World Ends at Camp Z

I could barely make it through this movie because despite the plot (middling), the actors were SO BAD. I'm literally typing in other words just so that IMDB will let me tell you how bad the acting was.

For a film budget of just over half a million (CA) dollars, Worlds End at Camp Z by Diane Janna is a fine example of what a decent script can get you. This was more than an enjoyable film.

The film itself was a nice mixture of camp, corporate, and living dead apocalypse, with news reports and the corporate jerks adding extra spice to the buildup as you wait eagerly for the living dead to attack Camp La Tuque.

There were many fine performances throughout, Dean Person (Julien), playing the irritated and frustrated camp worker, Anne-Carolyne Binette (Vanessa), the business representative of the potential buyers, and. Michael Czemerys (Aaron), a spoilt and obnoxious rich boy who has come to buy the camp, pushing fake pretence to get the deal done. Not forgetting Osawa Muskwa, AKA. Clay.

So to reiterate, World Ends at Camp Z is a delightful zombie film, a nice addition to the genre, and one that will not disappoint you at any point throughout its ninety minutes.

Its not a big budget movie, but its worth watching on a lazy weekend.

The acting is decent, the cinematography is solid, these story is interesting enough.

It had a pretty low IMDB score, so i wasn't expecting much, and as i suspected it is a lot better than most viewers seemed to rate it.

It was what I've come to expect from Canada based or directed productions, having worked on similar pilot films and commercials.

The ending could have been better, and leaves some obvious questions, but resolves well enough I be able to sleep well.

In essence this is a pandemic or post pandemic made movie, built upon a pandemic gone wrong theme that results in a zombie chow down.

I have no regrets having watched it and included it in my list of "Pretty Good Movies"

When I judge the "quality" of a zombie movie I usually take into account the budget. "Okay, it's not that good, but it was made for just 500.000 dollar so what could you expect?" This weekend I checked out World Ends at Camp Z that only costed 300.000 dollar. Frankly, I was pleasantly surprised. Yes, there is bad acting. Yes, there is bad dialogue. And the zombies look very bad too. But I thought a lot of things were done okay.

The story takes place in Canada. Young Dean has lived and worked all his young life on this camping La Tuque. He's not happy to learn that his "home" will be sold to some rich guys. His uncle just couldn't pay the bills anymore. To make matters worse the new owner Aaron, a spoilt kid in his twenties, wants to check out the camping with his friends before purchasing. They start a big party. Now Dean must be their butler before the deal is done. He does have a connection with Vanessa, a young lawyer who must check the paperwork. However, she turns out to be the girlfriend of the owner. Damn! When a friend of the owner gets injured, they must go to town to take him to the hospital. And then the zombies turn up...

What I liked about World Ends at Camp Z was the beautiful locations. The makers used drones to film the camping (which is located near Quebec?) surrounded by trees and water and it looks great.

Also a good point was the fact that one of the heroes is a Native Canadian named Clay. Clay is a father figure to Dean and knows how to deal with the threat when the zombies take over the camp. I think we should see more Native Americans or Canadians in movies, also in "normal" roles.

Lastly, I enjoyed the two leads. Of course Dean and Vanessa don't really get along at the start of the film. But the way they get closer to each other wasn't bad. Overall Vanessa (played by Anne-Carolyne Binette) gives us the best performance.

When the first zombie appears in the movie (after 55 minutes!) the film goes downhill. The action scenes with the undead aren't the best part of the movie but it does have a satisfying ending.

Not brilliant, maybe not even good, but I did like World ends at camp Z.

7/10.

Yes, there is a lot of things they could have tried better. I'm gonna talk about the good stuff, yes it is a Zombie Flick. LOVE THAT. I see what they were trying to do on such a low budget. I am guessing they used a lot of their friends and friend's stuff. Really liked the area they did the filming in, very beautiful indeed. If I was stuck in the middle of a Zombie Apoc, some where like there would have been great. The real real real bad criticism I have to state upon, is that it took a realllllll long time to get to anything.