Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Really Surprised!

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

I liked the cinematography and that's what the extra star if for. Otherwise, a 6. The camera angles were well planned and executed and the lighting was well done, too. Yes, the story was hokey. There were some cuties in the cast.Spoiler alert in the next sentence. It was too bad the big bad ass guy got killed off, just leaving the nerds but then he comes back as a zombie bad ass and he is really something. But they dispose of him again and the movie continues and the find another powerful ally.But, for a zombie movie, it is not so bad. I am not a big fan of this kind of movie but I made it all the way through so there was something of a draw here.Best line of the movie, "Oh, send the cheerleader, that's a great idea'" It was said sarcastically and fit the scene very well. Second best line, said by that same cheerleader, "But I don't know how to shoot a machete." I might walk across the street to see this but not drive to town to see it. Some fun, lots of blood. A sleeper, waiting to be discovered.

During their high school's senior prom, a group of losers finds that the local power plant's radioactive run-off has seeped into the town's cemetery and has raised the dead, and they must stop them from taking over the town and keeping their friends safe from the masses.Overall this one was an incredibly impressive and enjoyable zombie comedy that has a lot to like here. Among the better elements with this one is the absolutely frantic zombie action throughout here, which paces this one so well into being incredibly fast-paced. The spectacular opening in the graveyard is a part of this with the grave being dug setting up the erupting arm and subsequent battle with the severed hand giving this a fine start, and it's mot much further until the big graveyard confrontation from the resurrection in the mausoleum, the ensuing attack in the car and the resulting full-scale race to leave the graveyard erupting with zombies which is a sparkling sequence that has a lot to like. The big attack in the suburbs where the two groups deal with the creatures and leads into the battles out in their front-yards and the streets and finally leading into the encounters in the funeral home which this gets the biggest pluses in the whole effort, from the initial race to get inside and immediately going to barricade it off, features a great chase and brawl through the house and really going for the suspenseful exit strategy that puts the group in contact with the commando rescuer, this is a fun action scene which is a set-up for the even better prom sequences here. Starting with the sneaking around that gets them inside, having to evade the swarms of creatures inside using some rather nice tricks that brings out the hiding rather nicely and letting the bands' gags get a nice pay-off and really having a great time here as this one really lets loose with the action in the race to get out of the school as the chasing through the hallways and finally the brawling encounter necessary to escape the hordes before the whole school blows up which is what makes this one so much fun as these give it an incredibly large amount of action throughout here. Along with the great action, there's a lot to like here with its goofy sense of humor, from the graveyard worker aware of the chaos but doing nothing about it, the concept of the band being a potential way of dealing with the zombies, beating down a horde in the background while carrying out a conversation in the foreground and how often there's a great joke or comeback that really offers some nice laughs along the way. Coupled with fine zombie make-up and plenty of gore, these here are enough to hold this up against the minor flaws here. The main problems here come from the fact that there's a big series of behavior discrepancies here, as the creatures appear to run and jump out in the graveyard but shuffle and shamble about everywhere else, the concept of the bands' defense against them and them being able to drive, which isn't all that big here and really stands out here. The other small problem here is the large number of plot lines here, as the large number of characters found here are all giving a large amount of time on set-ups and plots that gets a little confusing on keeping everything straight. Otherwise, there's not much wrong here.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and underage drug use.

Dance of the Dead starts as the students & teachers of Cosa prepare for the big end of year prom, everyone who's anybody will be going which means the likes of the geeks, punks & no hoper's have to find something else to do. A bunch of sci-fi geeks head down to the local cemetery & soon discover the dead rising from their graves hungry for human flesh, they try to survive as best they can with what weapons they find & encounter various other people also trying to survive the zombie outbreak. The assorted oddball group decide to stick together & warn everyone at the prom but when they get there they find out that zombies beat them to it & have already killed & eaten most of the guests, it's then that they come up with a plan to destroy all the zombies & save the world...Edited, produced & directed by Gregg Bishop this very light hearted tongue in cheek zombie horror comedy (a Zom Com?) offers a decent enough way to pass 80 odd minutes but it's nothing amazing or as clever as it tries to be. The script places far more emphasis on the comedy & self referential mickey taking than the actual horror aspects, I think the main inspiration for Dance of the Dead was The Return of the Living Dead (1985) & even more so it's sequel Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988) which large parts of the main story here are taken from but Dance of the Dead doesn't have quite the right mix of humour & horror & I personally didn't think it was that funny either. The humour is very hit & miss, fans of 80's horror & the genre in particular will get more from Dance of the Dead than most I would think. At only 80 odd minutes long Dance of the Dead is pretty short & moves along at a very quick pace but all of the character's are deliberate clichés that are likable enough I suppose & there's not much of a story here, there's some silly ideas as well like the zombies who stop when they hear (awful) rock music. So it has it moments, it's never boring & there's s a few amusing one liners, some decent gore & it's fun for the majority of it's duration.There's some gore but none of it is lingering or sadistic, it's more played for laughs & is fleeting. There's some flesh eating, some severed limbs, a decapitated head or two, various gory gunshot wounds & a similar sequence as in Return of the Living Dead Part II where a zombies legs walk around after it's upper bodies is ripped off. Not to be confused with the awful Masters of Horror episode Dance of the Dead (2006) from the first season directed by Tobe Hooper. Since the film goes for laughs there's not much in the way of suspense or scares on show.Probably shot on a low budget the production values are good & it's well made, it doesn't look cheap & has good special effects as well. The acting is alright, I can't say I recognised any of the faces on show but they do a decent enough job.Dance of the Dead is a perfectly likable & watchable zombie horror comedy with far more emphasis on the comedy than the horror. I thought it was pretty good overall but many of the jokes & gags aren't that funny, at least it's short.

As a lover of horror movies i have to say that this one is one of the worst i have ever seen; which, being an understatement considering that words can not describe the terrible effects, abhorrent acting, and the offensive depiction of what would happen if a nuclear reactor were to melt down next to a graveyard. Zombies sprinting faster then Usain Bolt on crack clearly says the the makers of this film were not only the cause of WWII but also the inspiration for Hitler and the German army. If you ever consider watching this film shoot yourself in the brain and get rejected at the heavenly gates for even thinking about such a film to watch with a girl on a Saturday night. 1) You need to get laid and 2) your girl friend will cheat on you if you even expose her to the shi*tiness of this film. Thank you cast and crew of this poorly made cinema, you let down not only the human race but Jesus and his family as well. Give yourselves around of applause because you have just reached the same level as Rebecca Black's Friday.