Director: Alan Lo
Notable Cast: Michael
Ning, Louis Cheung, Alex Man, Carrie Ng, Cherry Ngan, Venus Wong, Chu Pak-Him,
Chu Pak-Houg, Rosa Maria Velasco, Eco Tang, J. Arie, Terry Zou, Angie Shum,
Anita Chui
To give this review a bit of context, I certainly went into Zombiology with tempered expectations.
Most of the people I had previously spoken to about the film thought the film
was just rehash of other zombie movie tropes and, outside of the truly insane
horror films of decades past, Hong Kong isn’t a place known for producing great
horror films – even if it’s mixed with comedy. What makes Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight such a strange and somewhat
refreshing experience is that it has no qualms with using its tropes in
abrasive parallels with one another. This film is an energetic shotgun blast of
zombie cinema. It’s scattered, perplexing, and forceful with some of its
heavy-handed themes. Yet, like its subtitle weirdly promised, I thoroughly
enjoyed myself while watching it. It’s definitely a film that I can see rubbing
its audience the wrong way in how it approaches some of its subject matter, but
for those perhaps more versed in Asian and zombie cinema it might just be one
of those overlooked gems worth digging.