Greetings, my shambling shuffling friends!
I just returned, from a trip through time, in the Way Back Machine with Peabody and his pet boy Sherman. We thought that we'd take just a quick peek at the civil war, but found ourselves smack in the middle of the movie ABRAHAM LINCOLN VS ZOMBIES.
Directed by Richard Schenkman, based on the story concept of Karl Hirsch and Lauren Proctor, and Produced by The Asylum; this movie was fun to watch!
Sadly, as a boy, Lincoln had to kill his zombie mother. Then, when he became president, a soldier returned from a scouting mission in the south with a crazy story of people eating his fellow soldiers. Shortly thereafter, this soldier became a zombie himself, only to be quickly dispatched by a scythe wielding President Abe Lincoln.
Honest Abe then decides to lead a secret mission, into zombie country, so he and some men can secure a fort crucial to the north's victory and to get an idea on the size of the threat that this new zombie menace is posing to the rest of the country. John Wilkes Booth even makes his appearance as a confederate spy in Lincoln's hand-picked crew and attempts to monkey wrench the mission.
The writers must have had more fun then a barrel of zombie monkeys while writing this script.
Abraham Lincoln VS Zombies brought chuckles of glee from me with the witty one liners, spoken by Lincoln, that referenced emancipation and other puns derived from the civil war, and Lincoln's historic speeches, all while swinging his scythe at the heads of the undead.
So lets take a look at the G.R.E.A.T. Score.
G-ore: Good zombie makeup even though the gore was kind of light. 7.5
R-ealism: I loved the period suits the actors wore and became jealous, wanting one for myself. They talked the talk and walked the walk of the 1860's. 9.0
E-ntertainment: The rewriting of civil war history to involve zombies, and the pun one liners, were gems that made this movie shine. 8.5
A-ction: I watched Honest Abe zipline, while a military fort exploded behind him, and I can honestly say that I was pleased. 8.5
T-hrills: The thrills I felt from this movie were not from the scares, but from the revision of history. This makes me wish that there were more zombie filmed pieces from important moments in history. 9.0
The total G.R.E.A.T. Score is 8.5 out of 10.
Rent this movie from your local video store, on demand service, or buy it online from Amazon.com.
So how does defeating a regional zombie epidemic lead to Lincoln's assassination at the play house?
You will have to watch Abraham Lincoln VS Zombies to find out.
Thanks for reading, and until my next post, I will be shuffling along with the lost.
Jimmy Blue Eyes
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