DeadHeads

Director - Brett Pierce (Dead/Undead) and Drew T. Pierce (Secrets of Fenville)
Starring - Michael McKiddy (Weenie Roast Massacre), Ross Kidder (Sam Hell), and Markus Taylor (Wayward Frankenstein)
Release Date - 2011
Genre - Horror/Comedy/Romance
Tagline - "They'll die again before they give up!" and "A road trip movie to die for"
Format - Streaming (Netflix)
Favorite Quote - "Did Luke Skywalker give up on princess Leia?"  "That was his sister" "He wanted to fuck his sister"

Rating (out of 5):

     Last week my nephew came up and spent a few days with me and my wife.  He told me that lately he has been watching The Walking Dead and that he wanted me to show him some zombie movies.  My heart grew three sizes that day.  Anyway, I let him look through my DVD and Bluray collection but I just wasn't feeling the urge to watch anything I owned so we turned to Netflix.  I was actually in the mood for a comedy so after a little searching we came across DeadHeads.  From looking at the cover art and reading the small snip it I knew this one would not fail to entertain.  It may not be anything original or special but it would definitely not a waste of an hour and a half of our time. 

     The film opens with an ordinary Joe waking up and discovering he is in a bodybag.  After making his way out, Mike (McKiddy), finds himself surrounded by blood smeared cars.  As he starts to comprehend the things that are going on around of him he also starts having small visions of what lead to his demise.  He is unaware he is dead and runs across a re-animated corpse and is terrified.  He runs to a small home and tries to get in.  The people barricaded inside shoot him and he flees.  After running through the woods he bumps in to another individual, Brent (kidder).  He, too, is a zombie that is capable of rational thought and able to talk.  However, Mike wants nothing to do with the Brent, especially after watching him feed on a human hand.  Mike leaves Brent and sets off on his own till he falls asleep  Brent wakes him and wants the two to stick together because they can communicate.  Brent was not bitten by a zombie prior to being one, but actually died by erotic asphyxiation.   Mike discovers that is has been three years since he died.  He died before he could propose to his girlfriend.  The two visit a bar to grab a bite of actual food and not human entrails.  However, once inside the bar a black bad ass, Thomas, arrives to warn the people of the coming zombie horde.  Everyone starts boarding up the windows and doors, so to fit in they help barricade the bar.  In true comedic style the two screw up and nail Mike's hand to a plank.  When he tries to pull his hand free he accidentally pulls his arm off.  The group realize that Brent and Mike are undead but before they can plant a bullet between their eyes the horde of zombies bust through the doors and windows and they are able to escape.  Mike sets out to find his girlfriend and Brent tags along.  While on their journey Brent picks up a pet zombie and names him Cheese (Taylor).  Cheese can not talk or really make any coherent thought but does bond with Mike and Brent.  The three come across an elderly man that does not seem to notice that they are undead and offer them a ride.  He is heading to the ocean so he can pour his dead wife's ashes in the water.  Meanwhile, Thomas is revealed to be a convict and the government hire him to capture Mike and Brent.  Thomas is then forced to team up with two other government agents to bring them in.  Thomas and his men come extremely close to capturing them but Mike, Cheese, and Brent are always able to get away.  More and more of Mike's memory comes back and he remembers that the night he died he was reading a letter from his girlfriend and she was breaking up with him before he was shot...by her father.  Thomas finally captures them and take them to Mike's girlfriend's father who works for the government.  After killing Mike, he took Mike's corpse and ran experiments on it which made him and Brent what they are now.  Mike's murderer also orders the two members of Thomas' team to kill Thomas and tie up all lose ends.  Thomas discovers his plan frees Mike and Brent.  Mike makes his way to his girlfriend's house where he confesses his love her and she tells him that she was breaking up with him so he could pursue his writing career...the end.

     This movie made me laugh my ass off.  I really enjoyed the story but it is not that original, just very well executed.  Talking, coherent zombies has been done before and so has the zom-com-rom.  From all the films I have been lucky, and unlucky, to watch I have noticed a few things.  Most movies have a lot in common with other films and often catch hell for that.  However, I am fine with that as long as the filmmakers make an entertaining film and that is what the Peirce Brothers did with this one.  I also like the effects.  The zombies look good and there is a great mixture of practical and CGI effects.  In fact, the CGI is very minimal and discrete. Also, the actors are great.  McKiddy, Kidder, and Taylor are great in their roles and Brent became a personal favorite of mine.  My nephew made a few observations about Brent and that reminded him of me with the Star Wars and Transformers references and all the vulgarities.  People that know me on a personal basis know that, aside from horror, I am a huge Star Wars, Transformers, Pee Wee Herman, and the like, fan.  All those one liners referring to those I absolutely loved.  My biggest complaint, and the reason the film did not get a higher rating, is the ending.  They tried the entire film to get to the girl.  The had to fight with each other, government agents, zombies, and their own death to get to her and the only thing that happened was he spilled his heart out to her and the movie ends.  What the hell was even the point of even having an ending at all?  It was just pointless and tasteless to me.  However, if that is my only complaint about a movie then you know it is a good one.  If you have Netflix give it watch and if you don't then go buy it.  You will not be disappointed.