Ash (Ashley Moore) is having a birthday. Her boyfriend Kevin (Gage Marsh) has high dollar tickets for "The Festival of the Living Dead" which commemorates the 55th year anniversary of the zombie attack of 1968 setting this up as a legacy film. Ash has a gun she claims her grandfather used to kill zombies, although it could not be Ben who got shot at the end of the film. A group goes to the festival which bills their favorite band "God is Zilla." A zombie outbreak happens.
The name Ash pays homage to Bruce Campbell's cult classic role. There is a person in a wheelchair which made me think about Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which is not a zombie film, but one from the era. The ambulance scene reminded of of "Return of the Living Dead." Iris (Camren Bicondova) reminded me of. Linnea Quigley of the same film, except she keeps her clothes on. Directors Jen and Sylvia Soska cast themselves in minor roles aka Hitchcock.
In spite of being a legacy film and paying homage to other films, it doesn't click on all cylinders. The plot was simple and straight forward. The character development was on the shallow side with people making irrational decisions based on what we knew about them.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
The name Ash pays homage to Bruce Campbell's cult classic role. There is a person in a wheelchair which made me think about Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which is not a zombie film, but one from the era. The ambulance scene reminded of of "Return of the Living Dead." Iris (Camren Bicondova) reminded me of. Linnea Quigley of the same film, except she keeps her clothes on. Directors Jen and Sylvia Soska cast themselves in minor roles aka Hitchcock.
In spite of being a legacy film and paying homage to other films, it doesn't click on all cylinders. The plot was simple and straight forward. The character development was on the shallow side with people making irrational decisions based on what we knew about them.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.