Bath Salt Zombies (2013)

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(Originally from Facebook – August 14, 2013)

Okay, I’ll just say it–this movie is bad. Bad, bad, bad. I’m reviewing it for two reasons. One, so you won’t go out and rent it, and two, because I have one semi-positive comment to make about it.

If you were back in high school, and your friend came to you and said, “hey, Bro! We made this movie called Bath Salt Zombies. You should totally check it out!’ And if you did totally check it out, you would probably say “Bath Salt Zombies is totally awesome!” (Partly because there’s some full-frontal nudity in it, which back then, as a teenage hormonal lad, was much rarer to find.) But you’re not back in high school (at least most of you aren’t), and high school students didn’t make this. So stay away. I’m not kidding. Just…don’t.

Now, having said that, there will be a very select few who will probably have fun with the film. (Here comes that semi-positive thing I mentioned!) I think they were kind of cleverly (and comedically) innovative with their filmmaking, given what must have been an incredibly small budget. For those of you interested in the filmmaking process, you might watch it just to see how they found low-cost ways to create some of the effects, for example. They don’t quite take themselves seriously, which actually works a little. But don’t go into it expecting to be involved with the story or the characters.

You have been warned.

IMDB=3.6
Shawn=3.5 (but only because of that positive comment! Otherwise, 2.5 – 3.0.)
(running time 1:10)

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