Cult horror director John Specht’s low-budget feature, “Electric Zombies,” neatly cobbles together two disparate genres: the conspiracy thriller and the horror/slasher movie. It also comments sardonically on the post-9/11 fear of the U.S. government-gone-haywire, as it recounts the tale of a misguided federal project to brainwash “enemies of the state” via cell-phone signals. The signals inadvertently grow in power and become redirected to the U.S., turning unsuspecting civilians into super-obedient zombies whenever their cell phones are answered. They receive self-destructive orders, which they follow will-lessly — orders running the gamut from self-mutilation to suicide to homicide to riot. Those who manage to escape from falling prey to the menace must find a way to stop the threat — before the U.S. erupts into unchecked anarchy. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 1.5/10 | |
Released: | January 1, 2006 | |
Runtime: | 90 min | |
Genres: | Horror | |
Cast: | Lorelei Mahoney Jim Keith Nicole Ashmore Trudy Lynn Barr | |
Crew: | John Specht Richard M. Novosak | |
Euringer : The game this show was tied in to also horribly flopped, which probably didn't help