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Flesh Freaks starts as student Barry (Ronny Varno) returns to his native Canada from an archaeological dig deep within in Central American jungles of Belize. Something is wrong & his mate Stan (Etan Muskat) knows it, it was widely reported that the team of archaeologists Barry was working with were brutally murdered by terrorists according to newspaper reports but Barry has a different story to tell. Barry claims that during the dig they found a dead body in the ground which came to life & murdered everyone at the dig with himself being the only survivor, Barry claims the authorities weren't interested in his explanations & simply wrote the incident off as a terrorist attack. Meanwhile in a lab in Barry's college a Professor is examining a corpse when it suddenly come to life & kills him, then Barry's friend Lea (Erica Danya Goldblatt) is next to be killed & come back as a zombie. As more & more zombies are created Barry, Stan & their friend Jane (Eshe Mercer-James) are the only ones who realise what's happening & the fate of the entire city, possibly the world, rests in their hands!

This Canadian production was edited, co-written, produced & directed by Conall Pendergast & Flesh Freaks is one of the true classics of the new millennium, it has an international cast of five people, it has breath taking special effects, wonderful scenery beautifully captured with the latest cinematography techniques & the script is so powerful in it's depictions of it's character's inner struggles & the way they overcome the against all the odds situations they find themselves in it left me emotionally exhausted & drained... Fooled ya! Nah, sorry only joking because Flesh Freaks is one of the worst pieces of crap I've ever sat through & I've sat through my fair share of crap, believe me. Flesh Freaks has not one single redeeming feature about it, it's as simple & straight forward as that. It's one of the most boring films ever even at only 79 minutes long, the story doesn't make a blind bit of sense involving silly parasitic creature trapped in a cave for 1000's of years, the character's are awful & to top it all off it's one of the incompetent films you'll ever likely see. I hate Flesh Freaks, it's the sort of 'film' that gives decent horror a bad name, avoid at all costs! The worst thing about Flesh Freaks isn't the acting, the script, the special effects or the incompetence, no it's the fact it was made & got distributed at all because it's just wasted 80 odd minutes of my life that I could have been doing something else with, something far more fun like pulling my own fingernails out with pliers.

Frankly I wouldn't trust director Pendergast to direct traffic after seeing this abomination let alone another film in my beloved horror genre, Jesus Franco hasn't got anything on this guy! There are no scares or excitement, there's no atmosphere apart from one of extreme boredom & the tension is absolutely zero as Flesh Freaks lacks EVERYTHING that an effective low budget horror film needs to be at least partially successful. The zombies entire reign of terror seems to consist of walking down two corridors after Stan & Jane! Forget about any proper gore, the zombies look awful, there's an eye on the floor & a lot of fake looking watery blood splattered over the floor & walls but no graphic violence whatsoever.

With a budget that probably wouldn't buy a round of drinks at my local pub Flesh Freaks is an awful film to look at, the continuity is none existent, the entire thing is set in about three rooms & the Belise forest which to be fair looks quite nice but why so many pointless & boring wildlife shots? Probably to pad the thing out even though it lasts less than 80 minutes, that should tell you everything you need to know about the depth of the story here. Flesh Freaks went straight-to-video which is far too good for it, it should have went straight into the incinerator. The acting is among the worst ever & Mercer-James probably puts in one of the most awful performances ever, just look at her as she fights the zombies at the end, I've shown more concern & emotion when my friend at work Kelly has said she needs to walk over to the shop because she'd forgotten her lunch!

I'm sorry if I've sounded a little harsh but I'm sick of being fooled into watching crap like this because of a great sounding title & nice artwork on the DVD/video box. Flesh Freaks is pure total & utter crap from start to finish, it's a simple & straight forward as that! For filmgoing masochists only.