Hide and Creep (2005)
By: Michael Helms on July 27, 2005.
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| Asylum (USA). Region 1, NTSC. 1.85:1 (16:9 enhanced). English DD 5.1 English DD 2.0. 85 minutes |
| The Movie |
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| Credits |
Director: Chuck Hartsell
& Chance Shirley,
Starring:Barry Austin,
Melissa Bush, Chris Garrison, Chuck Hartsell,
Kyle Holman, Michael Shelton, John Walker
Screenplay: Chance Shirley
Country: USA |
For the second year in a row zombie films are
stumbling into view en masse. This funny z- flick
hails from Alabama and takes the resurrection
of the flesh-eating living dead to it's natural
bloody extremes and does it all over itself.
After a shocking (male) nude opening we settle
into a zombie attack on the local video shop.
The tape jockey is answering phone questions explaining
the finer points of z-flicks when the battle commences.
A screwdriver goes into an ear while Night
Of The Living Dead Pops out of a VCR
that falls to the floor during the initial scuffle.
The police won't answer our hapless hero's call
so he drops a zombie body into the local cop shop.
Nude guy gets propositioned by a guy in a car
who wants to give him a blow job. Product placement
includes an anti-Pepsi rant. Zombies raid a church
and nude guy explains how a UFO had landed the
previous night when he and his girlfriend where
having sex in the local cemetery. A Homelands
Defence Department guy turns up and attempts to
take control of the situation but only manages
to have a strip torn off the back of his skull
orally by a zombie. Instead, the receptionist
at the cop shop has had enough and gets assertive
leading a motley crew into zombie evasion and
eradication.
Meanwhile zombification comes to the local strip
club and the strippers start eating each other.
Machetes and body burning come into play but it
all grinds to halt when nude guy's girlfriend
drops from the sky and begins to talk longingly
of the anal probe she'd just experienced at the
hands of the aliens who had obviously caused the
latest zombie outbreak. It all ends with a little
girl biting her Dad's hand. |
| Video |
| At times grungy Hide and Creep stays sharp most of the time only revealing it's
lack of time and budget on some of the zombie make-ups. |
| Audio |
| Plenty of homegrown country rock gives Hide
and Creep an ambience of it's own that
propels it along and perfectly sets up some of the
often comical scenarios. |
| Extra Features |
| Directors commentary and nine and a half minutes
of Behind A Scene Of Hide And Creep documentary.
They get full marks for making it revolve around
the strip club nude murder scene. Also includes
the three minute short from 2002 that set the tone
and style for Hide and Creep. |
| The Verdict |
| Sharing a comic tone similar to Shaun
Of The Dead lets Hide And Creep display and question elements of zombie cinema that
remain under-developed. One scene for example, shows
a zombie sitting in a diner considering whether
it'd be good to munch on his own hand as he succumbs
to full zombiefication. The gore led by a great
split skull effect is also inventive as is the alien
approach to the entire proceedings. A minor zombie-classic
that's definitely worth seeking out. |
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