I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Blistering performances.

Six high school buddies accidentally kill a drug pusher and dump his body in toxic waters. When the pusher returns as a zombie and goes on a killing spree, their only recourse is to dump the body of one of their own recently dead, and have him return as a "good" zombie to face off with the "bad" one.If this film wasn't inspired by "The Toxic Avenger", I'd be very surprised. The toxic waste theme, the low budget production, the offbeat sense of humor. It seems like a Troma film with some touches of John Hughes (with a nerd hanging out with cooler kids).If you don't like horror-comedy of the no-budget variety, you won't like this. But if you do, you'll love it! This is just an absolutely wonderful example of what could be done in the 1980s if you had the right minds... somehow we seemed to lose that charm when the decade ended.

I was in the video store back in the eighties (probably 1987) and I was just a kid mesmorized by the horror video section. Now, parents let me rent horror films just as long as the cover was not gruesome or had a guy with a chainsaw on it. Boy were they fooled. I saw the cover to this movie and instantly it looked like a cool movie. My parents looked at it and saw nothing objectionable about it, so I rented it. I remember the movie itself was silly and childish but what really stood out for me were some of the gore scenes in the movie. When your a 7 year old kid and you see someone getting their face viciously ripped off that kind of thing sticks with you. Now, going into present day, I had one hell of a time finding a copy of this movie but, thanks to Ebay, I found an original copy just as I remembered it. Boy, was this a jem for me. So, I got some beer, sat down and popped it on. I was not disappointed at all. Basically, the story goes like this. A group of teenage friends are looking for some weed to smoke at high school dance. They can't find it anywhere but through a low life called Mussalini (Moose for short). The weed turns out to be really bad and they go to get their money back but off course Moose plays it like a jerk. So the teens kill Moose by accident and through his body into a local river that has been heavily polluted. Needless to say, Moose comes back to life to seek revenge and soon starts killing the teens. Well, the few that are left decide to fight fire with fire and throw one of their dead friends into the same polluted water and hope that he comes back. This is a great low budget film that brings back a lot of memories from the eighties. For gore fans, don't expect anything to vicious but the movie does have its moments, just very low budget moments. 8 stars

~Spoiler~I Was a Teenage Zombie is a major throwback to the teen horror flicks of the late 50's. It's got the soundtrack, the malt shop, and even Cindy Faithful. Too bad it was done better in My Boyfriend's Back. This is just a poorly done horror/comedy with hardly any effort put forth. The direction is choppy at best, the sound quality is pitiful, and the production values are nonexistent. I don't even want to get into the story, but I will. Five friends are in need of weed during the town's dry season so they can get their dates a little loose during the spring dance. They turn to a local thug, Mussolini (think Jerry Stiller crossed with Cheech Marin), who rips them off. While trying to get their money back, they accidentally kill him (he slips on a banana peel) and dump him into the river (which is filled with toxic waste from the nuclear plant). He comes back as a zombie and kills one of the five, our titular hero. The remaining four dump their dead friend in the river as well so he will become a zombie and protect them from Mussolini. Does it get any worse than that? Other than a few mildly funny gags, I would say no.Note for genre buffs: The name Lloyd Kaufman is given as an employee of the nuclear plant. Lloyd Kaufman is head of Troma studios and co-creator of the Toxic Avenger.

Now some people may say this movie is and i quote "stupid,cheap and cheesy" but honestly this wasn't the best movie in the world but if you stick with it this is a very good movie but if you do give it up your missing an awesome ending some will like this some will not.