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'Undead': Campy send-up of zombie flicks dies slowly
by Bob Townsend

For the first 20 minutes of their aliens-meet-zombies sendup "Undead," Aussie writer-directors and twin brothers Peter and Michael Spierig do a pretty good job of mixing chuckles and gore. But the purposely lame jokes and plethora of splattering guts get old pretty quickly. Despite its clever low-budget visual style and campy sensibility, "Undead" is just too derivative to go on as long as it does. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Meteorites bring an otherworldly infection to a rural fishing village, awaking zombies hungry for human flesh. Six desperate survivors battle their way through the walking dead and discover there is more going on than just an infection.

FILM FACTS ...

Lions Gate Films

'Undead'

Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Starring: Felicity Mason, Mungo McKay, Rob Jenkins, Lisa Cunningham, Emma Randall
Run time: 100 minutes
Release date: July 1, 2005
Rating: R for strong violence and gore, and for language.

On the web
Official movie site
View the trailer
Trailers require Quicktime

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READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: C-
"It's obvious that the Spierigs learned more than few tricks from the godfather of zombie flicks. But the brothers don't have anything like (George) Romero's skills at twisting genre conventions..."