Review of Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014) by Shane S — 16 May 2017

A self-aware B rate horror film. This movie hits all the guilty pleasures of a bad 80s horror flick with aplomb. Senseless plot? Check. Cringe worthy acting? Check. Bizarre senseless violence? Absolutely. It is hard making a painfully bad movie that slips into a cult favorite spectacle of baddie goodness. Wyrmwood does a good job of capturing that magic.

Outside of mastering an arc-type rather well, Wyrmwood provides a few fun novel twists on the zombie apocalypse scenario. The usual zombie carnage and violence is present, but with a couple of interesting new twists that keep the film fresh. There really is no point to it or grand conclusion. It is really just a good old fashioned ride into the absurd.

Interestingly, a lot of good films in this vein are coming out of Australia and New Zealand recently. I am not sure why, but it is a welcome trend as the American mainstream has largely lost the art.