My Review Of “AAAH! Zombies/ Wasting Away” (2007)

     Whether or not you call the film “AAAH! Zombies! or “Wasting Away” I guess just depends on preference. Either way though this film is not a waste of time to watch. It is a very cool socially derivative that is both funny and poignant. The story follows a group of not quite there slacker-ish friends who hang out mostly in a bowling alley mooching off the concessions and contemplating the meaning of life. Sadly though they have no real clue to life or their predicament.  They see themselves as the cool kids while everyone else sees them as much more than just stackers- they are zombies. Clueless young adult zombies just trying to hang with friends and survive a small epidemic unfolding in their town.
     This movie is had me from the first flip between black&white to color shots as the cast discuss the goings on around them and smack talk about bullshit having no clue that they are the undead. The humor was subtle yet funny without having to pull out the stereotypical crude gags you would naturally expect in a film of this nature. The randomness of the day’s events unfolding bring a casual yet chaotic familiarity that is common not only in slacker films but in actual life, minus the zombie apocalypse thing. He knew that hanging out at the bowling alley could be so dangerous to your health.
     “AAAH! Zombies!” as I choose to call it, again personal preference, has a cool cast that actually seem to have fun on screen playing these characters and it shows. The back and forth between the color and no color scenes give it a crisp perspective between how one sees their world and how the world actually is. It is both funny and truthful in this aspect. We see them as rotting corpses stinking up the world around them and they see themselves as the “too cool for school” crew. This is a good film that manages to make you laugh and be grossed out a bit on a smaller budget.
I give “AAAH! Zombies” ****4/5*****