Uriah43 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.

Boba_Fett1138 This movie started out promising enough but it started to become weird and messy soon after that.It's absurd how many things this movie tries to be. It doesn't really fit into one genre because of that and it makes you unsure how to take this movie. It starts out as a serious mystery movie, then it becomes suddenly a zombie kung-fu flick and a spoof of about every every well known classic or cult horror movie. I often say it is a good thing for these low budget type of movies to not take itself so seriously but in this particular I was actually still digging this movie when it was being serious. It was when it became silly and more comedy like that I started to get annoyed and disappointed with this movie.I can definitely see and understand what the film-makers were trying to do and achieve though. They tried to be like a Robert Rodriguez movie, that goes over-the-top with things and is a nod to some cult classics out of the horror genre. Kind of like from "From Dusk Till Dawn", only Jose Prendes clearly ain't no Robert Rodriguez and he isn't half as talented as he is. None of the ideas really work out in this movie because it goes into way too many different directions and only becomes an huge mess to watch because of that.So this movie is many things but yet it also isn't good with being any of these things. It isn't a good horror, it isn't a good zombie flick, it isn't a good comedy, it isn't a good gory/action blood-fest. No, I just can't imaging anybody liking this movie as anything. In this case you also really can't blame the low budget for that, since it was the directing and writing that made this simply one huge mess to watch.Guess it still has some mildly entertainment value to it because I just didn't hate this movie as much as I often hate modern low budget horror movies. But there is no reason for anyone to ever go and see this movie.3/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

missmonochrome I love a good low budget horror flick, but I can't say anything positive about this one. Even by genre standards the plot is incomprehensible, the acting about as skilled as a middle school play and there is a total lack of scares, gore or even any campy fun.Not worth the cost of the production. Even though that was obviously only $1.50 and a shoestring.It's some deluded film school failure's vanity project and he's currently petitioning for internet help to convince the production and financial handlers to make a sequel. I'm glad they're (thus far) not biting.I wish there was a zero option, as that is what this shoddy mess truly deserves.

zombizilla I picked up this DVD in Hollywood Video hoping for a little zombie fix. Instead, I found myself going "Huh?"CORPSES LAST FOREVER tries to be an original take on the zombie genre. The prologue before the credits is not bad. In black and white, we find a young man lying on the floor all bloodied. As he revives, a voice-over of his thoughts are trying to piece together what happened to him. He feels no pain, even though he has been shot and suffered a mangled leg. He grabs a gun on the floor and goes in search of his car.OK, I was somewhat hooked at this moment.After the opening credits roll (a take on James Bond films), we are introduced to a guy who has no idea who or where he is. But all of a sudden, he is kung-fooing some zombies who seem to be lined up left and right of center. This is where I start to groan, because these kicks and punches are NOT landing at all! I was reminded of the Elvis comeback special where Big E is showing off his martial arts moves in a musical/dance sequence where E seems to be kicking major bad-guy ass but the moves miss and the bad guys just merely jump and roll on the floor.The plot of the movie seems to be part spy adventure, part army commando film and part devil-taking-over-the-world scenario. Zombies? Yes, there are zombies, but they seem to more fodder for the star to use his kung-foo than the driving force for the plot.Jose Prendes wrote, directed, produced and stars in dual roles as the flashback guy and the kung-foo spy. Supposedly funded by Prendes' trust fund, the budget really shows. He seems to try and pay homage to several genres here. Several horror vets appear alongside Prendes; Richard Lynch, Debbie Rochon and Lennea Quigley (No, guys. She doesn't show any skin). Don Calfa (Ernie from ROTLD) is listed as a producer, along with Lynch. This Prendes must have some connections down there in Miami, where this was filmed.Now the zombie action.There is no munching, head shots or vacarious gore. NONE! The zombies only seem to stagger around while Prendes kung-foos them around and roll on the floor. Just like Elvis.