting for this one for about a year, and with much trepidation. I think we were all hoping for the best, but fearing the worst. Well, I'm happy to report that these Mutant Vampire Zombies deliver. KeiKabou Holland and Maxie J. Santillan Jr. practically steal the movie, while Johanna Watts and Tyshawn Bryant ground the film with strong, believable performances. In fact, all the gang members are terrific--my only caveat is that their screen time is too brief. The script by Thunder Levin and George Saunders is fun--think more along the lines of an R-rated "The Mummy" than "Shaun of the Dead"--and Thunder's direction keeps the story going at a hurried pace. There's never a dull moment. The zombies look great, the action is crisp and the laughs work in all the right places. After all the waiting, I was happy to see that "Mutant Vampire Zombies from the 'Hood" lives up to the pure hokum fun its name implies.