'Shut up you soppy tart. Those are Zombies!'.
Directed by Matthias Hoene
Starring: Harry Treadaway, Michelle Ryan, Georgia King, Rasmus Hardiker
Released: August 23rd 2012
Budget: 2.25M Box Office: £110,000
Concept
The outbreak in this British horror comedy begins when two construction workers come across a tomb from the Seventeenth century, hoping to find treasure instead they find Zombies...
Elsewhere a group of misfits attempt a robbery of a bank, Terry and Andy McGuire; the two clumsy brothers trying to save their grandfathers Ray's retirement home from demolition. Helping them out is their badass cousin Katy, a clumsy idiot friend named Davey and Mental Mickey, a war vet who is mentally unstable.
Upon escaping the bank, 2.5M on them they discover that London has been overrun by the dead! And now must save the elderly in the retirement home and escape the hordes of dead cannibals. But it is not as easy as they think...
Review
It's of no mistake, this film was a major flop. Which is a shame really I find it to be a funny and remembered film. It does share its similarities to another British comedy horror about zombies... such as the protagonists are clumsy lunatics and they are trying to save person X and get them to destination Y and wait for all this to blow over.
I personally found this film funnier than Shaun of the Dead, because that film to me is not funny. However Cockney's vs Zombies did make me laugh quite a few times. The only thing missing was quotable lines and it could be stuck in my brain constantly.
This is a must see film is you love zombie movies and comedy. Basically if you liked S.O.T.D. you'll certainly like this one. It's a good laugh and it's a shame this film doesn't get the attention it deserves, definitely an underrated film and certainly classed as a Horror Hidden Gem.
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