Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Paul Magne Haakonsen Alright, well "Zombie Farm" was nothing at all what I had expected or hoped it would be. Having bought it from Amazon, I was intrigued by the rather interesting looking DVD cover, and being a fan of all things zombie, I just had to add it to my collection."Zombie Farm" almost literally takes forever to get up in pace and take you places. The first half of the movie is about film-maker Pilar Franco (played by Adriana Cataño, who actually did a rather good job) following the small time swindler and seer Roque (played by Roberto Montesinos) around in order to make a documentary. He is taking money from the naive and hopeful, in return giving them something to hold on to in their troubled lives and situations. However, one client visits a voodoo woman after Roque failed to help her with her violent husband, and end up being haunted by her husband whom has now returned from death."Zombie Farm" gives you a lot of facts, whether they are true or just made up I know not, about certain aspects of the Latino knack for the supernatural. And yeah, I did find that interesting, but sitting for about half a movie 'learning' about this cultural stuff was not what I had expected from a movie labeled 'horror'.Then finally the zombies were revealed, yeah, it turned out there actually was zombies in the movie, but don't get your hopes up. Nothing major to come for here. It is not zombies in the Hollywood (or Romero-influenced) manner as most of us love, but take on that whole voodoo aspect, which didn't really impress me.Truth be told, then I fell asleep during this movie, it was just so dull and uneventful, not to mention slow paced. It was like its engine was left on, but the gear was in neutral. This movie fairly much was dull inside out. I don't know if you have to be Latino to fully grasp what was going on in this movie, or if you have to be into voodoo, but I do know, that for a zombie aficionado (Romero-style, and proud of it) like myself, then "Zombie Farm" was all but impressive. The movie was fighting a struggling battle uphill, and lost, I might add.Don't get me wrong, it wasn't all bad. The movie was actually nicely shot, and they did good jobs with the camera work. And the people cast for the various roles were actually doing great jobs, and it was nice to see an entire cast of new faces for a change.Just goes to prove the old saying: "don't judge a book by its cover". Which in this case was a DVD cover. I bought it solely because the cover was appealing and held the promise of some proper zombie action. "Zombie Farm" will be shelved in my DVD collection, bagged and tagged, never to be taken out and put into the DVD player ever again, it was just not worth the time of day.

TdSmth5 A Latina documentary movie maker who can't sell her projects because they lack Latin flavor, in desperation decides to make a documentary on a corrupt Latin faith healer. Turns out he has a heart of gold and a real concern for his people. He can give great speeches on the hypocrisy of Latins who always aim for the white standard of beauty: blonde hair blue eyes. You get a sense where this is going...One of his customers is a woman who gets constantly beaten by her possessive husband. He can't and won't help her. She goes to another of these faith healers, a woman who practices Macumba. She gives her a potion to give to her husband. He drinks it and becomes a zombie. The reporter and the reformed charlatan who is now her sidekick in the investigation track down this voodoo priestess only to end up getting in trouble themselves. It all ends up in a violent showdown, Hollywood style.This movie is slow, performances are uneven, equipment used is not the best, lighting and camera-work are rather poor. The story though has a lot of potential and shows signs of intelligence, but also plenty of your standard college intro level minority politicking. I can't really recommend this movie unless you are the intended target audience for these sort of films that use some genre (zombie horror) to deliver a tired sociopolitical message. And the zombie horror doesn't really take up a lot of time either.

zmoviefan I hadn't heard much about this flick before watching it, all I knew was what it said on the back cover of the DVD.I only recognized one of the actresses, but my mom recognized a bunch of them from soap operas or something. Which probably explains some of the overacting. I can forgive overacting if the actors are likable and the plot doesn't bore me, unfortunately, the beginning of this low budgeter I found very slowwww.And yes, this starts off like a drama. Reporter is doing a piece on domestic violence and somehow finds herself in a warlock's office! There she meets an abused woman and soon the "action" starts.I won't lie, I fast forwarded a lot of this movie, probably the first 45 minutes, and I kept looking at the clock on my wall. Eventually mentioned reporter and warlock get trapped and we finally get to see some zombies. Thankfully, the ending was pure horror. In the tradition of a group of people (in this case 3) trying to escape from the attacking undead and the woman who controls them.We get a few fighting scenes, some zombies eating people, a couple of scenes of a woman trapped in house with her dead husband and then the movie ends.I've seen worse. Not a bad movie, I felt I was watching a Lifetime movie of the week, except for the final 20 or so minutes when it switches from drama to supernatural horror.Do I recommend it? Nope, unless you have nothing else to watch.

gavin6942 Desperate to end her husband's domestic abuse, a young woman seeks asylum fro ma local voodoo priestess. When warned that her husband may "change" if given a special potion, the abused wife is relieved. But waking up in bed next to a zombie isn't exactly the transformation she was hoping for! The film opens panning over the waters of Louisiana with some light guitar playing in a Spanish style. The film is definitely of a Hispanic or Latino flavor, with the cast and crew being of that background. And I hate to lump Latino films into one group, but they have not fared well -- even the ones that featured known actors, like "Day of the Dead", were pretty awful. I have not seen a good film from the Hispanic community since the films of Alejandro Jodorowsky.Perhaps you're wondering why the film took two years to be released? Or why it is named the same as a 2007 film, which was also overlooked by most people. I do not have those answers... you would have to ask the writer and director, Ricardo Islas.I am not going to lie. I opened my mail, found this film, and immediately groaned. One, zombies are overdone. I do not need more zombie films. Two, I have not heard of a single cast or crew member associated with this film, so I had no base to work from. And three, it came from Maya Entertainment, which I have no idea what that is. So my expectations were about as low as they could possible be. And, luckily, it was better than those expectations.The film tries to make social commentary by mentioning pedophile priests and Homeland Security tearing families apart (their words, not mine). There is talk of Marines invading Panama and raping the women, and how those babies (brown with blue eyes) are an improvement of the race. What the heck? These commentaries are just so haphazard, thrown in without cause. Maybe to stir people up, but for no reason I can tell.As for the zombies, well, they come from a voodoo priestess (who is Hispanic, not Caribbean, but does live in Louisiana). And they do not show up until a good while into the film. This is a family drama about domestic abuse... the zombie aspect of the story is just sort of thrown in, and I am not sure why. If there is supposed to be a subtle satire, they lost it on me.It sounds like I am bashing the film, and I am. Yet, you will see I gave it a decent rating. Here is why: although it is not really a horror film, but a drama about race and abuse with some horror elements, it is decent, and probably a good film if you go in with the right mindset. I think horror fans will be mislead and disappointed, but the Latino community may identify with it... I, unfortunately, am not part of that community and can only speculate.