Flaky young lass Deb Clarington (a lively and appealing portrayal by adorable redhead Maria Thayer) and hunky Ryan Waverly (a solid and likeable performance by Jack Cassidy) find themselves in the middle of a sudden zombie outbreak in Portland, Maine. Can the pair stay alive long enough to fall in love?

Director Kyle Rankin not only keeps the enjoyable story zipping along at a brisk pace, but also maintains an amiable lighthearted tone throughout. Andy Selsor's witty script offers a nice array of colorful wacky characters and delivers lots of choice gut-busting snappy one-liners. Thayer and Cassidy make for engaging leads; they receive sturdy support from Ray Wise as Ryan's jolly rich dad Frank, Chris Marquette as Ray's macho jerk brother Chaz, and Syd Wilder as Ray's snooty fiancé Stacy. Thomas E. Ackerman's sharp cinematography gives this picture a pleasing polished look. An absolute hoot.

It's a fun little movie. It doesnt take itself too seriously. The main actress is a delight. The story is refreshing and contrary to appearances, is not 'just another zombie movie'.

The movie has some good laughs and even the romantic element is palatable. The main guy actor, well, he's a little low key but handles the role.

A few surprises, a few scares, some original story telling and a fun ending.

This is a good date movie and it is a good compromise in that both women and men will get a kick out of it.

At least for what it is. It's no "Shaun of the Dead," of course, but given that "Shaun of the Dead" is the de facto "Godfather" of zom-com (and horror comedy in general, for that matter), it's hardly fair to compare this movie to it.

The movie lives and dies by its lead actress, and more so than most -- she's clearly the standout performance (which is a shame when a movie has the great Ray Wise) and she handles the comedy, physical and verbal, very well. Not to mention being able to pull off cute even with the trite "beautiful girl playing plain by having messy hair and unflattering clothes" dynamic. (I almost said "beautiful young girl" but a look at her IMDb page reveals that she was *40* when this movie came out. Unless there's an error on IMDb or this movie was shelved for a very long time before release, she's aged really, really well. I mean, good Lord, I would have guessed mid-to-late 20s, tops.)

The movie's main flaw is that it doesn't seem to know whether it wants to be straight-up comedy or camp, something independent/low budget comedies occasionally suffer from. It vacillates between the two, which can cause abrupt changes in comedic tone. Trying for both just hurts the flow and coherency of the movie. Overall, though, while it wasn't the greatest movie in the world and I did find the comedy/camp comedy transitions jarring, I quite enjoyed it, and it was solidly written and acted (primarily by the lead actress, as noted above), so I have no complaints about the time spent watching.