Review of Zombie High (1987) by David W — 19 Jul 2013

14 notes about Zombie High:

1) It was Virginia Madsen's 10th movie, and among her earliest leading roles.

2) Sherilyn Fenn (billed as 'Sherilynn') is her roommate. This was her 6th movie, and a year before capturing attention in Two Moon Junction.

3) Although set in a preparatory school, none of the cast looks younger than 22.

4) Madsen introduces herself as Andrea (ANN-dree-ah) but nobody pronounces it the same, from ON-dree-uh to even her boyfriend Barry always getting it wrong with ahn-DRAY-uh. So there's your drinking game.

5) There are no zombies in Zombie High and Andrea even declares, "You're all a bunch of vampires!".

6) The wretched music score is among the worst ever heard, from the awful synth lovesongs that would embarrass Billy Ocean to the ill-advised use of freeform jazz drum fills during scenes intended to increase tension. Furthermore the soundtrack is mixed too loudly, often drowning out dialogue.

7) Zombie High is among the least horrifying horror movies you will find.

8) There are more intentional laughs (two) than scares (zero).

9) There are more unintentional laughs (about five) than intentional ones.

10) Zombie High was partially funded by the USC School of Film & TV and does not represent a positive endorsement for enrollment.

11) Plot of student mind control reminiscent of 1998's The Faculty.

12) "We are only here today because of my discretion!" professor Philo declares after a loud discussion in a public area about their secret experiments.

13) It's daytime, no wait, now it's night. It's day! It's night! A week has passed, or was that a month? Do not expect a coherent passage of time.

14) Credits disclaimer states that "any similarity to persons living, dead, or undead is coincidental ".

"I thought you'd gone, you said you didn't want to be here anymore.".

"Well...I changed my mind.".