Corona Zombies is a 2020 horror comedy film, that is intended to make light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Plot[]
Barbie returns home after a quarrel over toilet paper, only to turn on the news to discover that there is an outbreak of "coronavirus". What's more, the virus appears to turn people into zombies. An island and a strip club are attacked.
Cast[]
- Cody Renee Cameron as Barbie
- Russell Coker as Corona Zombie
- Robin Sydney as Kendra
Production[]
Corona Zombies was filmed over a period of 28 days. The film consists primarily of redubbed and repurposed footage from Hell of the Living Dead and Zombies vs. Strippers, as well as clips of real-world news footage.
Release[]
The film premiered digitally through Full Moon Features' website and app on April 10, 2020.
Reception[]
Stuart Heritage of The Guardian called the film "the sort of thing you'd watch drunk in your house at midnight. But then again, that's how you're going to watch all films for the foreseeable future, so it has to be worth a go." The National's Katy Gillett, in her review of the film, wrote: "If zombie movies are your thing, and you can acknowledge them as pure escapism that isn't to be taken seriously, then you're probably fine. If not, I'd skip it." Alan Ng of Film Threat called Corona Zombies "a hilarious satire of this whole pandemic", comparing it favorably to the 1966 film What's Up, Tiger Lily? and the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Trivia[]
- The films uses footage from the movies Hell of the Living Dead and Zombie Strippers.
