I came really close to turning this movie off after about 20 minutes. I went in cold, not knowing that it was a horror movie. It starts off with a lot of self-involved college students hanging out at the coffee shop obsessing over their little lives which have just begun to sprout like tender buds. I stuck with it, however, and it paid off big time.
The bulk of the movie takes place in the second of two settings, a summer house being used for a party. I was just surprised at how the humor took a turn and became much more clever in the second half. As the kids are having a party, zombies overtake the city and gather outside the fence. Near the end of the story, the friendship between the two lead characters is developed. Earlier in the movie, we didn't really know they were BFFs. So it kind of put a different perspective on the action from that point on. I think if they had done a better job of establishing the characters earlier on, this may have been more enjoyable all the way through. The next time I will watch it, though, I will be noticing more and seeing it differently. It is silly, campy, self-referential, and full of irony, but I laughed out load. This proves that camp doesn't have to be discovered--it CAN be created.
The bulk of the movie takes place in the second of two settings, a summer house being used for a party. I was just surprised at how the humor took a turn and became much more clever in the second half. As the kids are having a party, zombies overtake the city and gather outside the fence. Near the end of the story, the friendship between the two lead characters is developed. Earlier in the movie, we didn't really know they were BFFs. So it kind of put a different perspective on the action from that point on. I think if they had done a better job of establishing the characters earlier on, this may have been more enjoyable all the way through. The next time I will watch it, though, I will be noticing more and seeing it differently. It is silly, campy, self-referential, and full of irony, but I laughed out load. This proves that camp doesn't have to be discovered--it CAN be created.