You know, I would not have put it past this movie to title it Zombie 90 not because it was made in the 90s but because it was sorta saying 89 other Zombie movies had been made. And not because they were claiming a legacy, more that they did zero research and figured there had been 89 of them.
Also known as Zombie 7 and Zombie 2001: Battle Royale.
This is the type of thing where the director had previously made a series of movies called Violent Shit 1-3, and made a rip off sequel to Anthropophagus. They're trying to get viewers and keep them by being purposefully bad to a degree here, I have to think, and by being meta and or intentional with exactly what this is... This is made to be low class stupid low budget schlock, so it should be judged that way.
Zombie 90 is also the type of movie where it now has a permanent joke of an English dub on it. Apparently the story goes that the composer did all the voices himself and made them incredibly stupid, and the director was like "yeah perfect" and left it all in. They also changed the dialogue to a large extent, having characters talk about taking shits and other stupid bullshit like that.
The plot is really third or fourth down the list of things this movie is concerned with, it is basically that two doctors unleash a new disease that makes zombies, and yeah whatever now there's zombies all over coming after people. There's nonstop zombie violence from minute one, and though its amateur as all get out and the large majority of the "comedy" doesn't work, there are a few moments like the baby kill scene that might illicit a mild chuckle or smile from ya.
This falls into a weird category for me with rating. It sets out with a specific intent and does achieve it, its just not ever been "my thing" and at less than 90 minutes still feels long. It's one tone (or less) and if you are into it you're into it, but for me...uh... 3 stars.
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