Attack of the Corn Zombies

Following up the serious paranormal romance film Desperate Souls, comes Acrostar's latest period piece, Attack of the Corn Zombies. Set in the 60's, a small town eats some bad corn and guess what happens? You can guess by the title.

The plot is pretty straightforward. After a farmer uses a special ingredient in his fertilizer, who we don't see but we are introduced to his wife, icon Lynn Lowry, the town turns into the walking corn dead. Literally, corn starts to grow from the infected.

For an ultra low budget film, Corn Zombies looks impressive. The film looks like it could have come straight from the 60's with film scratches and film burns. The zombie makeup by Metcalf and Hefner are top notch and are impressive for a low budget film.

With a title like Attack of the Corn Zombies you'd probably be expecting characters that are paper thin and one dimensional. That's definitely not the case, for this is written by Steve Hermann and as with the cheesy It Came from Somewhere, Hermann finds a way to write characters you care for. The character development is surprisingly good and you feel when they meet their zombie demise and that's due to Hermann's writing.

Attack of the Corn Zombies is a fun, enjoyable, seventy five minute romp that proves that Acrostar films is becoming a formidable low budget company.