ZOMBIE FARM (2007 dir B. Luciano Barsuglia)

BLB Media DVD

In the town of Muerto Verde, California, a gang of "Taliban Warriors" poison the town's water supply. A family of redneck/hillbilly cannibals stumble across the warriors as they're poisoning some supplies on a farm. After the cannibalistic clan attacks and makes dinner out of a few of the warriors, one of them tries the contaminated water. It so turns out that the toxin turns people into flesh craving ghouls. As the toxin spreads, soon members of the sunny, once peaceful town turn into rampaging zombies and gory mayhem ensues. Two FBI agents investigating the foreign attack on the town's water supply team up with a Gulf War veteran stuck in the middle of all the chaos. A vanload of teenagers on their way to a party is besieged by the ghouls out on a farm. It's up to the surviving partygoers along with the war vet and the FBI agents to take down the toxic flesh eaters and save the state of California.

ZOMBIE FARM turns out to be a welcome addition to the latest slew of micro-budget indie zombie comedies. The film is funny, gory, and campy and the inspiration of the filmmakers and their respect for the genre is very evident throughout. The effects are pretty good considering the miniscule budget (the holes blown through zombies' heads after being shot are very well done). The cast contains some familiar B-movie faces including Joe Estevez (as a TV reporter), Jed Rowen (of Jeff Leroy's CREEPIES, Ulli Lommel's ZOMBIE NATION and countless others), John Philbin (of RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD), and D.T. Carney (director of NIGHTWALKERS and DEAD THINGS). There's a long line of low budget zombie movies out there, and ZOMBIE FARM is an entertaining romp that should please splatter fans.

The BLB Media DVD contains an optional audience reaction track for the movie that was recorded at a film festival screening, a cast and crew commentary, a deleted scene, the original trailer, a music video, a short featurette with footage from screenings of the movie at various film festivals around the country and signing events at horror conventions with the actors and crew members, and a video of the guys at Cinema Eulogies viewing the movie on their couch and their reactions to various scenes.

ZOMBIE FARM is definitely a worthy entry in the long line of DIY zombie-gore flicks. It's a welcome addition to any gorehound's collection. The DVD contains some cool extras that make it well worth the purchase. Be warned however: If you must get a drink of water to have with it, make sure you double check your water supply. Ha!

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