Zombie Town

Many reviewers state one has to be in the 'demographic' or target range to 'get' this flick... huey! I'm a man of a certain age and love a great kids/young adult flick! I've watched many series 'targeted' for young adults and wholeheartedly loved the watch.. I watched it 2x, just in case my mood had any effect on my perspective.. Nope, it was still a stinker.. If it were 'intended' for younger viewers, the 2 main teen characters apparently weren't told or even given direction.. their performances were phoned in and just bland. I'd also have to argue and/or point out that Disney and Pixar flicks are 'intended' for young audiences, yet appeal to a much larger audience. So that defense of this flick is imo indefensible. I'd argue the production just didn't know what they wanted the film to be. It wasn't straight enough to be ironically funny, it wasn't wonkie enough to be campy, it didn't even have the bones to be carried by Akroyd and Chase. There will be some that look at it differently or see something the rest of us don't, so if you're unsure what lot you fall into You'll know within a few minutes whether it's for you or not..

I got interested in watching it because Chevy Chase and Dan Akroyd were starring in it. The first disappointment though was they both only have tiny supporting roles. The rest of the movie is full of B-movie actors, with little actor's chemistry or charisma. Bummer.

The realy let down though is that it fails to become funny, AT ALL. A few smirks at the start, that was all. This zombie genre has been chewed to pieces and it is quite difficult to make a really original zombie flick.

Not any good then? This shouldnt be featured in cinemas, this is sub par tv movie quality.

Nice try, but huge fail. To be avoided...

I love RL Stine. This was not good, even that feels like an understatement. The plot is terrible or at best terribly executed. The editing was awful. The movie skips things a bit in places. The main characters are not ones you even care to root for (why is the guy always peeing? Why do they have a sweet moment then act like enemies the next second?). The relationship between the 2 is non-existent and very inconsistent, there's no growth. Even the character by Dan Aykroyd is just dumb- he knows what he did, doesnt seem to care then all of a sudden has a "realization"... It's just the worst RL Stine adaptation to date and the director/producer/writers should look into careers outside of film. I don't even leave reviews and had to for this one to maybe save someone else from losing an hour and a half of life to this monstrosity.

This time of year, many of us love a horror flick, or at least a horror themed movie. When I As that both Dan Ackroyd and Chevy Chase were in it, I thought I was in for something special.....

..... I wasn't......

Good effort if you managed to make it all the way through, it's generally woeful. I assumed that the target audience would have been older teens, and sometimes those age ranged films are pretty good, sadly this one seems more suitable for ten year olds.

There are some decent special effects, but other than that it's dire. The acting is average at best, the jokes land like a cup of cold, mushy brains, and even mild scares are non existent.

I wish I could find a couple of positives to at least make it seem mildly enticing, but I honestly can't find any, I couldn't wait for the credits to roll.

Shocking.

3/10.

Even in my adult age, I still enjoy family Halloween flics. There are plenty of cheesy fun low budget family Halloween films out there that can have a certain charm to them. This really doesn't have too much of anything. I can handle 2nd rate teen acting but this gives off bad Disney channel vibes. The score is generic and overall makes the movie feel like a bad Nickelodeon movie. I was hoping some of the older cast was going to make it tolerable but they're written terribly and you can tell it was just a paycheck for them. It's a once watch and forget about it after. It's overall boring lacking any real substance. Your kids may dig it, but I'm even sure they'll be bored.