Strictly z-grade stuff from writer-director Scott Philips, responsible for such straight-to-video fare as CRYPTZ and SCIENCE BASTARD (2002) , HORRORVISION, and so on. Despite the claims on the box ('Better than 28 Days Later!') STINK is clearly not in that league, although it now remains a favourite gross-out title, along with the likes of SHRIEK OF THE MUTILATED and ENTRAILS OF A VIRGIN. STINK is handicapped by some low rent acting talent, although the film benefits from an excellent rock score, reasonable photography and special effects, as well as an intriguing storyline. The catchily named Kurly Tlapoyawa plays Matool, a man who prefers the excitement of fistfighting zombies before driving big nails through their skulls to the less stressful, and more common means, of just shooting them straight in the head. After one grisly encounter, from which he is sole survivor, he stumbles onto the retreat of a swinging couple and a sister, still managing to maintain their alternate lifestyle during the current flesh eating apocalypse. Stranger still, the sister has a mutant head growing from her belly. Soon they are joined by soldiers carrying one of their wounded, shortly zombie-to-be, comrade in arms, and the swinging couple duly expand their activities - including the husband, whom we incidentally discover keeps a zombie chick in his shed for his private pleasure.. Whether or not the film intends a satire on a liberal lifestyle, the intrusion of such an idea makes a pleasant change from the usual concerns of the genre, and the vaguely communal life style of the uninfected is intriguing, even if Philips' script runs out of steam at the end, wrapping things up too abruptly. But as a film it is entertaining and rarely boring, quite playful in its own way and the rumpy pumpy inside, while the zombies bump up against the refuge outside certainly makes for some novel suspense...

I just watched this film and...I liked it. I'm not going to go as far as to call it a masterpiece or anything, but it was funny, nasty and innovative. Not really a zombie film more like a wild, balls out exploitive melodrama with crazy gore and sex. One thing that DID totally stand out was the music..a crazy blend of electronic gurgles, ambient drones and industrial heavy metal that kind of reminded me of John Carpenter with a sort of spaghetti Western vibe. I found out the flick was scored by a guy named Chris Alexander (with vocals by Carrie Eliza) and was amazed to discover that this is the SAME Chris Alexander who writes for my favorite magazine , Rue Morgue (he's the Schizoid Cinephile. I did some research into the guy and found out that he's released a bunch of albums. I gotta get them. So anyway, this is a neat movie with AN AMAZING SOUNDTRACK!!! Check it out...

i watched 'the stink of flesh' expecting substandard dross... but was *very* surprised to find myself guffawing and gableating from the five minute mark to the end of the movie... dross it was not.yes, it's low budget... but the directing, acting aplomb and musical score/soundtrack (...and gore !!) were well above the standard of otherwise typical low budget constraint.i loved this sick little zombie flick, and while it was no 'dellamorte dellamore', it wasn't far off the mark for twisted entertainment value... final comment: "open a bottle, sit back, relax, enjoy... !!"Mongo :~>

This is the sleaziest, strangest zombie film I've ever seen in my life. And I've seen plenty of zombie films! Like George Romero cross bred with Tennesee Williams and Sergio Leone. Really cheap and dirty and consistently inventive with some truly great electronic music by Chris Alexander and Carrie Eliza. Does anyone know if this is the SAME Chris Alexander who writes for Rue Morgue magazine? Unlike some people on this board who thought that "the kid" was stupid and unnecessary...haven't any of you seen Flesh for Frankenstein? And I love that the character is named MATOOL...that was the island in Lucio Fulci's ZOMBIE!Anyway, I loved it...but it certainly isn't for all tastes.