The zombified landscape established by George A Romero is being so rapidly and comprehensively mapped that we may soon pass through laybys, even tourist information centres of the dead. This crowdfunded Aussie translation has some of Romero’s representational nous – it opens mid-apocalypse, with a local mulling over the chaos – but proceeds with more energy than inspiration, liberally splashing ketchup over genre cliches. Points for prominent use of KC and the Sunshine Band, and the zombie named Neville, but its haphazard tonal shifts, iffy performances and stretches of inertia suggest a post-pub DVD/VOD proposition rather than anything that merits a theatrical outing.
