(Streamed via AsianCrush)
After 28 Days Later, there were a glut of fast-moving zombie pictures. After Saw, we got a lot of variations where characters were trapped in a “game” where they had to make do-or-die decisions. There have also been a lot of horror flicks that use snuff movies as a plot device. Mad Movie blurs the line between all three subgenres and the results are wildly successful. This is one of the most kick-ass movies I have seen in a long time.
Two aspiring filmmakers coax two pretty tourists to appear in their movie. They sneak into a seemingly abandoned warehouse to shoot some test footage unaware that an unseen psycho has plans to make them the star of his own demented movie. He’s placed cameras all around the premises and livestreams the carnage to a nearby movie theater where the rowdy patrons revel in seeing the “stars” stalked.
When things get slow, the “director” pushes a button which releases a gas that turns people into zombies that attack the “cast”. Whenever he needs to spice things up, he unleashes another gas that makes everybody horny and bang each other. When he REALLY wants to rile up the audience, he releases a gas that makes the zombies horny. Folks, this is some of the finest horny zombie action I’ve ever seen.
At seventy-four minutes, director Hideo Jojo keeps everything moving at a brisk pace. Jojo can film a softcore sex scene just as good (if not better) as a zombie attack. When he combines the two… LOOK OUT! Not to be outdone, he also gives us a pretty great Kung Fu zombie scene in there as well.
Jojo also tosses in some interesting plot wrinkles (an actress’s fiancé is kidnapped and forced to watch her in the film) and delivers a great twist ending as well. This is the first film of his that I’ve seen, and I look forward to seeing more from him soon. He doesn’t seem to have a big following here in the States (heck, this flick doesn’t even have a listing on IMDb), but I hope that will change in the near future.
In short, Mad Movie sure as heck lives up to its title!
AKA: Maze: Secret Love.
thank you for finding this gem! Just submitted it to IMDB.
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