A chief physician at a large metropolitan hospital is formulating a serum to resurrect recently deceased patients. When his facility comes under inspection from the Federal Government, the good doctor is forced to dispose of the patients as quickly as possible, even though he doesn’t know if the serum will be a success. Little does he know, the serum works and the test subjects begin to rise from the shallow graves of the swamplands. It will take a select few to try to stop the wrath of the Swamp Zombies, but can they stay alive while doing it?
Starring: Brian the Blue Meanie Heffron, Jasmin St. Claire, Dan Sever, Pamela Sutch, Shannon Solo
Directed by: Leonoard Kabasinski, Jr
Runtime: 121 minutes
Studio: Killer Wolf Films
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I am passionate about films and always look forward to finding great ones while dreading the truly awful ones. I am not sure to this day what the worst film I have ever seen is but when I take to my rocking chair and watch the sunset many, many years from now, my aging mind may well recall Swamp Zombies as one the finest examples of truly appalling films. Let’s begin! Dr Phillips (Shannon Solo) has been involved in some pretty dodgy experiments at a local hospital and faced with an FBI inspection he hires some local guys to dispose of the bodies. This they do very badly by putting the bodies in a swamp and not weighing them down properly. Dr Phillips’ experiments turn out to have been successful when the bodies come to life and a horde of zombies begins wandering around attacking everyone in sight and either eating them or turning them into zombies as well. It might sound like a traditional silly horror flick and worth a try but bear with me because I haven’t finished yet.
Among the victims elect for the zombies are a group of high school kids and their teacher who delivers one of the worst examples of acting when he can’t get his mobile phone to work. The local police are martial arts experts, which is handy, but it just suggests to me that they’re not overworked and have time to try and imitate the late great Bruce Lee. At one point we have two girls sunbathing by the lake and one, Monica (Pamela Sutch), manages to escape while her friend is devoured. We have a lingering look at a her in a bikini while she is being chased before she takes refuge with another local who finally allows her to cover up. If your approval of a horror film comes down to bare breasts then this may suit you with one amorous camping couple delivering, while Dr Phillips’ colleague Lillian Carter (Jasmin St. Claire) takes a shower at one point and on this occasion the camera manages to stay relatively steady! The worrying thing about this film is its run time of 2 hours! Usually when I watch a bad horror film it is over in less than 90 minutes. No such luck here!
Swamp Zombies is a piece of film history in that it is so bad it is unbelievable. I’ve seen many films with bad acting but, goodness me, the only acting I saw in this film was from the trees! The camerawork is bad, the sound editing pathetic, the zombies not especially difficult to beat the crap out of and our beloved police captain is hardly the most reassuring of law enforcers especially with that ponytail. I have no doubt I will remember Swamp Zombies for years to come but not for any positive reasons. Worst film ever? Certainly a contender.
Verdict: 1/5
(Film source: reviewer’s own copy)
About the Author:
I was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England and have always been a bookworm and enjoyed creative writing at school. In 1999 I created the Elencheran Chronicles and have been writing ever since. My first novel, Fezariu's Epiphany, was published in May 2011. When not writing I'm a lover of films, games, books and blogging. I now live in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, with my wife, Donna, and our six cats - Kain, Razz, Buggles, Charlie, Bilbo and Frodo.
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