Let me start off
by talking about a small company called Cheezy Flicks. I have several titles
from them at the moment so expect to see this first paragraph on each review.
If you read it once you can skip that paragraph. When I first heard of Cheezy
Flicks it wasn’t in the nicest of terms. I heard the company put out
substandard versions of movies for incredibly low prices. To say my
expectations were low is an understatement. But I believe in giving a company a
fair shake. I’m glad I did. To be honest the movies I’ve seen released by the
company have gone from great to mediocre versions but here is the thing. For
movie fans with low to zero budgets Cheezy provides a solid offering that is
affordable. In addition to that they strive to give you the best version they
possibly can. They also have picked up titles that few if any studios would
bother with, low budget movies to be sure, but pure fun movies and in some
cases movies that are actually quite good. An example is LET SLEEPING CORPSES
LIE. One big name site is selling used copies of the movie for $36.00. Cheezy
has it for $6. And it’s a really good edition of the film too. So if you’re
looking to pick up DVDs at rock bottom prices new and can deal with a movies
that can be a little blurry at time (not their fault but that of the film
makers when these old films were made) then by all mean’s give Cheezy Flicks a
try. They’re a small company but deserve your business. Enough said.
So let’s get the story out of the way first here. FLESH OF
MY FLESH is another in a long line of low/no budget zombie flicks made
independently by people who love the genre, who want to make a movie but who
are just starting out. Zombies are running wild in several cities and one such
city is fences off. A small team is sent in via helicopter to see if there are
any survivors left. As they hover over the city someone below shoots them down
with a rocket and they barely make a safe landing on top of a building.
As they begin their search on foot zombies attack them and
only two of the three make it to a nearby research facility. The survivors
there have sealed off all entrances and argue about letting them in but
eventually do so. The problem is this alerts the zombies that there is someone
still alive in their building.
The action moves to the zombie compound where we find these
zombies might crave flesh like they all do but they’re intelligent as well. One
has become the leader of the group and he takes advantage of something the researchers
aren’t aware of. When eating the brains of the living the zombie doing so also
takes on all of their memories.
The action moves throughout the research facility as the
zombies attempt to gain access taking out members of the group one by one. As
they defend themselves and their numbers dwindle someone seems to be trying to
help them. Here’s something new to the genre, a zombie coup with a new leader
trying to take over. And he has a secret that isn’t revealed until near the end
of the film.
What we end up with here is a decent story that suffers from
so many other things. Things like bad acting. Like what appears to be shot on
video or perhaps all digital so it looks like video but not quite. The effects
are incredibly bad with computer generated images that make those done on the
SyFy channel look like Oscar worth material. And yet with all that going
against it I king of enjoyed this one. As I said this comes off as a movie made
by people who love the genre and wanted to try something new. I have to give
them credit for that even if the end result isn’t the greatest. But if you’re
looking for something interesting, low budget and inexpensive to buy then by
all means give this one a chance. At just $6 from Cheezy Flicks it’s worth the
price.
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