Flesh Eater (1988)

From the Box: "After terrifying millions of moviegoers for over 30 years, the graveyard ghoul from George Romero's classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is back and hungrier than ever! FLESHEATER follows the fiendishly destructive path of a not-quite-dead killer one dark Halloween night. Join a group of teenagers as they take the nocturnal hayride of a lifetime in a pulse-pounding, non-stop onslaught of suspense, fright and splattering gore!"

What You Get: A bunch of horny teens looking to get drunk and to screw find themselves stalked by one zombie, who more than easily enough levels the group to just one couple. And OF COURSE those two, whenever they find help, get the help killed. Eventually the dead rise and it looks more like a standard zombie flick. But really this movie is all about Bill Hinzman's zombie.

Origin of Zombies: A zombie who was buried under mystic symbols gets unearthed. Spreads just by being killed by a zombie (even if killed is impailed by a pitchfork), but being bit is also effective. Original zombie possibly satanic in origin.

Zombie Traits: Dead appearance, slow walking, flesh eating, killed by head shots

Unzombie Traits: Super strength, quick reflexes, use of weapons, "being evil"

The "Heroes": Group of college-age friends (2 out of 10); Police organized militia

Zombie Killing Weapons of Choice: Shotgun, rifles

The Goals: Hide on farm until help arrives (it does but gets killed). 2 kids basically run from place to place trying to flee. Eventually police arrive, organize, and go on a zombie killing spree.

End Result: 2 remaining kids get mistaken for zombies and killed by militia. All but the original zombie are destroyed by militia, original zombie kills sheriff, the end.

Zombie Rating:

Notes: If it wasn't for the kinda-pasty skin or wounds from being killed, you'd never know they were zombies... which makes the fully naked girl who turns not such a bad thing. But this movie poses some questions about zombies. Like since when did zombies knock on, open, or even close doors? Last I checked manners are something zombies just never bother with. Bad acting abound (no shock). It's Halloween so the (stupid) cops are slow to respond, and when they do respond they tend to underestimate the situation. And for the pervs out there you get to see 4 tits, 1 bush and 1 ass: more sleaze than you'd expect from a zombie flick. Plus this movie also brings us zombified children! Who cops shoot! Yeah! That's a bonus if I'd seen one.