Review of Corpses (2004) by Brian S — 10 May 2011

Brain-dead on arrival tongue-in-cheek zombie flick in which a vengeful mortician uses a serum to bring the dead back to do his bidding for an hour at a time. The zombies are less than convincing, particularly the undead security guard with the supposedly severed arm clearly visible tucked under his shirt. The characters are stereotypical; creepy mortician, bitchy ex-wife who wants to turn his mortuary into a strip mall, straight-laced lawman, and rebellious teenager played by Tiffany Shepis, who is far and away the only good thing about this limp straight-to-video plopper. Even Jeff Fahey, who plays the police chief and would later appear in "Lost," is useless here, even more lifeless than the zombies themselves.

"Corpses" owes a great deal to "Re-animator," but it lacks the wit and talent that made the latter film a horror classic. You may sit through it all -- I often found my attention wandering whenever Shepis wasn't on screen -- but you won't remember anything about it. I've already forgotten at least half of it. If you forget it right now, you'll save yourself an hour and a half.