The picks for Wacky Wednesday this year are mostly silly, funny ones. So not a surprise that I chose Zombeavers for this day. I kind of went into this one knowing absolutely nothing about it aside from the name, and of course expecting that there would be zombie beavers and it would probably be pretty ridiculous. Which is was.
Some numbskull dudes, are texting and driving when they hit a deer and unwittingly lose a barrel of toxic waste they were transporting. That barrel spills its toxic nastiness on a beaver dam quickly setting up the future zombeaver apocalypse. Three sorority sisters then head to that lake for the weekend primarily for one of them to forget about her cheating boyfriend. With no cell service at the cabin, they let loose and go for a swim, not knowing they are being watched by zombeavers! Later, the boyfriends, including the cheating boyfriend, show up and the next day they find themselves at the mercy of the zombeavers!
Zombeavers had its good moments, but also its bad moments. It was actually surprising how little beaver jokes there were in this one. A few expected ones, but it was not over the top with them which was good because it probably would have been un-beaver-able otherwise.
The acting isn't great, but honestly didn't expect it to be. I did like that not only do people turn into a zombie when bitten but turn into a full on zombeaver; buck teeth and some even get the sweet beaver tail. Even the bear that shows up toward the end of the movie has a set of zombeaver chompers. Effects were silly but decent for what you would expect from a movie with this kind of title. Spoiler ahead here folks: Thankfully the stupid cheating boyfriend gets his comeuppance in a scene reminded me of one of the most ridiculous and gory scenes in the movie Black Sheep which is still one of my tops in the "zombie animal" genre. *EDIT* I goofed and called this movie Australian but it is from New Zealand, I feel so ashamed. ** If you have seen it, you probably know the scene I am talking about; if not, go watch it. Now. Seriously, stop reading this and watch it right now.
All in all, Zombeavers is a fun little flick but not one to rave about. This one gets 2.5 skulls from me for that scene I mentioned above but mostly just for this little piece of dialogue: "They sound like babies." "Yeah, crazy fuckin' babies." Because beavers seriously do sound like crazy fuckin' babies. For real.
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