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Directors Scotty
Fiels and Jim Ojala are asking for litigation for their fan film, and
you know what? I’d gladly testify and plead for their mercy in the court
room, because not only are these two wack jobs balls enough to approach
an ambitious concept as Marvel Zombies, but they do it so damn well,
it’s shocking. “Marvel Zombies” is a wonderful series in the Marvel
Universe that involves an unknown germ that arrives in space via the
superhero The Sentry, who turns into a zombie and infects every single
superhero in the Marvel Universe in the process. So, obviously
outmatched, humanity falls under the wave of super powered invincible
flesh eating zombies who bring Earth to its knees eating everything in
their sights.
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A hefty
satire of the Marvel Universe while also managing to be
genuinely morbid, “Marvel Zombies” is a banner “What If?”
tale. Fields and Ojala manage to capture that same essence
in their two minute short film that basically brings the
walls down for casual fans as Mary Jane stumbles upon
Spider-Man who reveals himself to be a decrepit rotting
zombie and proceeds to eat her innards. |
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But,
he’s then interrupted by the Incredible Hulk, also a zombie, and
anxious for some flesh himself. That’s pretty much the gist of the
entire film, as the duo mostly intend for it to be a trailer that
tries to peak our interest, and it surely succeeds. The make up
effects from the pair, make up effects artists themselves, is
fantastic and it’s hard to believe they could capture the zombie
forms of these superheroes in the live action format so well. They
keep Spider-Man’s form so gruesome, and make the inevitable
appearance of the Hulk an oddly shocking sight. As for the end of
the credits, wait around and you’ll see something most unusual and
bad-ass, to say the least. The pair capture the spirit and
entertainment value behind the “Marvel Zombies” series without
fault, and I hope Marvel takes notice and approaches a film as epic
as the books themselves.
The team of
Fields and Ojala compose an interesting trailer formula adding suspense,
ambiguity, and thrills in a single two minute time frame, and provide
one of the newest and best fan films to come around in a while.
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