I found my copy yesterday, and decided to watch it again, because I didn't remember how it ended. I have to take exception to the many negative reviews. Despite the beautiful cinematography, spot-on direction from a first-time director, and generally excellent production values, it's decidedly episodic. There are too many characters, and there isn't enough time to get familiar with the principals. But the humor is underplayed, which keeps it from sliding into camp. (This is not the TV "Batman".)But it is a damned (joke intended) funny film, especially the second time around. It's the kind of film you'll want to share with your friends. It's cheap, so it's easy to recommend.

I knew I should have known better to see a zombie movie with Chris Kattan in it.I can't help it, I watch anything with a zombie in it.I really knew I was in trouble when I saw Brian Posehn as a zombie. I mean he makes an imposing one being that he is 6'7" in height. But they made him a bumbling idiot zombie and not scary at all. He even bites chicken's head off to eat brains! Come on! Right there I knew I was in for a mediocre zombie flick..Now James Denton as 'Elmer Winslow' was somewhat good casting. He does an OK cowboy. But Chris Kattan? No way! He is just so..feminine in his way of acting. And he being the love interest of the beautiful Navi Rawat who plays 'Sue' Geronimo's niece, was a joke. And I wasn't laughing.Leslie Jordan as 'Padre' was OK and was the only character caught up in some suspense with zombie s all around him and he trying to just get some water without being seen. His scenes were short and in the end his part was wasted.The whole movie stunk for on a lot of levels. 1st of all the zombies talk! And not like in the way funnier and scarier classic 1985's 'Return of the Living Dead' talk-like-a-way but like regular people!? And you can't kill a zombie the conventional way of shooting them in the head!? According to Geronimo, if you are bitten and turn into a zombie, you can become normal again by eating the flesh of the medicine person who put the zombie curse in the 1st place! Come on! That just killed it for me. Zombies are just not suppose to talk in any way shape or form!or once you have been bitten , you can't become normal again! Yeah right!I'll give this movie a couple of firsts though. Besides the talking like regular folks zombies, we have a sword-yielding zombie!, a Zombie dog cameo!? And the ultimate clincher, skipping zombies!!? I kid you not, when I saw Brian Posehn, who at the beginning of the film had killed his wife and daughter and now at the end of the film he digs them up from their graves and they rejoice they are back together again as a family albeit a zombie one, and they skip off to the sunset and "die" happily ever after was just too much. Even their dog became a zombie! But the ultimate greatest 1st is...and the only part that made me chuckle for a sec was when the 'Cletus' character, played by Chris Coppola, who is now a zombie goes off to urinate (a 1st in where a zombie actually has bodily functions)and comes back crying to Sheriff Claypool played by Matt Besser(yes he's related to the 3 Stooges Joe Besser:he is his Grandson) And hands him something and the sheriff says , "What the hell is this a baby field mouse?" And Cletus says, "No it's not" and the sheriff just realizes what it is, a zombie penis!! LOLAlright, so if you are in the mood for a stupid zombie movie, them look no further and watch this Western/Zombie fiasco.

DISCLAIMER OK as a journalist I'll come right out with the disclaimer that the writer/director, Glasgow Phillips, was on my youth soccer team (a scrappy goalie) and later a classmate in high school (a class clown who could be philosophical along with a sharp wit). But we aren't best friends and hadn't been in touch for 20 years, but I had to try to track him down about the South Park/Muhammad hubbub and for verification that we went to school with the original Cartman - Matt Karpman -- who was an honest to goodness ginger, which is ironic in the real sense of the word not the Alanis Morrisette mixed up sense that too many fools use, but that's another topic for another time.REVIEW There were some excellent casting choices. Kattan plays the sensitive scared cowboy well. One critic had a good comment that the other cowboy by Will Farrell could have made it that much funnier and saved it from straight to DVD fate, but it also could have become too silly and this movie had some good campy horror -- enough to make you jump, but not so much you loose your lunch like those who get a bad case of the Geronimos (I would have liked a few more good fart jokes like Cletus). Cletus was a hilarious and best captured the spirit of the film - bumbling, bloody and undead -- he manages to scare you then embarrass himself for your laughing pleasure and keeps coming back for more. Brian Poshen also had the right touch for a goonie goon and Glasgow scored it well in the commentary that Poshen's whimper was a pitch perfect punchline for what this movie was meant to be: good silly fun. While the budget might not have been high enough for Ferrell, the make-up and effects created a crisp feel of gruesome without being gore. Meanwhile, Denton as Elmer plays the right kind of straight man to get frustrated with Kattan's struggles without being too strong or silent to sympathize or show his struggles with the unusual undead. The old class clown put together a fun popcorn flick for horror and slapstick buffs without relying on the South Park creators. Too bad this movie didn't get a chance in theaters. I hope it gets picked up by TBS, Spike or Syfy and gets enough buzz that Glasgow gets the backing for another flick.TO THE OVERSENSITIVE CRITICS ... I've scanned some other comments and think the complaints about the movie being racist or sexist are way off and made by folks way too sensitive. I go with the Carlos Mencia philosophy on all that stuff and think all people are fair game to tease, even mock. Racism is forcing one group to live in substandard conditions to your own or thinking that they should because those other people are inferior to you. All the characters were equal opportunity insulters. The Indian (native American) culture is not belittled and the actress who played the heroine (yes the Indian was a 3D good-guy without a feather or talking like Tarzan) Navi Rawat is an actual Indian, perfectly cast for much more than ethnicity, she had a comic touch with sass, sexiness without selling her skin and sporting enough to pull off most of her own stuntwork fighting off bad guys with swords. She had no qualms with the picture and gives it as good as she takes it with the cowboys. If the movie chose to show a little more skin (already R for the violence, and straight to video, I'm surprised it didn't) she could have made for the better ending some suggest with the other meaning of eating, though sacrificing a couple toes would have made for the happier ending audiences yearns for without the humor. Needless to say, if you didn't laugh, it was because you were too busy telling yourself that good people don't laugh at such stuff. You stiff probably wouldn't laugh at Blazing Saddles either. This movie may not be on that level, but a decent comparison, poking fun at some standards. Anyone so sensitive should have read the cover to know to creator was a former South Park writer and expected politically incorrect humor -- to be honest I was hoping for a few more people to poop their pants when they died. What can I say, as a South Park lover, I love fart jokes and toilet humor so this movie was right up my alley.

"Undead or Alive" is one of my all time new favorite movies. It is full of old school slapstick humor that any Three Stooges fan would appreciate. Not only is the story interesting and upbeat, but it is fun. The cast is great and there are familiar faces from other B movies classics. If you love B movies then this one will become an instant classic! Chris Kattan is still in my mind one of the funniest member of Saturday night live and will always be equal to Will Ferrell in my eyes. It is sad that the Duo does not perform together anymore. But as they say you can't mend broken hearts. There is plenty of old fashioned effects and plenty of blood and guts to go around. Along with Kattan Matt Besser would be next on my list as funny comedians. Hid role in this movie is a twisted town sheriff who steals from travelers passing through his town, only 1000 dollars away from "Retiring" to Mexico to become a sugar cane farmer, he is bitten by his deputy and becomes one of the funniest undead characters I have ever seen. This movie deserves at least a rental for trial purposes. I myself am a proud owner of this movie!