Zombie Bloodbath 2

"you can't take it realistically." -sheets

Zombie Bloodbath 2 (ZB2) is a world all of its own. I've really never seen anything like it. The only thing I can think to compare it to is psychedelic drugs. Forgive the cliché—I don't simply mean that it's incoherent and absurd, though occasionally it is. I mean that it takes you through such a broad range of intense experiences and unexpected emotions so quickly as to overwhelm you, and when it's over, you find that it's all happened while you were sitting on the couch.

It is worth noting that it's extremely low-budget, as a disclaimer to those who, after seeing "Shaun of the Dead," consider themselves fans of underground zombie films. Also of note is that it is much more "brutal" than you'd expect. Children get disemboweled, and someone taunts a teenage girl before shooting her in the groin. Her corpse is subsequently "raped." These are certainly not flaws, and indeed I feel it is to the film's credit. But if it doesn't sound like your kind of movie, don't waste your time.

(I don't mean to over-hype it, regarding brutality. Don't go in expecting "Inside" or something.) I hesitate to give away any of the plot, because it's really full of surprises. Even the opening scene, which has nothing to do with zombies, is at once a classic horror scene and something quite original.

Man, I'm three paragraphs in and I've hardly said anything at all. Here's why I thought the movie was awesome: 1. It's big, and it keeps moving. At one point, you expect it to turn into another NotLD clone, a board-up-the-windows movie where everyone stays in a farmhouse and argues with one another. By the end of the film, however, the farmhouse scenes will seem like a distant dream. There are also a number of outdoor, urban scenes. These are rare in low-budget zombie films.

2. The makeup/gore is much better than ZB1. More convincing and more creative. Something kind of funny: the early zombies look really lame. Then, halfway through, they suddenly look really good, with prosthetics and everything. Some of them look like Fulci zombies, some are reminiscent of Mr. Tongue from "Day of the Dead." And it's got big scenes of dozens of zombies shuffling around. Never gets old.

3. There's something oddly emotional about it. One character asserts that heaven exists, and that our dead/undead protagonists are now in heaven. In the context of the film, we believe it to be true. Though the characters behave with typical horror film stupidity, they genuinely seem to care about each other, and accordingly, I found myself caring about them.

4. The pacing is great. There's hardly a dull moment.

My only observation that borders on criticism is that Todd Sheets comes up with the most bizarre dialog I've ever heard. I personally feel it adds to the experience, but I don't think he does it on purpose, so I can't fairly give the film a perfect rating. (Example: when a car breaks down, the owner yells at the passengers. Then he says something to the effect of, "Sorry I yelled at you guys. You don't know what it's like to have your dad standing over you with a straight razor when you're five years old." wtf?) At the very end, it gets to be more than I can handle. Involves a montage with Bill Clinton, and then some preachy end credits explaining the zombie metaphor. Really, by this point, I was firmly re-living my drug experiences.

Highly recommended. 7/10.

Finding this one was not as easy as I hoped it would be, but I did track it down and threw it into the VCR, ready for some splatter. And the coolest thing about it is I was not disappointed. It seems that some newer zombie films have not been doing the blood and guts thing very well. This one does. It was a but confusing at first, trying to figure out what was going on and why. But when the middle hits and the characters all come together, the loose ends are tied up and things made sense pretty well. It had zombies and killers and convicts and a reanimated scarecrow.

Now is the movie any good? It was well made, I think. Artistic even. care was taken and it shows. The people who made this film worked hard and it shows. The acting has improved, the effects and editing have all improved. But most of all. I was never bored. I was entertained. I had a lot of fun. And isn't that all we really should ask from a movie with such a low budget?

OK, I have read a couple of really foul, mean spirited reviews for this little movie that make no sense. First of all, you should not use this place as a forum to ATTACK a person for no good reason. It's a MOVIE. No one forced you to watch it. Some people are just here to be jerks. But there are rules and maybe the IMDb should watch some of these things closer. I have seen MUCH worse than this film. But not many zero budget ones are better. And just because you don't like the work of a director does not give a person the right to assault them verbally. Todd Sheets makes low budget Horror flicks. His body of work speaks volumes to his dedication to Horror movies and the progress as an artist from one to the next is on the screen. Where it counts.

Alright, so I really didn't like the original Zombie Bloodbath. This sequel is still bad, but an improvement over the original. This film had more originality. It had some different kills, but still mostly more of the same, but at least you got to know some of the characters a little. Apparently, this movie has a point to it, and some social commentary I didn't catch, since it was basically poorly done. I give Todd Sheets credit for trying, but overall he failed to deliver the point of his film too well. I noticed one of the guys from the first one played one of the bad guys, kind of funny to see one of the original characters return in this movie, and see him die exactly the same way he died in the original...screaming exactly the same way...trying to be someone totally different. That was funny to me, and the fact that he had what looked like a cheap dollar store gun in his hand. Ahhh the fun this movie is, but the pain it caused. I figure if ZOmbie Bloodbath was terrible, and this was bad, maybe the 3rd will be decent?

A group of teens have their car break down in the middle of nowhere. They seek shelter in a farmhouse. But three murderous convicts are there killing the owner of said farmhouse and his family. One of them accidentally brings zombies around by knocking over a scarecrow. Cue blood, gore, carnage, bad acting. Better than the first but only by default. I still wouldn't wish it on my arch-enemy, bob. In the end the filmmaker wants it to be a parable about how we us Americans are killing ourself and our forests (huh? OK, whatever buddy) Dude I'd rather chop down forests then have my braincells diminish and my Grey matter leak out of my ears. In other words become a simple-minded idiot Liberal.

My Grade: D-

This movie was really strange. I'm not sure what the beginning had to do with anything. When the zombies come the cause seems to be from some random event, but it isn't explained very well at all. I wouldn't even say this is a low budget film...this was a no budget film. The escapes were absurd...many times consisting of just running thru the zombies with no plan at all. And how the zombies were defeated in the end was absolutely ridiculous. But considering how little they had to work with, some of the makeup and effects were pretty good. And there were a few funny parts. The director might be able to make a good movie if he had a budget, but I suppose it could be worse. The acting was pretty bad too, but I'm pretty sure these were not real actors...so all in all check it out if u love zombie films...not much new has been added to the genre here except for the way they were disposed of i suppose.