Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘The Zombinator’

Written by Scott Edwards

Following your dreams is something that more people should try to do since there are more opportunities out there than we are willing to see. If you want to write, you should write. If you want to design clothes, you should design clothes. Money can be a determining factor in what you do, since it has become very expensive to live, but with all of the extra services out there that can give you funding, you might want to give them a chance. Who knows, you could find out that your dreams pay well and people will support you for your hard work.

JoAnne has just graduated college and has developed her own fashion blog and to get things off and running, she wants to film a documentary about herself and her friends. But the documentary team has something else on their minds as they start discussing the strange things that they have filmed in the past, especially things that have to do with killings. Knowing that Youngstown is a notorious town for murder, they start discussing all of the deaths that have taken place at the train tracks and to appease the team, JoAnne and her friends head down to take a look. Not being afraid of the stories that surround this area since they have all grown up in the small town and are used to it, they spot a strange person standing in the background that seems to be bleeding and try to find him before he disappears into the history books. Not being able to locate the kid, the team comes to the conclusion that he cut himself when shooting up and wiped his blood on the pillars.

Not giving a second thought about the strangeness at the tracks, JoAnne and her friends have a party to get ready for, but it is not a conventional party, it is in fact a wake for their friend Bobby that has been killed overseas. With the documentary team following JoAnne’s every move, they get called out for doing their jobs, since this should be a moment to celebrate Bobby and his life. With friends toasting to their fallen friend, the group of old pals all agree that he will be missed. But there is something different about the feel at the wake and when a little girl covered in blood comes into the room and bites a guest, everyone knows that there are killer zombies on the loose in their town.

Trying to find a place to hide, JoAnne and her friends are able to find their way into the basement of the local Catholic school. With Jed’s help, they navigate through and start to hear strange things in the distance. Calling out, they find that they are not alone in the basement as a ghost hunting team is conducting some tests to see if the location is haunted. As attitudes collide between the groups, the ghost hunting team finds that they are not equipped to detect a zombie outbreak as their priests are taken by the flesh eaters. Needing to find another place to hide, JoAnne’s group is rounded up and thrown in a truck by a terminator looking guy and driven to safety. Storing the kids in a parking garage, the Zombinator tells them exactly what is happening in their town as he was part of an elite military team that was testing out the zombie virus on the battlefield. Knowing he is their only option for staying alive, the group tries to stay together, but as each person has their own agenda during the outbreak, they may not be together for that much longer.

It has been too long since I have seen anything with a zombie in it, so this movie did fill that gap for me. It showed how foolish people can be during times of crisis and did that very, very well. Wanting to find their friends and family that are probably already dead seems to be one of the first things people try to do and when not thinking straight, it seems like a great idea. With some decent zombie kills, the Zombinator is the only one that makes blood flow as he battles to keep more than himself alive. I liked the added storyline of the government being behind the outbreak and even having a cure available that will be sold to the infected when things start to get out of hand. Small town testing is not something out of the ordinary as time has shown and that might be something you want to keep in mind when thinking that it is a better place to live than the big city. Stay Scared.

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