Damn it, does there have to be zombies for everything? Apparently so. We have zombies, fast zombies, poison zombies, body-building zombies, fat zombies, beach zombies, train zombies, plane zombies, mall zombies, oddly sexual zombies, redneck zombies, party zombies, zombie dogs, zombie horses, zombie fish, Nazi zombies, Communist zombies, and now, we’ve got Christmas zombies. I swear, zombies are everywhere, and I doubt that we’ll ever see them going away for a long, long, LONG time… Here’s Silent Night, Zombie Night.
Honestly, the production of this movie is more entertaining than the movie itself. This film was only made in fourteen days. Twelve in December, and the remaining days in January. Many things halted the production of this movie, such as the lead zombie, Timothy Muskatell, being run over on his way to the set and suffering a dislocated shoulder, and one insane event where the movie was halted for two days after police came with a helicopter because citizens of Los Angeles thought that the prop guns they were using were real guns at the team was waging a gang war on the streets. I am not making this up. So, enough of insane behind the scenes events. What’s the movie like? Well, a week before Christmas, a dangerous outbreak comes into town (Because reasons), and turns everyone Los Angeles into zombies. The local police officer, Frank Talbot… Hey, wait a minute. Zombies, Christmas, Frank? Did this movie do the whole Dead Rising 4 thing before Dead Rising 4? Anyway, Frank has decided to leave his wife and partner, only for the outbreak to force him to be closer to them. Isn’t that a funny coincidence. Now, they must survive the outbreak together, and not end up killing each other in their sleep. It’s like the Walking Dead only with less hateable characters.
So, since I got the plot (Or what little of a plot it had) out of the way, what’s the rest of the movie like? Well, it’s what you’d expect. It’s another low budget horror movie trying to cash in on Christmas horror. Also trying to cash in on zombies, because they were pretty popular in 2009. Zombieland did come out that year. That was a great movie. Sorry, I shouldn’t be distracted by better movies. Anyway, Silent Night, Zombie Night is just what you’d expect from a low budget zombie movie, and it reeks of poor production. Every actor just seems to give the same facial expressions throughout the entire movie. One of the characters just looks like he’s suffering from painful constipation. Oh god, that’s where the true terror of this movie lies. And the zombies in this movie… Oh boy, the zombies in this movie. Let me tell you something, if you thought the human characters were a riot, then you’re going to absolutely love the zombies.
So, the zombies are obviously the biggest selling point of the movie. I mean, they’re in the title. Who doesn’t come to a zombie movie for zombies. Anyway, the zombies in this movie are just so bad, that I end up laughing. The make-up on them is fine, but for some reason, there doesn’t seem to be that much on screen at a time. There’s this one baseball bat scene, and they mostly just seem to be only five zombies on screen. You seriously couldn’t get more people. It makes sense if it was in a house, but this was out in the middle of the street. You seriously couldn’t get anymore people to play as zombies? And whenever a zombie is shot… Oh my goodness. The blood just looks like it was just edited in through some poor movie making software. The blood splats from bullets look so damn fake, that everytime I see it, I am not kidding… I laugh so hard. Me and my friend watched this movie, and whenever we saw a zombie get shot, we nearly died of laughter because of how awful it all looked. Then again, the whole movie looked pretty bad, but those blood effects are especially bad. I thought it couldn’t get any worse than with just using ketchup, but it looks like Silent Night, Zombie Night found a way.
This movie is nothing more than a lovely mess. It’s like watching burning garbage. It’s clearly just a mess, but there’s something so fascinating about watching it to where it feels right. And they really wanted to get people to watch this movie. They said that it was the most original zombie ever (Even though the zombies here are like any other zombie just around Christmas), that it was better than Zombieland (Yeah, sure it was), and that the director did a better zombie movie than George A Romero, are you kidding me with this shit!? Silent Night, Zombie Night is a mess. And it’s a mess I love. It may not be the most recognizable so bad it’s good Christmas horror movie, but damn do I love it. Get your friends and family together and watch this. It’s a total mess and I love it. Take care.
Honestly, the production of this movie is more entertaining than the movie itself. This film was only made in fourteen days. Twelve in December, and the remaining days in January. Many things halted the production of this movie, such as the lead zombie, Timothy Muskatell, being run over on his way to the set and suffering a dislocated shoulder, and one insane event where the movie was halted for two days after police came with a helicopter because citizens of Los Angeles thought that the prop guns they were using were real guns at the team was waging a gang war on the streets. I am not making this up. So, enough of insane behind the scenes events. What’s the movie like? Well, a week before Christmas, a dangerous outbreak comes into town (Because reasons), and turns everyone Los Angeles into zombies. The local police officer, Frank Talbot… Hey, wait a minute. Zombies, Christmas, Frank? Did this movie do the whole Dead Rising 4 thing before Dead Rising 4? Anyway, Frank has decided to leave his wife and partner, only for the outbreak to force him to be closer to them. Isn’t that a funny coincidence. Now, they must survive the outbreak together, and not end up killing each other in their sleep. It’s like the Walking Dead only with less hateable characters.
So, since I got the plot (Or what little of a plot it had) out of the way, what’s the rest of the movie like? Well, it’s what you’d expect. It’s another low budget horror movie trying to cash in on Christmas horror. Also trying to cash in on zombies, because they were pretty popular in 2009. Zombieland did come out that year. That was a great movie. Sorry, I shouldn’t be distracted by better movies. Anyway, Silent Night, Zombie Night is just what you’d expect from a low budget zombie movie, and it reeks of poor production. Every actor just seems to give the same facial expressions throughout the entire movie. One of the characters just looks like he’s suffering from painful constipation. Oh god, that’s where the true terror of this movie lies. And the zombies in this movie… Oh boy, the zombies in this movie. Let me tell you something, if you thought the human characters were a riot, then you’re going to absolutely love the zombies.
So, the zombies are obviously the biggest selling point of the movie. I mean, they’re in the title. Who doesn’t come to a zombie movie for zombies. Anyway, the zombies in this movie are just so bad, that I end up laughing. The make-up on them is fine, but for some reason, there doesn’t seem to be that much on screen at a time. There’s this one baseball bat scene, and they mostly just seem to be only five zombies on screen. You seriously couldn’t get more people. It makes sense if it was in a house, but this was out in the middle of the street. You seriously couldn’t get anymore people to play as zombies? And whenever a zombie is shot… Oh my goodness. The blood just looks like it was just edited in through some poor movie making software. The blood splats from bullets look so damn fake, that everytime I see it, I am not kidding… I laugh so hard. Me and my friend watched this movie, and whenever we saw a zombie get shot, we nearly died of laughter because of how awful it all looked. Then again, the whole movie looked pretty bad, but those blood effects are especially bad. I thought it couldn’t get any worse than with just using ketchup, but it looks like Silent Night, Zombie Night found a way.
This movie is nothing more than a lovely mess. It’s like watching burning garbage. It’s clearly just a mess, but there’s something so fascinating about watching it to where it feels right. And they really wanted to get people to watch this movie. They said that it was the most original zombie ever (Even though the zombies here are like any other zombie just around Christmas), that it was better than Zombieland (Yeah, sure it was), and that the director did a better zombie movie than George A Romero, are you kidding me with this shit!? Silent Night, Zombie Night is a mess. And it’s a mess I love. It may not be the most recognizable so bad it’s good Christmas horror movie, but damn do I love it. Get your friends and family together and watch this. It’s a total mess and I love it. Take care.