This spoof movie actually hit the mark in its spoofing.

In environmentally friendly Portland, Maine, shy Deb (Maria Thayer) throws herself at pretty boy Ryan (Michael Cassidy) while at a bar. Neither remembers anything about the night before and Ryan wants to give her the boot from his apartment. Deb, meanwhile, makes it difficult for him. The next thing you know there is a local zombie outbreak.This is a fun comedy romance with zombies. Maria Thayer nails it and I couldn't help think about how she was Emma Stone good. The comedy and one liners oozed sweetly during much of the film. The graffiti throughout the town was funny for those that bother to look at it. Original and fresh.Guide: 1-2 F-bombs. No sex or nudity. Syd Wilder spilling out of her top.

Night of the Living Deb (2015) ** (out of 4)Deb (Maria Thayer) wakes up after a night of drinking in the apartment of Ryan (MichaeL Cassidy). The two quickly try to play off their night but soon they're back together when they realize that a zombie apocalypse has broken out.NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEB isn't the greatest horror spoof ever created but there are a couple nice laughs that help keep it moving but there's really not enough here for a feature-length film. I think this here would have worked much better as a short film because there's really no plot here as we basically see Deb, a rather nerdy person, falling in love with the good looking Ryan and the majority of the film has her being mistreated or taken advantage of. Oh yeah, the other thing is that she is very sarcastic and this is where the majority of the laughs come from.Thankfully both Thayer and Cassidy are good in their roles and this certainly helps since we spend the majority of the running time with them. Thayer is the star here and she turns in a nice performance but I still felt that only twenty-percent or so of her jokes actually worked. The film could have benefited had there been something more going on. Perhaps more in-jokes or at least something more to hold the viewer's attention.As it stands, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEB has a creative title but it's too bad the film itself wasn't more creative.

Not a Fan. The writer tried way too hard to force feed us cutesy and quirky in the lead actress. Her wardrobe was overly contrived to show just how quirky she was, but just looked like she rolled around in a thrift store and whatever stuck, stayed. Her dialogue, which was stilted and sounded straight from an 8th grade play was a combo of 80's references, current teen speak, and random nonsense phrases. When you add in the overacted physical comedy, it just made for a seriously annoying character. Unfortunately all the dialogue and physical comedy was just poorly done, and varied from overacting to looking like they were reading the bad dialogue off cue cards for the first time. A failed attempt at zombie humor and a waste of time. I gave it a 2 for the cute name.