Zombie Killers: Elephant´s Graveyard

Once upon a time in Sweden, we got ourself a tv show called Svenska Hollywoodfruar. The basic idea with the show is to use rich Swedish women, living in America, trying to look great. Recently i clicked on the tv and saw Gunilla Persson, one of the Hollywood wives, calling porn stars for Satan´s work, that this is evil. Well, i would like to think that the real work behind Satan is actually called Dansband Music. Don´t know what this is ? Good, you don´t need to know. Once you come in contact with Dansband, you might have to go through exorcism. Is it actually this dangerous ? Yes, ask the people of the Vatican in Rome, they can confirm this. They do exorcism on Dansband Demons every year. Those of you who have read my reviews over the years, knows my passion for zombie films. I don´t see all the zombie releases that comes out every year, simply because some of them don´t look very interesting. Sometimes i do get surprised, like earlier this year, when i watched the Australian zombie film Wyrmwood. A very fun and stylish B movie, you should check it out on dvd. When i can, i try and check out some of the latest releases in the zombie genre, just to see what is coming out. One of the most fun details i look for is the cast list. If there are some classic B movie actors on board, it could be a fun film. That is not a guarantee though, sometimes these actors do make some bad choices. One of the dvd´s i am excited to see right now, is the first season of SyFy channel tv series Z Nation, a smaller budget tv series about a zombie outbreak. We all know that SyFy have delivered high quality many times to us, especially with the Sharknado franchise. A couple a days ago, i came across a new zombie film called Zombie Killers: Elephant´s Grave. Just the title makes me realise that, this will be a big sale success in Ica Maxi ,Linköping. So why in Linköping of all places ? They have good taste in B films, this is confirmed by Konsumentverket. With a cast of Billy Zane and Dee Wallace, you realise that we do have some fun here after all. Dee Wallace have been is a hell of a lot of B films over the years, one of my personal favourites with her is the 2009 film The House Of The Devil. We all know Billy Zane, he was The Phantom in the movie adaption from the combic book character, and he did a great performance in Demon Knight, the first feature film based on Tales From The Crypt. He also landed a role in Titanic with a young Leonardo Di Caprio. Since then he have been stuck in the B movie industry, doing some fun releases, while others are forgettable. With these 2 legendary actors, in a zombie film, do we get a surprisingly fun ride, or should we forget about this release instantly ?

The whole world is invaded by zombies. Some people have managed to survive, using weapons and technology to try and find a way out. In a forest camp, a group of soldiers go under their leader Seiler ( Billy Zane ), who try and teach everyone how to survive, no matter how many zombies attack. A religious cult group, led by Lia ( Felissa Rose ), try to convince former member Rory ( Brian Gallagher ) to join them again. He refuse, and think she is crazy. Lia still thinks she knows how they will all survive. without guns, all they need is faith. While more zombies are finding Seiler´s camp, they realise that they might not survive. They will need to use all the skills they have.

Don´t expect many surprises, or some really good special effects. Zombie Killers: Elephant´s Graveyard is almost as predictable as Robinson Robban´s career. You know what you get, with very few fresh details. It would be best to say that Zombie Killers: Elephant´s Graveyard looks exactly like a lot of other zombie films, with no big surprise. This is a rule i have, for all zombie film makers, try and be creative and do something unusual. Look at Wyrmwood as an example, to mix Mad Max style with a zombie invasion proves that some film makers are still trying to do a nice package. With this film i never felt that director Harrison Smith, even tried to be original. Is it fun to see Billy Zane kill zombies ? Sure, but not enough to bring the film some quality. I have seen a lot worse zombie releases than this one, but with a cast like this, there could have been a lot of details that should be better. There are elements of the tv series The Walking Dead, as we follow different characters lives. To make characters interesting, you need some good acting included, we don´t find it here. But there is one original scene here, have you ever seen zombie fishes attack ? An original idea, but since the special effects look awful on the fishes, this could have been done much better. The acting from most part is not very good, i would say that Billy Zane is the only one who makes his character feel any interesting. You don´t find out much about what happened before the zombie invasion, you are simply thrown in to this ordinary plot. Zombie Killers: Elephant´s Graveyard does nothing new, or give us something we will remember. What saves this film from being awful, is the fact that there is story to be told, unfortunately director Harrison Smith does not use this story effective. If you love zombies, you could probably watch this. I would still prefer a lot of other releases, especially Wyrmwood.

Rating: DD