Zombie Night is a 2013 horror flick released by film production company The Asylum, which is the company that produces all these cheesy horror/sci-fi flicks you tend to see on the Syfy channel such as the, uh-hum, classic Sharknado. Asylum flicks usually features stars who are, shall we say, past their prime, and Zombie Night is no different in that regard as it stars Daryl Hannah (of Splash and both Kill Bill movies) and former child star Anthony Michael Hall (of The Breakfast Club fame) along with the guy who played the best friend in that Ferris Bueller flick. Anyway, to be honest, I wasn't expecting much from this flick because, as I believe I've posted before, I'm not the biggest fan of zombie flicks--with exception, of course--as they all tend to be so damn repetitive. And the "plot" of Zombie Night is also no different in that regard as it shows the inhabitants of a town trying to survive a sudden zombie horde that inexplicably begins one night (with corpses rising from the grave, dead people turning into zombies, the usual). In spite of the fact that we've seen this very same "plot" in countless zombie flicks before, Zombie Night actually turned out to be a pretty entertaining film; again, in spite of the fact that I'm not the biggest "fan" of zombie flicks. It helped that it had more higher-caliber stars that what you normally see in Asylum flicks (like, for instance, "stars" who appeared in cheesy nineties TV shows like Beverly Hills 90210 and Baywatch). Truthfully, I initially primarily watched this flick because it starred the lovely Daryl Hannah whom hasn't starred in too many films since she made a big splash (pardon the pun!) in the second Kill Bill movie (remember that awesome sword fight between her and Uma Thurman, which, to me, was the best part about the movie). There's also a couple of--dare I say it!--rather heartbreaking scenes in this film; like, for instance, when Daryl Hannah's character is forced to shoot her mother--played by the actress who played the mom on the classic TV show The Partridge Family--in the head after she suddenly dies of a heart attack and then--of course!--comes back to life as a dreaded zombie. Of course, Zombie Night won't be considered a classic film, zombie or otherwise, but, for someone who is a diehard (again, pardon the pun!) fan of zombie fans, they could do FAR worse than Zombie Night (and, believe you me, I've seen some pretty damn cheesy zombie flicks!).
Here's the trailer to Zombie Night (from YouTube):
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