Wasting Away (2007)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Matthew Kohnen

Writers:

Matthew Kohnen (writer)
Sean Kohnen (writer)

Release Date:

4 July 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A new perspective on the zombie movie.

Plot:

Turning the zombie film on its head, "Wasting Away" is an oddball comedy from the perspective of the brain munching monsters themselves. |

Plot Keywords:

Zombie

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Jose Acevedo	...	US Soldier
Christopher 'Critter' Antonucci	...	Zombie
Betsy Beutler	...	Cindy
Michael Cornacchia	...	Frumpy Guy
Matthew Davis	...	Mike
Colby French	...	Nick Steele
David Garcia	...	Soldier
Joseph Gatto	...	Cop
Allan Hagan	...	Cop
Kelly Hughes	...	Mrs. Laramie
Ronald Kohnen	...	Mr. Laramie
Bill Leaman	...	Check Point Soldier
Joel McCrary	...	Mark Kanan
Mandy McMillian	...	Reporter
Jon Monastero	...	Passenger
Jack Orend	...	Dr. Richter
Dominque Purdy	...	Dom
Richard Riehle	...	Colonel South
Julianna Robinson	...	Vanessa
Stephen Simon	...	Driver
Oren Skoog	...	Danny
Tony Snegoff	...	Biohazard soldier
McKay Stewart	...	Private
Will Stiles	...	Chad
Michael Terry	...	Tim
Tracey Walter	...	Mr. Whicks
Larry Weissman	...	Drunk Man

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Wasted Pictures

Wow!

All I can say is, wow. Caught this after wading through a slew of basic slasher/spooky ghost stuff at Screamfest, films basically like any of 20 others that I have in my personal collection. Didn't have much expectation going in to this, since there hasn't been a 'new' zombie movie in a while. 'Diary of the Dead' was cool, but Romero basically falls back on the same old stuff, nothing new there. It took me a bit in the beginning to warm to this film, since I came in looking for straight horror, and it's not really horror, it's a comedy, that has horror roots. Guess that's why they took it in Screamfest. That, and it's a damn good film. And there were some slow moments where I wanted they to get past the 'feelings' and get onto the action/comedy. But when I let them work on me, they were great, and I laughed even during the 'slow' stuff. Basically, it's just freakin' funny, and a totally different thing. Glad I saw it, it's the kind of thing that might be too unique and cool for the Studios. Their loss...