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ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009) Directed by Kevin Hamedani

"Don't shoot me!  I'm gay!" -Tom Hunt.  Historically, this has not been a very successful defensive ploy.

The small town of Port Gamble rolls along like any other small community content with itself.  The local mayor Hal E. Burton (James Mesher)  is running for reelection.  Frida Abbas  (Janette Armand), the daughter of the town's only Muslim (Ali Hamedani) is avoiding the neighbors who's wimpy son is smitten with her.  And Tom Hunt (Doug Fahl) is home with his boyfriend Lance (Cooper Hopkins) to come out to his mom.  What a festive homecoming!  You can tell that Tom would rather be having a root canal, but Lance is pushing him for their own good. What a nice, quiet town.

Enter the Zombies.  At first, their shuffle is unremarked; people are very self absorbed.  Mayor Hal E. Burton has just discovered that liberal teacher Cheryl Banks (Cornelia Moore) is running against him.  He takes comfort with long time friend, Reverend Haggis (Bill Johns).  Frida is cornered by the Miller family.  If you want to know what they are like, listen to Jeff Foxworthy's comedy stylings.  And Mamma Hunt (Linda Jensen) is so busy getting ready for Tom and his friend she doesn't even have time to be more than annoyed when one of her neighbors bites her at the market.

But Zombieism spreads like gossip, and soon the town is over run.  And in the face of disaster, people's real nature shines forth.  Joe Miller (Russell Hodgkinson) lets Frida into their basement, but is more worried about her Iraqi heritage than the fact his wife Judy (Victoria Drake) has been bitten.  Tom and Lance, and Mrs. Banks take refuge in the church, which has been oblivious to all but Bingo.  Sealed inside, the house of the lord becomes a powder keg as survival is first run through Biblical meaning.  It is the Apocalypse, and all the sinners are being zombified!  Kind of nervous for Tom and Lance.  Worse, Mayor Hal E. Burton, upstanding pillar of moral rectitude, is beginning to look a little grey around the gills.  But there is no worry; Reverend Haggis won't let them be thrown to the Zombies; no, they'll just convert them instead!

This Zom Com is decidedly tongue in cheek.  Whose tongue that is, we haven't figured out yet.  But it takes the carnage of a Zombie Movie, and uses it to shine a spot light at the narrow minded bigotry found in a small town.  Who is more dangerous, the cannibalistic corpses, or your friends and neighbors?

A definite poke at the American response to 9/11, and the constant fear-mongering that has been kept stirring since then, this movie really sheds some light on the way America is living in this post 9/11 world, and the picture is not flattering.  And while it mostly pokes fun at the conservative side of things, it doesn't spare anyone.

If this movie has a flaw, it is that it takes this premise and beats you over the head with it, much like what happens to the Reverend Haggis (not to be hateful, but that was one satisfying death scene.)  But if you think this movie is just for the light laughs, think again.  They could make George Romero loose his lunch with some of the scenes of carnage.  Social commentary, gore and more, belly laughs, and gut munching, this little low budget gem delivers everything you could want from a Zom Com with the possible exception of Gratuitous Nudity.  And that can be taken as a plus when choosing what the kids can watch for Halloween.  Watch this with a pack of liberals and a six pack.  It's a blast.

This, of course, is entered into my "Let There Be Lips!" Rocky Horror Write Off.

The Dead Shall Walk the Earth!

Romero: Father of Zombies.
Night of the Living Dead
Diary of the Dead
Land of the Dead

Another kind of "Zombie" Movie:
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later

England's first true Zombie Movie:
Shaun of the Dead

Resident Evil:
Resident Evil
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Afterlife


Resident Evil: Degeneration



Assorted Flavors of Shamblers:

SARS Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis
Last of the Living
ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction!
Survival of the Dead.
Creatures from the Pink Lagoon
[REC]
The Zombie Diaries
Boy Eats Girl
Dead Meat
Day of the Dead-The Need to Feed.
Flight of the Living Dead
Dead Snow
The Crazies
Return of the Living Dead
Edges of Darkness
Zombieland
Tokyo Zombie
Dead Space: Downfall

Gay Movies:

La Mission***Burnt Money***8: The Mormon Propo$ition***In The Flesh***The Sensei***The 24th Day***Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon***ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction***East Side Story***Dorian Blues***Creatures From the Pink Lagoon***Satyricon***Ice Men***Richard O'Briens Rocky Horror Tribute Show***Prom Queen***The Kids are All Right***Between Love and Goodbye***The Mudge Boy***That Man: Peter Berlin***A Single Man***Almost Normal***Outing Riley***Outrage!***Law of Desire***Love is the Devil***Cowboy Junction***Horror in the Wind***Bedrooms and Hallways***Cut Sleeve Boys***Big Eden***For A Lost Soldier***Midnight Cowboy***Redwoods***The Massuer***Boy Culture***Breakfast With Scot***The Fluffer***Flesh***Little Ashes***L.I.E. ***Dorian Gray***9 Dead Gay Guys***Shank***I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry***Beautiful Boxer***Bangkok Love Story***Schoolboy Crush***Shelter***Back Soon***Dog Tags***Theft***The Mulligans***The Velvet Goldmine***Swashbuckler***Smoke Signals
***C'Thulhu***Milk***The Picture of Dorian Gray***Brideshead Revisited***Notes on a Scandal***RocknRolla***Mamma Mia!
***Priscillia: Queen of the Desert***The History Boys***Brokeback Mountain***The Broken Hearts Club*** Yaji and Kita: Midnight Pilgrims ***Surge of Power ***In & Out ***Mambo Italiano ***Touch of Pink ***To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar ***Wolves of Kromer ***Rocky Horror Picture Show ***Taboo ***Deathtrap 


Gay Themed Series:

Spartacus: Blood and Sand
Dante's Cove
Hex
Carnivale Season One
Carnivale Season Two
Rome Season One
Rome Season Two
True Blood
True Blood: Season Two
The Book of Daniel: The Complete Series
Torchwood: Children of Earth
Torchwood: Season One


Gay Animation:

Pirate's Booty***Sensitive Pornograph***Loveless: The Complete Series***Loveless: Hope on the Run***Loveless: Soul of Chains***Loveless: Lost and Found***Embracing Love: A Cicada in Winter***Embracing Love: Cherished Spring ***Stonewall & Riot***Drawn Together Movie: The Movie***Drawn Together: Season 2***Drawn Together: Season 3

Recommended: Yes

Viewing Format: DVD
Video Occasion: Fit for Friday Evening
Suitability For Children: Not suitable for Children of any age