Review of Z-O-M-B-I-E-S (2018) by Allan C — 18 Mar 2018

A bit of a qualifier. I am a zombie fan, but I did not seek out this Disney Channel musical on my own. I watched it with my children. In this zombie universe, the zombies have regained their senses thanks for to government created Z-bands, computerized bracelets that stop them from feeding on unsuspecting human.

However, despite being normal folks again, other than their grey skin color, zombies have been segregated and live in the run down ghettos of Zombietown and attend separate schools, while the plastic looking humans live in 1950s idealized suburban Edward Scissorhands-conformity.

Tensions arise between the two communities when the local human high school is forced to integrate. While this set up sounds similar to the very grim new zombie film "The Cure" (where zombies have been cured but remember all of their horrible acts and are discriminated against by those who remember being terrorized by them, even their own families), but this Disney film is really just a Romeo and Juliet story of star crossed lovers from different sides of the tracks.

A pretty cheerleader who hides that her hair is naturally white under a wig falls for a cute zombie boy much to the chagrin of her family and fellow cheerleaders. There's lots of singing an dancing and a climactic showdown at a cheer competition, so don't expect much George Romeo or Robert Kirkman.

Instead, expect plentiful helpings of "High School Musical" or "The Descendants," which is what I was expecting since this is Disney after all, and you'd likely be blandly entertained.