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awarded the film three skulls out of five and wrote, "It's a simple yet charming story that uses the sitcom format to satirize the nuclear family while offering the protagonist a chance for growth through escapism. The cute zombie comedy makes for an on-the-nose means of coping with death".
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also tend to be so broad and lazy that it's hard to imagine how this movie's retro-bait sensibility will appeal to anyone other than the targets of this poisoned-apple crowdpleaser's toothless criticism."
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is a pastel zombie throwback of sitcom terror whose innate wholesomeness can't compensate for the sense that these undead themes have walked a hundred times before."
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gave the film a positive review, calling it "a quirky horror comedy. It has plenty of gore and violence for horror hounds, but also a surrealist heart."
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awarded the film one-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "The film relies too heavily on cliche and hopes the audience won't notice."
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of '80s movies and television that's peppered with exciting camera tricks and dazzling production design".
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gave the film a negative review: "The result is a surreal tale that aims to blend the corpse comedy of
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film written by Piers Ashworth, directed by Martin Owen, and starring
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gave the film a positive review and wrote, "It's a lovable cinematic
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and on digital on 18 October, and on DVD and Blu-ray on 20 December.
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had its world premiere at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival in
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gave the film a negative review and wrote, "The gags in
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fantasy, but which ends up strangely devoid of life."
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awarded the film two stars out of five and wrote, "
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Max Harwood
Hero Fiennes Tiffin
Susan Wokoma
Evan Ross
Tallulah Haddon
Jacob Sartorius
Nicola Roberts
Alex Murphy
Ashley Benson
Ben Miller
The Invisible Men
Well Go USA Entertainment
comedy horror
Max Harwood
Hero Fiennes Tiffin
Max Harwood
Hero Fiennes Tiffin
Susan Wokoma
Evan Ross
Tallulah Haddon
Jacob Sartorius
Ben Miller
Alex Murphy
Nicola Roberts
Ashley Benson
Principal photography

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