To me, this movie is perfection.

As Good As It Gets

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

There are only two things that save Corpses are Forever from being worse than it is. One is the reasonably well-shot and creepy prologue, the other is Richard Lynch, who sinks his teeth into his role and seems to be enjoying himself thoroughly. Which is more than can be said for the rest of the cast who either look embarrassed, are wasted or have no acting talent. Debbie Rochon is not bad but she is pretty wasted actually in that she is given next to nothing to work with. Linnea Quigley does not convince as a zombie and looks like she doesn't want to be there, and Brinkie Stevens is another actress who has very little to do. The worst of the lot though is definitely Jose Prendes in a performance so charisma-less and forced, often he makes the zombies seem more animated. And they were certainly nothing to write home about, in fact they were not scary in the slightest, all they did was lumber around as if stoned. They were also very poorly made-up- fancy-dress party zombie make-up has been much more convincing- and they even managed to feel irrelevant to the story. Prendes also writes and directs and in all honesty of all the writing/starring in/directing-by-one-person jobs from any movie Prendes for Corpses are Forever has to be down there as one of the all-time worst. The direction is completely amateurish, with all-over-the-place editing and his support and direction for the actors seemed non-existent too, you can tell by how the minor roles/extras were just wandering around looking as though they didn't have a clue what to do. His script-writing is stilted, doesn't develop the characters at all and adds ones that are completely extraneous, has a very improvised feel and has no structure and humour and banter that verge on juvenile. The awkward line-delivery doesn't help nor does the sound, sometimes you can't even hear what was being said. The storytelling is so thin on the ground that there is often very little of it at all, it is filled with plodding exposition that seemed to be solely there to pad out the running time, is very tediously paced(not in a while have I been this bored by a movie)and is often incoherent(perhaps due to that there was a lot of stringing-of-rip-offs going on). There is no fun, tension or thrills, you can go as far to say no atmosphere, and then there are action sequences that are haphazardly shot and to say that they are choreographed unimaginatively is being too kind. And the ending is too ridiculous that it is not worth commenting on, plus the most inventive Corpses are Forever ever gets are the title and taglines that are very cheesy themselves. In conclusion, not the worst The Asylum has done or the worst movie ever but it is a terrible and interminably dull one on all but one or two levels. 2/10, though it was a very tough decision as to whether to give it a 1 or a 2. Bethany Cox

This is one of those low-budget movies that had the necessary talent to be a good picture, but lacked the direction required to bring it all together. I say this because the weaknesses were all too evident. For example, at the very beginning, the lead character "Quint Barrow" (Jose Prendes) is shown to have amnesia which results in flashbacks. Nothing new so far. However, rather than explaining anything, the back-and-forth scene technique just seemed to make everything more confusing. Same thing with the dialogue. Whenever Quint Barrow asked a question it seemed the other characters typically responded in riddles which left me even more bewildered. Throw in some bad action scenes, miscasting, bad character development and some of the cheapest sets I have ever seen and what should have been a good film became embarrassingly bad. And it didn't have to be this way. In my opinion, Jose Prendes had no business being the lead actor and a good director would have recognized this from the start. Unfortunately, the director and the lead actor were the same person. So rather than utilizing the buxom blonde nurse played by Trista Favor (absurdly named "Nurse Tittwana") who easily captured every red-blooded male's attention whenever the camera focused on her, the director chose to spotlight himself. Likewise, Linnea Quigley (as the zombie named "Elli Kroger") was terribly miscast and her talents were wasted in the process as well. Be that as it may, Debbie Rochon ("Marguerite") and Richard Lynch (as "General Morton") were able to put in adequate performances in spite of the poor scripts they were given. But then, Jose Prendes was also the writer. And I believe that is the main problem with this film. While I understand that sometimes low-budget films require every available person to take on additional responsibilities, having a person who writes, directs and acts in the same movie is sometimes too much. In this case the director doesn't utilize the talent or see the hidden resources that were available. Either that or he had an incredible ego to feed. In either case, this film doesn't live up to its potential. And the director, writer and lead actor are the reasons why.

What could have been coarse, crass exploitation, is instead a fun exercise in crossing the living dead and spy genres. At the forefront, it is plainly noted the loving craft and attention dedicated to detail. While there are a few shortcomings, CAF will gleefully and overwhelmingly win you over. From fantastic cinematography to a great story, this indie film definitely stretches the barriers of what is to be expected of direct to video quickies. Rather than abuse the already beaten horror genre, CAF infuses wit, imagination, and style into an area of cinema that greatly appreciates it. So many horror films rather pander to the audience, while CAF goes the extra mile to entertain and challenge with its perplexing mystery that combines paranoia with action excitement. Go check it out.

I thought I'd seen the worst when I saw Uwe Boll's "House of the Dead" but no, this piece of junk had to come along and give me a new low of just how bad something can get. I'm not sure what happened, at what point the director thought it was a good idea to have him run from set-piece to set-piece using fake looking spin kicks (shot from the side to completely emphasize the point he gets nowhere near any zombie he kicks), speaking in one of the WORST British accents I've heard since Keanu Reeves was Harker in Dracula. If you want a great zombie movie, head over to Dawn of the Dead (either the remake or the original). It has better acting, better zombie scenes, and is an overall better movie. The plot was scattered around with unlikable character after unlikable character polluting the screen with their very presence. It's not even "good cheesy" it's most Definitely "bad cheesy" and bad in the worst way, bad because it doesn't know how bad it is. It's the kind of movie that makes you wish Myster Science Theater 3000 was still around to give movies like this the treatment it deserves.