Redneck Zombies (1987) ** 1/2 (out of 4)With a title like this you know only Troma could be behind it. A barrel of toxic waste falls out of a military truck and is found by some rednecks who accidentally put it in their moonshine. They pass the stuff around town and soon all of the white trash are craving human flesh. Once again, those seeking high art are best to stay away from this thing but those who enjoy dumb entertainment should find plenty crammed into the 88-minutes of this thing. Like most Troma films this one here is an equally opportunity offender as just about every race gets made fun of and we get all sorts of humor ranging from gays to even baby zombies. The film certainly isn't mean spirited but what makes it so funny is that the filmmakers are obviously fans of the genre due to all the homages scattered throughout but they're also smart enough to know what type of film they're making. There's nothing worse than sitting through a bad, no-budget movie with filmmakers thinking they're making the next CITIZEN KANE. Here, on the other hand, we're treated to a bunch of dumb laughs and I must admit that I found the majority of the redneck humor funny. Take for example the redneck moonshiner and his three weird sons. One of them, Billy Bob, is turning gay and wants to be called Elle May. Another example is a trailer trash mom who allows her baby to play in the washer and gives him moonshine in his bottle. We get all sorts of dumb rednecks but also on hand are a wide range of campers who soon run into the zombies. The politically incorrect humor doesn't shy away from this group as we get a Mexican who does nothing but drink, a nerd constantly changing his clothes and then of course another dumb redneck. The gore level is shockingly quite high here as all of the murders are rather graphic and it's clear that the majority of the film's budget went towards special effects. The gore and flesh are constantly flowing and I must admit that this stuff is a lot better looking than the CGI crap we get today. The film pays homage to countless movies including a very funny take on the Hitch-hiker from THE Texas CHAINSAW MASSACRE. We also get other goofs on the Three Stooges, THE WIZARD OF OZ< COOL HAND Luke, DAY OF THE DEAD and of course DELIVERANCE. Everything in this movie is technically bad but at the same time it's obviously done on purpose and in the end it succeeds in being entertaining. REDNECK ZOMBIES offers up exactly what the title says all done in Troma style.

This masterpiece contains an element that is VERY hard to capture on screen. There is some sort of cheese factor that is imitated but rarely perfected. this movie has it in abundance. It has true art influence that most movies lack. The bonus is gore and humor. I absolutely love this movie, but sadly one of the only people that agreed with me died. I made a trip to Troma in NY and got my picture next to the original movie poster. I was fortunate to visit the original cabin site for The Evil Dead and would love to find the old barn house that was painted with blood in this movie. (if its still there) If you have no pride in your cinema taste, please buy this before its o.o.p.

A former co-worker of mine told me about this film a few weeks ago, and I bought the film just to see how interesting this film could be. The basic gist of the film is that a drum of nuclear waste falls off the back of US Army Jeep in the rural parts of Maryland. Some rednecks get the drum thinking that it is Moonshine (because they do not know how to read, or they are just stupid) and give it to people and become flesh eating zombies.The film itself is not meant to be a Oscar winner, but it falls under the "it's so bad it's good" group. The special effects are very cheap, but it still fun to watch. I could write a book on how corny and cheesy the lines in this movie are, but I am not going to do that. The lines in this film are really bad, but it's so funny at some of the stuff that is said in this film. The gore in this film is is at times over the top. There seems to be more gore in this film, then Dawn of the Dead.The acting is over the top at times. Mainly Bob, the pre-vet student is starts tripping while doing an autopsy on one of the zombies. Drinking Dude, how could I forget him. He always drinks, at out of no where pulls out bottles of liquor and drinks it.If you like Troma films, then watch this. If you like gore b flicks, then watch this. In my opinion this is one of the best b movies of the 80's.

This movie seems to get a lot of negative attention and I wonder why that is. I mean, it IS a Troma movie so I already had low expectations. The title of the movie is Redneck Zombies so that further lowered my expectations and when I read the plot I just couldn't stop laughing. Radioactive waste mistaken for moonshine by rednecks, they drink it and transform into zombies!!! I couldn't wait to watch this.The start opens with a parody of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and it is very funny. But then I realised this wasn't filmed normally, it was filmed on video. It looked so shoddy I realised to take this seriously would be stupid. The acting, music, dialogue, plot, direction and everything else was bad, just plain bad. I couldn't stop laughing at how bad and ridiculous it really was. And the gore was excellent and let me say, there is a lot of it. Do you expect any less from Troma?? 3/5.