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DVD Review: “Zombieworld” Has To Be Seen To Be Believed

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“Zombieworld” is a collection of short films focusing on survivors across the world as they struggle to overcome horrifying circumstances when a pandemic brings forth a zombie apocalypse.

Zombies are everywhere, literally. On the big screen, on the small screen and everywhere in between. They first assaulted our senses when George Romero unleashed them on an unsuspecting world with his 1968 classic, “Night of the Living Dead.” It was a free-for-all after that, with Mr. Romero returning to the genre multiple times with his other classics, “Dawn of the Dead” and “Day of the Dead.” He made other zombie movies later on, films like “Land of the Dead” and the abysmal “Diary of the Dead” and “Survival of the Dead,” movies that pretty much announced to the world, that Mr. Romero was way past his time to hang up his zombie hat but the zombie genre is stronger today than it’s ever been.

With “Zombieworld,” producer Steven Barton and director Jesse Baget bring a multitude of directors together from around the world, allowing each of them to direct a segment that involves a worldwide zombie apocalypse. No country is spared with Ireland, Australia, Canada and the U.S. all being overrun with the undead. The central story takes place with a TV newscaster, Marvin Gloat (Bill Oberst Jr.) who is located in the New York area. Marvin and one cameraman continue to broadcast to whomever may be left alive and it is during these cutaways, that we are brought all around the world to the many various countries where each segment involves different characters and storylines, all intertwined with the walking dead.

Some are genuinely scary, with normal, everyday people thrust into a world where everything they thought they knew, crumbles down around them while others are so over-the-top, it makes Peter Jackson’s gore-fest “Dead Alive” look like “E.T.” The filmmakers even have the audacity to include one segment that supposedly explains the origins of the zombie with Jesus bringing Lazarus back from the dead, only for him to start attacking and eating those around him. Suffice to say, with this section titled ‘Fist of Jesus,’ one can only imagine the bloody aftermath that follows and has to be seen to be believed. “Zombieworld” is unlike any other zombie movie out there and is that a good thing? Pick up the DVD and decide for yourself!

Available on DVD and Digital Download Feb. 24th

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William Orson Harris III
William Orson Harris III
9 years ago

going to have to remember to rent this.

IrishFilmCritic
IrishFilmCritic
9 years ago

Hey William, we’ll be giving ZOMBIEWORLD away in a contest soon.

D H
D H
8 years ago

I came, I saw, I’ve decided 4 myself that: you will either HATE IT or kinda like it. Interesting method of tying these disparate stories together, got a kick outta the news ticker-tape along the bottom of the “newscast”. Both the first and the last short films -SUCKED. There is one excellent gem hidden away, about a little girl and her new mailman-ironically it features no zombies whatsoever (the idea of zombies does play a role).

IrishFilmCritic
IrishFilmCritic
8 years ago

I agree with you on the segment about the little girl, it was well-produced but had nothing to do with zombies, felt very out of place but a nice inclusion nonetheless. Some of the segments weren’t too good but I agree with you DH, you’ll either love it or hate it.

James McDonald

Originally from Dublin, Ireland, James is a Movie Critic with 40 years of experience in the film industry as an Award-Winning Filmmaker. He is also a member of the Critics Choice Association and the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association.