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The Stink of Flesh (Special Edition)

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This is a great little movie. If you're a zombie fan, it's definitely worth your time and money.

For the most part, these are Romero zombies: Shoot 'em in the head types.

It's the survivors who are different. Who expects swingers to also be survivors??? I never had before, but THE STINK OF FLESH changed my mind. Certainly it would take people willing to 'think outside the box' to survive the pending zombie apocalypse.

My wife agreed that this was the rarity: a movie where you CAN'T predict what is going to happen next. Wow!

The acting is mixed. Some of the co-stars seem lucky to have remembered their lines. That's okay. The main characters do a fine job and the gore is reasonably realistic.

And I think I'll have nightmares of Dottie before I'll have nightmares of zombies...!

Most people don't like backyard movies. Movies you can't even call low budget, they're micro-budgeted. If you haven't seen one yet then you probably won't like your first. It's hard to get past low production values, and many times people buy or rent one expecting a 'real' movie.
That being said, I love backyard movies. Movies like Meat Market, I, Zombie, Enter Zombie King all entertain me vastly. I love seeing what people can do with the resources they have at hand, and how they don't let money restrictions hold back their creativity.
That being said, Stink of Flesh creates a very unusual situation and progresses it. The characters are pretty cookie cutter with the exception of the couple and the wife's sister(s). They are the source of all the tension and the fulcrum for the action. What really stands out is the action. There's tons of good gore: impressive blood fountains from stabbings and biting, great squib effects for head shots, and really well coreographed action sequences. The zombies themselves are a little lackluster. they're just make-up effects, no rubber masks or prostectics, a lot like the original Night or Dawn of the Dead zombies. Most of the acting is par for the course, but the actor playing Nathan the husband is really good, very beleivable and tragic. Too much of the film was shot in the day time though. All in all, this is close to as good as backyard films get, but if you don't like micro-budget flicks, steer clear.

This is a pretty decent flick. The acting is a little spotty in places, but is made up for by the leads. The special effects are suprisingly good given the budget. The story would've worked just as well without zombies, in my opinion, but being a zombie fan I won't argue at their inclusion.

Before you sit down to watch this, just be aware of what you are getting. This is not a big-budget Hollywood movie, so don't expect it to be.

PS: A note to reviewer J. Kramer - I'd say the acting and humor are more checkersy or backgammony than chessy. Or perhaps they're just a little cheesy. :)

Ok there is no major plot , in that sense.... how the zombies came to be, where they came from, or why these people are where they are etc......

Anyway thats not the main objective. Now I new what i was getting and what it was , a very low budget indie zombie film.

A heads up on a couple things

1- The acting while its a low budget its acting is a bit chessy but not bad, just basically your avg low budget acting. But not at all dissapointing.Out of 10 stars it gets 6.

2- The ZOMBIES- The make is very good, surprisingly good for the budget they worked with. Out of 10 stars 7.5.

3-GORE- Plenty of it and very pleasing and well done, was definitly what made the movie.Out of 10 stars its gets 9.

4-Action -there are alot of Zombie vs Human fights which is great.Out of 10 stars its gets 9.

5-Humor-Not chessy and not dry, very cool and funny very enjoyable.Out of 10 stars its gets 9.

Long story short amzons review is off the back cover and describes the movie as it is. This is a great movie to have. Me I love a good Zombie flick, and if you do also get it. You know you are getting a low budget indie flick so expect what you get, and what you will get is a very fun action packed bloody zombie flick that has plenty of laughs and plenty of gore. Being a fan of 70's and 80's flciks I would consider my self a solid judge of what is good and what is not, if you see my other reviews you will see the type of movies im into and probably get the idea of when I say get this flcik, that means no ?'s . Go out and get it you wont be dissapointed.

I found this movie to be very original, the storyline was really interesting and it kept me watching all the way through. The characters seem well-casted and Ive seen a few in other B horrors before. This one has the feel of strong writing and good choreography with the fighting. The zombie image however is weak in this one, and the movie may have been better without them altogether. All that aside one of the top 5-B horror films Ive seen, great buy for gore fans.

If you like zombie movies like Dawn of the Dead and Night of the Livining Dead. Avoid this movie. It has zombies. But that cant make up for the bad acting, stupid story plot, cheesy zombie fist fights, retarded girl with a fake looking head on her side that has no reason to be in the movie. And on a side note no one would want to have sex with a zombie for fear of contracting what ever the zombie had that turned them into a zombie. The only thing that I found interesting was the fact that the director added some of his movies he made in highschool.

Jerry Springer with zombies!!


1) ACTING: As always with a lot of indie flicks, the acting is usually hit or miss. For the most part, the leads in this movie were really good in their parts and there really wasn't anyone that seemed out of place, or distracting to the viewer. And Matool needs his own movie series!

2) PRODUCTION: This was surprisingly good. Especially the zombies, which was nice. Normally, indie movie zombies consist of white face / dark eyes, with little to no facial applications, to almost regular looking skin tones with lots of fake blood, and no facial applicaiotns. Here, attention (and, obviously a good chunk of the budget) was spent on the zombies' make up and appearances. As far as low budget indies go, this one was pretty good. The script was tight (except for the "quick! Let's tie up all the loose ends!" at the movie's end), the subject matter--never seen before in a zombie movie, and the filming, editing, and soundtrack were okay as well.

3) ZOMBIES: Other than the appearance of "hyper-zombies," (think Snyder's DotD remake) nothing really new was brought to the zombie genre, and they did what most zombies usually do! (Except for some zombie-sex, but you'll have to see that for yourself!)

4) THE CAUSE: Not mentioned.

5) NUDITY: A movie about swingers with no nudity? C'mon!!


Not bad, not bad at all...this is how low budget indies should be done. This was a fun little romp into "alternative lifestyles" land, with zombies brought along for the ride. I think that the production team really got the most out of their minimal budget. Many homages to other movies fill this movie, and I feel, add to the fun of it all. This could've easily been another "zombies attack a small town" movie that has ben done too many times before. The originality of this movie help it stand out in the crowded low budget zombie movie section that fills up the shelves at your local video / DVD rental store.


RATING: 3 out of 5

Dismiss the people that give this movie such a low rating. Rent this and watch it for what it is... a zombie flick that was made on a $3,000 budget in two weeks with the help of his friends and family as actors. No, the acting is not from Hollywood, but it's a zombie movie! You're not watching it to gain some great personal insight. That being said, the writing in this movie IS top-notch. Humor is woven through the story and the dialog is put together quite well (some scenes are reminiscent of Kevin Smith's early writing). I'm very excited to see where this writer/director takes his career. Oh yeah, and there's nudity and gratuitous gore. Can't beat it.

This was a really really bad movie. The acting was horrible, the special effects were pathetic and the plot was not worth writing about. Really bad movie.

Plot: Matool (a clear reference to Zombi 2), who kills zombies, is kidnapped by a guy because his wife wants to use him for sex. This open marriage relationship goes to the extreme, and if you have the bad fortune of watching this movie, you will know why. They also have to deal with the zombies.

The movie is really just bad and the acting is worse than terrible. The dialogue is pointless and the film is just a waste of time. Words can not describe just how bad this movie is. I would rank it right up with "Zombie Nation" in how just how horrible it is.

I don't recomend this movie. The production value is low. The acting is bad. And most frustratingly, the dialogue isn't bad enough to make it funny, but bad enough to bother me.

That aside, there is some very strange stuff going on in this movie that I do not regret seeing. The laughs are sparse in this film. But when I am laughing, it is at things I have never seen.

The zombie violence is pretty gross too! Not bad for the low production value. The action though, is horribly repetitive. This is not that kind of zombie film. This is more of an interplay between characters which mostly takes place in a house.

The zombies are of the old-school variety. Moving slowly. But they aren't what the show is about. The show is about a swinging couple and the people they abduct, who don't have much of a problem banging some dude's wife.

Don't worry, it's not softcore porn. It's a comedy with bad taste and bad timing and a weird imagination.