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Undead or Alive: A Zombedy

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Elmer (James Denton), a Civil War deserter, and Luke (Chris Kattan), a heartbroken cowboy, are captured by a corrupt Wild West sheriff (Matt Besser) and thrown in jail. Elmer and Luke escape and rob the sheriff while he's in the saloon. As they make their way out of town, the pair meet Sue (Navi Rawat), the niece of a famous Native American warrior. She tells them that her uncle has cursed the entire region and infected it with a plague that turns people into flesh-hungry zombies.

Critics Reviews

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Joe Leydon Variety 10/29/2023
The sort of overplayed and under-written trifle that too often results when tongue-in-cheeky filmmakers purposefully set out to make a “midnight movie.” Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 01/15/2008
2.5/4
...undoubtedly benefits from the inspired casting of Brian Posehn as a blood-thirsty zombie. Go to Full Review
Scott Weinberg FEARnet 01/08/2008
2/5
One can't help but feel that the screenplay needed three or four more polishes before production got rolling. Go to Full Review
David Cornelius DVDTalk.com 01/02/2008
1.5/5
If a movie has to tell you up front that it's going to be funny, it's not going to be funny. Go to Full Review
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Richard H 11/24/2023 This is by far one of the most underrated movies in zombodies. It's funny as it is original which it very much is. Good plot, enjoy it if you can find it! See more 05/06/2022 What the **** is this ****?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOLings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more 02/01/2019 There are a few things I have to admit in this review before beginning. 1. I am watching a film Starring Chris Kattan in 2019 that isn't Undercover Brother. 2. I have seen this film more than once. Well, those are the only two things, but still, they are pretty unlikely. I mean a western with zombies in it, that's a low budget comedy...with Chris Kattan. The odds were not in favor of this watch. Joking aside, I actually don't mind this film. There are some actual funny parts, and Chris Kattan doesn't bother me for the whole film. Mind you he is basically playing the spastic down on his luck weirdo that he does in every movie, but it still kind of worked. Now, when I say worked, I mean in a b-movie low budget way. Undead or Alive is a far reach from being a good film. Entertaining for what it is...Yes, I'll go with that. The movie follows two cowboys and a Native woman, who just happens to Geronimo's niece as they try to escape an evil man in black style killer they stole from. The thing is, he was bitten by a zombie and for some reason, he and his zombie posse have kept most of their minds intact. As villains go the zombie man in black was pretty fun, as he can be shot and basically killed over and over without actually dying, leading to some fun banter later in the film. I do question what Geronimo would think about using the memory of his life to make of plot of a zombie film made with a low budget though. See, it's Geronimo's curse that has made all the zombies in the west. So it was obviously based on real movie facts. Anyways, Undead or Alive isn't a great film, or really even a good film. But I was entertained on more than one occasion, so I would recommend it for those looking for a tamer bad movie night. See more 09/13/2013 Dumb but funny if you go into it expecting nothing. See more 06/28/2013 Mildly amusing, but fairly poor as part of the zombie genre. See more 10/17/2012 Some how it's as watchable as it is. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Elmer (James Denton), a Civil War deserter, and Luke (Chris Kattan), a heartbroken cowboy, are captured by a corrupt Wild West sheriff (Matt Besser) and thrown in jail. Elmer and Luke escape and rob the sheriff while he's in the saloon. As they make their way out of town, the pair meet Sue (Navi Rawat), the niece of a famous Native American warrior. She tells them that her uncle has cursed the entire region and infected it with a plague that turns people into flesh-hungry zombies.
Director
Glasgow Phillips
Producer
Deborah Del Prete
Screenwriter
Glasgow Phillips
Production Co
Odd Lot Entertainment
Rating
R (Zombie Violence|Brief Nudity|Language|Gore)
Genre
Comedy, Horror, Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Dec 11, 2007
Runtime
1h 29m