Zombie Campout

Bunny and Steve plan a weekend camping trip with Trevor and Tammy whom they hope to hook up so Tammy will forget her former boyfriend. But once at the camping site, radioactive meteorites crash into a nearby cemetery causing the dead to rise up from their graves. Which none of the major characters realize for about half the film.

The zombies don't even come into play into half an hour goes by and due to the feeble attempts at humor (the near-nudity gag akin to an Austin Powers film is not witty nor clever in the slightest, the 'plot encapsulating' park ranger is slightly less irritating) what a long 30 minutes it is. As for the rest of the film, it's no great shakes either, but at least something, no matter how inept or badly acted, is happening. Make no doubt about it, this horror/comedy stinks more then a year-old decomposing corpse.

My Grade: F

This movie is funny. it's very cheezy at times but the whole plot sticks with an average zombie movie. it's not that scary but then again neither is the director. when i sat down to watch it with the director for the first time i was wanting to laugh but i didn't want to hurt his feeling by laughing at his first movie. about halfway i couldn't hold it in, i busted out laughing, and Josh was like "I was wondering if you were getting it." That's when I realized it was not a horror film but a very "horrific" comedy.

Heading up to a local lake, a group of friends having a party on the property realize that a meteor shower has unleashed a series of zombies from the ground and decide to make a run before they're caught and changed into zombies.

This one here was a rather fun and enjoyable zombie effort. One of the best things about it is the rather fun and enjoyable atmosphere created throughout here, as this one here is the epitome of brain-less fun. This is best shown in the kind of great cheesy action to come from this one, including the one-shot sequences of the zombies running through the countryside after being resurrected as scenes of them attacking the oblivious fisherman, appearing at the security guard or the camping couple in the motor-home start this off rather well in getting to the action. As well, the redneck hunters who appear out of nowhere and begin taking them out with assault rifles, machine guns and rockets is even better as while it's quite stupid this one has a great sense of fun. There's even more enjoyable camp outside the action as the whole plot pretty much given away in a toss-away joke, the characters repeatedly make references how to behave in a horror film and the kind of attacks popularized by the zombies all give this a goofy, cheesy atmosphere that's quite funny at times. There's some great action to this, from the action on the boat-rental dock to the camp-ground battle that is full of action getting out of the cars with the dead pounding alongside them and the fights at the end with the second party getting attacked at the campground are quite enjoyable. Using one of the most logical and inventive methods of defense against zombies ever devised, a clever get- away plan that comes along and all the fun and suspense once it gets to the cars parked outside, it manages to make the film rather fun and entertaining, and there's also the fact that these different confrontations with them really manages to make this one so much fun since all the different ones allow for a great pace with plenty of big scenes throughout. Along with all the action, there's plenty of blood and gore in here, which while cheap-looking, all of these here make the film enjoyable as this did have a few small problems holding it down. One of the biggest is the self-censoring the film has towards the nudity. This one has plenty of opportunities to let it loose but comes up with ways to get around it, from a nude driver on the street filmed only at shoulder level, the in-car flashing is done the same way, changing into bathing suits is done under their shirts, a topless swim session is taken place off-screen but not seen and a later changing scene is done, admittedly humorously, by having a branch in front mimic the bobbing and weaving to keep it all hidden. The fact that it goes to such great lengths to keep it hidden is where the film comes under fire as it would've been fine had there been none at all. The other part to this is the terribly low-budget to it. From the terrible look of the zombies to the obviously fake blood to the weak CGI, this one doesn't have much to its effects at all. Overall, these are the only things wrong with it.

Rated R: Graphic Violence, Language and Brief Nudity.

Two grinning idiots in sandals and socks and a pair of catalogue models that would never look at them in real life go camping together. Because the director doesn't understand how to make a movie every excruciating detail of their preparations are shown at length, this includes them going to the toilet, stopping on their way for a snack and so on.

Really what the makers of this movie want is to get these two catalogue models to pop their puppies out but it doesn't happen and you can really feel the deep sense of sadness hanging over the entire production because of it. Nobody can act unless you count saying your line and leaving 2 seconds between the next person responding as being acting.

The effects are poor, I mean really poor, but the zombies at least look OK. Even if you are the biggest zombie fan in the world you will hate this movie, the positive reviews are so misleading they can only be written by someone with a vested interest in you watching this film. Don't be fooled, this is just pathetic and the jokes - especially the credits - will only make you hate this film more.

A bit disjointed at moments but overall a great religious allegory. From some of the other reviews it is obvious that many people didn't "get it". The zombie motif is a brilliant metaphor for the ham-fisted efforts of the L.D.S. religion. The zombies symbolize the persistent evangelical (and often mindless)efforts of its missionaries. The story seems to be designed to be entertaining yet not overly preachy in its critique of Mormon and other evangelical religious cultures.

I found the abortive use of (almost) nudity to represent the sexual repression at play within the evangelical community at large. The director seems to be throwing Mormon hypocrisy at us, forcing us to examine our own conflicted values.

Today's current religious climate has made films such as Zombie Campout necessary. Here in the bible belt it is increasingly difficult to engage in constructive dialogs regarding religion. It appears that the writer chose the L.D.S. community for this metaphor as it seems to be the most glaringly obvious match for the analogy. I am sure that it took some amazing courage to produce this film and to find funding for something so critical of a mainstream religion.

Though some may find the religious overtones too subtle to grapple with I think this film will stand the test of time as the zombie novelty wears off. This film will go a long way to further religious diversity and tolerance.