Night of the Living Deb (2015) Reviews

• A zombie movie that stands out!

  Tokiwood2015-09-28

  Loved it! It is kind of Shaun of the Dead kind of flick, a romantic zombie comedy, but pretty fresh and funny and entertaining and cool. The actress that plays Deb, the lead character, is fantastic, charming and funny. Ray Wise has a great supporting role. The music, the sound, photography, effects - all together made a very good movie in every level. The director played nicely with clichés, made a very light but exciting movie with zombies, and since there is so much zombies these days, it is a great success to make a movie that can stand out. Well done in every way! I saw it at the closing of Dead Lake festival in Palic, Serbia. Highly recommended.

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• Unfunny Dialogues and Situations

  claudio_carvalho2016-11-13

  On the Eve of July, 4th, in Portland, Maine, the camerawoman and aspiring anchor Deb Clarington (Maria Thayer) is drinking with her best friend Ruby (Julie Brister) in a bar. She falls for a handsome stranger and flirts with him. They drink a lot together and in the morning, Deb wakes up in his apartment in an awkward situation since they do not remember what they did on the previous night. When Deb leaves his apartment, she finds in middle of a zombie apocalypse. She returns to the apartment and she learns that he is Ryan Waverly (Michael Cassidy), the son of the wealthy Frank Waverly (Ray Wise), who is the responsible for supplying water to the town. Deb decides to leave Portland to meet her mother, but Ryan convinces her to go to the mansion of his father to meet his brother Chaz Waverly (Chris Marquette) and his girlfriend Stacy (Syd Wilder) and leave the town together. Soon Den learns that Frank and the Governor are the responsible for the outbreak. Will they succeed to escape from the zombies? "Night of the Living Deb" is one of those films that the viewer wants to like, mostly because of the cute lead actress. However the writers are weak and the cast has unfunny dialogues and situations in the screenplay. In the end, this movie is a waste of a nice cast. My vote is five. Title (Brazil): Not Available

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• Romantic Zombie Comedy

  kosmasp2016-08-17

  While I wouldn't call it flavor of the month, the last couple of years saw a bit of a rise. Not only of the dead themselves but a rise in zombie comedies with a romantic touch. Some worked better than others, some just try to be a bit funny. And that is what this movie is. It's not an instant classic or anything, but it does what the box says and it's entertaining enough to watch. It starts off innocently enough, just to turn things up and speed things up a bit. The main actress is what either will draw you into it or appall you. I thought she was really funny and did a great job. Of course it's silly, it's meant to be that way. I mean the title along indicates that (how come no one thought of that before I wonder?) ... It's actually pretty easy to decide if you like this or not, but something I can't do for you of course

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• Tromaville this aint...

  sfinancing2018-12-02

  ... a B movie that knows its a B movie, if only it had embraced it. The whole RomZomCom genre is so under-utilized....just sayin'. The fact that this could potentially fall into this slim category as a date movie with someone not into Zoms or gore actually raises its rating(at least for me). Over acted and under scripted with 2D characters and mediocre effects on a low budget. The somewhat recognizable actors provide some amusing moments and they at least seem to have a bit of fun with it. While this one is never going to be on anyone's "must see" list it was fine and is unlikely to offend. While I would never recommend paying to see it, grab a bowl of popcorn and watch away for free on Prime.

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• Zombie rom com fail

  Leofwine_draca2016-08-28

  Another zombie comedy. The makers of this film seem to think that's some kind of a novel thing, but it really isn't because I've watched about half a dozen such films that were made in the last few years and most of them have been a wash out. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEB is no exception, a film that fails due to the appalling low brow humour and completely irritating cast of characters, none more so than Deb herself. This film unwisely attempts to meld the romantic comedy genre with the zombie film. I hate rom coms so I was instantly turned off by the premise and struggled to sit through it if I'm honest. The character of Deb, as played by Maria Thayer, is described as "endearingly awkward" on this film's home page and it soon becomes obvious that the writers want you to warm to her quirkiness, her accident prone nature, her dumb idiosyncrasies. The problem is that I didn't. I found her supremely irritating and she made me want to switch the television off. The rest of the cast are no better, with Chris Marquette stuck in first gear with repetitive jokes and wooden acting. The only veteran performer is Ray Wise (ROBOCOP), who you have to feel for, being stuck in this inanity. After a mildly original set up, the narrative soon descends into the 'escape from one situation to the next' mould, all set at night in a local location. There are splattery gore effects and bad zombie acting, and none of it is remotely entertaining. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEB is a film which demands a shot through the head to put it out of its misery.

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