The problem with the zombie genre post-Night of the Living Dead is that there's only really one way to do a film in this genre. Several other ways have been tried, but almost always end in failure; and I, Zombie is certainly a massive failure. The film tries to strip the zombie genre down to its core and focuses just on one man turning into a zombie. This is all well and good except for the fact that the film tries to be far too arty and the result is just boredom. The film only lasts for about eighty minutes, but it really does feel far too long and it really drags. The film was obviously made on a very low budget, and so some credit has to go to writer-director Andrew Parkinson for all his efforts...but not too much because the film is a big failure. The only really interesting scene is the often mentioned masturbation sequence, and it's really not THAT interesting, and certainly not worth seeking out and watching the whole film for. Overall, I appreciate that this film is trying to do something different with an overpopulated genre; but it didn't work and I was really bored with it.
Review of I Zombie: The Chronicles of Pain
