Deadheads is not so much a horror movie as a buddy flick and partial rom-com. It is a comedy set in a post-Apocalyptic world in which mindless zombies roam the earth. The leads are among the rare few who maintain a reasonable intellect and one of them is heartbroken over losing his girlfriend, so they set off to find her.
Deadheads is basically on the par of your average TV sit-com and about as enjoyable. Technically speaking, I should watch it again to give it a proper review because I dozed off somewhere in the middle but, to be fair, it isn't like I started watching the movie when I was sleepy. The story is simply uninspired to the point that - as ridiculous as it may seem - I think some young executive somewhere along the line may have suggested the zombie bit as a gimmick because he realized the rom-com script just wasn't strong enough on its own.
The acting, jokes, direction, and overall production is - again - on a par with basic TV shows. There's nothing special here though I seem to remember a minimal level of gore. Certainly not enough to satisfy any gorehounds but maybe just enough to maintain its classification as "horror." And, of course, zombies.
Skip it.
© C Harris Lynn, 2012
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