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I lived in Ibiza for 10 years, I love zombies and I love Matt King ... so it took some doing on the part of the filmmakers to make me hate this movie.
King is obviously there for a pay-check and a week in Ibiza, while the rest of the cast do their best in-betweeners impression.
Aside from a bit of stock footage and a scene in a San Antonio nightclub, we don't really get to see much of the White Isle itself, leading me to think more than half of this garbage was shot elsewhere having spent all the budget on booze during the Ibiza shoot.
Endless scenes of cringeworthy dialogue, a totally baffling story-line (if you can call it that), strained performances, bad special effects and a run time that feels like hours.
This is hard to watch - there is nothing to recommend it. Perhaps a half decent short could have been made as there is some level of basic competence in parts.
I watched for free on Prime and I want my money back. 2/10 - 1/2 for effort, 1/2 for Matt King and 1 for letting me see a few of my old local hangouts.
King is obviously there for a pay-check and a week in Ibiza, while the rest of the cast do their best in-betweeners impression.
Aside from a bit of stock footage and a scene in a San Antonio nightclub, we don't really get to see much of the White Isle itself, leading me to think more than half of this garbage was shot elsewhere having spent all the budget on booze during the Ibiza shoot.
Endless scenes of cringeworthy dialogue, a totally baffling story-line (if you can call it that), strained performances, bad special effects and a run time that feels like hours.
This is hard to watch - there is nothing to recommend it. Perhaps a half decent short could have been made as there is some level of basic competence in parts.
I watched for free on Prime and I want my money back. 2/10 - 1/2 for effort, 1/2 for Matt King and 1 for letting me see a few of my old local hangouts.
- ZombieGeek
- Jan 23, 2022
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An Ebola type virus has created a zombie pandemic. Ibiza is seemingly a zombie free island. Sinister gay nightclub owner has zombie dancers and smuggles them in for no good reason. In fact he has lost a cargo of illegal alien zombies in the sea and wonders if they can swim.
Despite zombie mania, three horny teenage lads and one ex-girlfriend holiday to Ibiza to party. Alex is staying at his sister's villa. Jim is chubby, horny and misogynistic. When they go to a nightclub, crazed zombies go on a frenzy and our heroes need to escape Ibiza.
This is a juvenile and silly film. The teenage lads are by and large irritating, the acting is amateurish, the effects are ultra low budget, humour is non existent and the scrip is rubbish.
Despite zombie mania, three horny teenage lads and one ex-girlfriend holiday to Ibiza to party. Alex is staying at his sister's villa. Jim is chubby, horny and misogynistic. When they go to a nightclub, crazed zombies go on a frenzy and our heroes need to escape Ibiza.
This is a juvenile and silly film. The teenage lads are by and large irritating, the acting is amateurish, the effects are ultra low budget, humour is non existent and the scrip is rubbish.
- Prismark10
- Sep 1, 2017
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Not comedy, not even bad comedy, just a movie so bad it's almost comical. Emily Atack and Matt King must have shot this flick saying over and over to themselves "think of the paycheck think of the paycheck think of the paycheck". You will get the odd cringey laugh *at* the movie rather than anything *in* the movie, but it's not worth the time. Terrible, 1/10 maybe 0/10.
"Ibiza Undead" happened to sneak up on me unnoticed. I am a big zombie aficionado, but somehow this title had managed to elude me. So when I happened to come across this 2016 horror comedy, I naturally jumped at the chance to watch it.
With a combination of exotic holiday location and a zombie outbreak, I must admit that "Ibiza Undead" seemed to be primed up to have the potential for being something truly good. Dare one hope for something in the likes of "Shaun of the Dead"?
The movie quickly establishes itself a horror comedy aimed for a younger party-loving audience, but hey that was also to be expected given the title of the movie, right?
Like so many other zombie movies we are offered no explanation as to what is the course of the infection. But isn't that just a part of the genre by now already, keeping the audience unaware and in the dark? Then again, it is the zombies that we hunger for, pardon the pun, not the science behind the infection, is it not? Personally I don't understand why you would keep zombies around for entertainment and staff at a holiday resort. It just didn't make much of any sense actually. But hey, it is a movie after all.
While the storyline was quite simplistic, the movie does put the audience into the outbreak and carnage fairly quickly, about half an hour into the movie then it kicks up the gear a notch.
It is quite apparent that director and writer Andy Edwards has drawn heavy inspiration from "Shaun of the Dead", given the character gallery, dialogue, as well as the concept of the movie and the idea behind it. But still, "Ibiza Undead" does have enough of originality to be its own movie.
There were some nice enough gory scenes here and there throughout the course of the movie. However, don't except this to be a gore flick though.
The zombie make-up and effects were adequate and served the movie well enough. And it is always nice to have zombies that are beyond the face painted grey and then the make-up department has forgotten about the rest of the body. While the zombie effects are not among the goriest or most gruesome of zombie effects and make-up that I have seen in a zombie movie (or series), then they were indeed good enough here in "Ibiza Undead".
While "Ibiza Undead" is listed as a horror comedy, then there was actually very little of both to be had here. I suppose that having zombies in a movie suffice it to be labeled as a horror movie. As for the comedy in the movie, well you have to look long and hard to find that.
"Ibiza Undead" is a fair enough addition to the zombie genre, however it wasn't outstanding or particularly extraordinary. It proved to be good enough entertainment for what it turned out to be.
With a combination of exotic holiday location and a zombie outbreak, I must admit that "Ibiza Undead" seemed to be primed up to have the potential for being something truly good. Dare one hope for something in the likes of "Shaun of the Dead"?
The movie quickly establishes itself a horror comedy aimed for a younger party-loving audience, but hey that was also to be expected given the title of the movie, right?
Like so many other zombie movies we are offered no explanation as to what is the course of the infection. But isn't that just a part of the genre by now already, keeping the audience unaware and in the dark? Then again, it is the zombies that we hunger for, pardon the pun, not the science behind the infection, is it not? Personally I don't understand why you would keep zombies around for entertainment and staff at a holiday resort. It just didn't make much of any sense actually. But hey, it is a movie after all.
While the storyline was quite simplistic, the movie does put the audience into the outbreak and carnage fairly quickly, about half an hour into the movie then it kicks up the gear a notch.
It is quite apparent that director and writer Andy Edwards has drawn heavy inspiration from "Shaun of the Dead", given the character gallery, dialogue, as well as the concept of the movie and the idea behind it. But still, "Ibiza Undead" does have enough of originality to be its own movie.
There were some nice enough gory scenes here and there throughout the course of the movie. However, don't except this to be a gore flick though.
The zombie make-up and effects were adequate and served the movie well enough. And it is always nice to have zombies that are beyond the face painted grey and then the make-up department has forgotten about the rest of the body. While the zombie effects are not among the goriest or most gruesome of zombie effects and make-up that I have seen in a zombie movie (or series), then they were indeed good enough here in "Ibiza Undead".
While "Ibiza Undead" is listed as a horror comedy, then there was actually very little of both to be had here. I suppose that having zombies in a movie suffice it to be labeled as a horror movie. As for the comedy in the movie, well you have to look long and hard to find that.
"Ibiza Undead" is a fair enough addition to the zombie genre, however it wasn't outstanding or particularly extraordinary. It proved to be good enough entertainment for what it turned out to be.
- paul_haakonsen
- Jun 12, 2017
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- darren-153-890810
- Oct 17, 2016
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Debatabley the worse film I've ever seen. Acting is terrible and storyline totally unbelievable.
In a world where zombies are rumoured and known, a group of youngest head to uninfected Ibiza for the holiday of a lifetime – only it's not as zombie free as they thought.
A low budget comedy yarn, with sex, partying and zombies. It's not in the league of productions values as The Rezort or the likes of Cockney Vs Zombies. Writer/director Andy Edwards offers a watchable rough round the edges undead romp.
Some of the lines are funny but without Ed Kear as wise cracking Big Jim this would have completely fallen flat. Dealer Karl played by Richard Brake, Rhys Ifans-like Matt King is notable and plays a good psycho, but he's too good compared to the rest of the cast and feels out of place. Also UK's Alex Zane cameos as a Club Host in amongst the rubbery makeup and fake blooded zombie extras.
It's not Shaun of the Dead, as a gauge picture a low budget The Inbetweeners Movie (2011) mixed with Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000) versus zombies. With limited production values and a sod's law twist at the end it has its limitations but to Edwards credit, you can't fault his effort as he works with what he has and makes the most of the sun, sea and location.
Teens who want to see some bikinis and a pair of boobs should enjoy but everyone else, well...
A low budget comedy yarn, with sex, partying and zombies. It's not in the league of productions values as The Rezort or the likes of Cockney Vs Zombies. Writer/director Andy Edwards offers a watchable rough round the edges undead romp.
Some of the lines are funny but without Ed Kear as wise cracking Big Jim this would have completely fallen flat. Dealer Karl played by Richard Brake, Rhys Ifans-like Matt King is notable and plays a good psycho, but he's too good compared to the rest of the cast and feels out of place. Also UK's Alex Zane cameos as a Club Host in amongst the rubbery makeup and fake blooded zombie extras.
It's not Shaun of the Dead, as a gauge picture a low budget The Inbetweeners Movie (2011) mixed with Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000) versus zombies. With limited production values and a sod's law twist at the end it has its limitations but to Edwards credit, you can't fault his effort as he works with what he has and makes the most of the sun, sea and location.
Teens who want to see some bikinis and a pair of boobs should enjoy but everyone else, well...
Truly one of the worst movies of all times. Seems like they just came up with the script in front of the cameras. Big fat guy super annoying one of the worst actors ever.
- susanwessali
- Jun 9, 2019
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So I'm a big fan of Zombie films, and I have seen some great ones "Shaun of the Dead" and some bad ones which are still watchable "Cockneys v Zombies" And then there is this. This film is so bad its beyond belief, firstly the storyline is completely illogical, the acting is terrible, the characters are unlikable and very 2 dimensional To be fair to it, I did go into this thinking it was going to be bad but thought that like Cockneys v Zombies it would have some humorous bits in it and would be watchable and at least it would have a good soundtrack being that it's based on the Party Island of Ibiza But even the soundtrack was terrible! The only thing this gave me was a belief that if I wanted to get into film making I could make a film better than this
- dazza_dsmith
- Apr 6, 2017
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My god this movie is awful.
Even if you like dumb movies that pour on low brow humour, gore and gozongas, this doesn't deliver in any of those categories.
There's one memorable or even particularly likable character who's who personality is pretending he knows how to get laid. We also have an annoying guy who's still hung up on his stuck up ex girlfriend he is staying with them for stupid reasons.
It's cartoon villain does't help much and the fact that they are aware of a "zombie" outbreak sort of kills any chance for growing dread.
It's barely a comedy, it's slow, lazy, generic and expects you to root for two characters with the charm of an old potato between them to get back together.
There's barely any fansevice either do don't watch for that like I did.
The worst aspects of the movie can't really be said without spoilers but it uses before seen gags, bad pacing and more than one big middle finger to its audience before the runtime is up.
My one out of 10 goes to the couple of actors that seem to have at least tried to bring it.
Even if you like dumb movies that pour on low brow humour, gore and gozongas, this doesn't deliver in any of those categories.
There's one memorable or even particularly likable character who's who personality is pretending he knows how to get laid. We also have an annoying guy who's still hung up on his stuck up ex girlfriend he is staying with them for stupid reasons.
It's cartoon villain does't help much and the fact that they are aware of a "zombie" outbreak sort of kills any chance for growing dread.
It's barely a comedy, it's slow, lazy, generic and expects you to root for two characters with the charm of an old potato between them to get back together.
There's barely any fansevice either do don't watch for that like I did.
The worst aspects of the movie can't really be said without spoilers but it uses before seen gags, bad pacing and more than one big middle finger to its audience before the runtime is up.
My one out of 10 goes to the couple of actors that seem to have at least tried to bring it.
- GiraffeDoor
- Jul 2, 2019
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This movie is basically inbetweeners meets zombies, it even has "charlotte big jugs" starring in it. If u like your dirty jokes and zombies u should get some enjoyment out of this. It has its hilarious moments and is just a good all round zombie flick.
- davidt-73859
- Oct 18, 2020
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- nogodnomasters
- Jul 22, 2017
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Ibiza Undead (this is one of many titles this film seems to fluctuate around) is quite possibly the worst zombie film I've ever seen. It's not even safe or by-the-numbers, it's just downright offensive. Big Jim is one of the worst characters ever put to the small screen and Matt King is completely underused and is potentially only here for the Peep Show credentials and a quick holiday and paycheck.
The effects are laughable, the zombie make-up is pathetic, and this is a waste of time.
OVERALL: Makes you wish that George A.Romero didn't start the zombie genre
- elliotminorjosh
- Jul 2, 2018
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This comedy/horror film lacks comedy and horror. It does however have other qualities such as bad acting and succeeds in making 95 minutes an endurance test for even the most ardent fan (if there are any) of anyone involved in this abomination. Although, to be fair, there are worse films than Ibiza Undead; however, it is a very fine distinction.
- jrgibson-51931
- Jan 20, 2019
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- Leofwine_draca
- Jan 13, 2019
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Thought that this could have been big fun. Zombies all over Ibiza. But was I wrong, I never laughed and never got into it. the acting was terrible, I didn't see any comedy in it and there's almost no action. You know, three guys going to Ibiza to get really bonkers and having sex all over. Could have been funny but it wasn't.
There are zombies and they looked great but it's more about the guys and their boring situations and conversations. And then the girls, the slut having sex in 30 seconds, the nerdy girl who falls in love, at the end of the day, it's more about them then about the zombies. And then you have the drug dealer, so cliché and not funny at all.
I didn't laugh one bit, didn't enjoyed it at all, after all, most of the attacking is done off-camera.
Gore 0/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 1/5 Story 1/5 Comedy 0/5
There are zombies and they looked great but it's more about the guys and their boring situations and conversations. And then the girls, the slut having sex in 30 seconds, the nerdy girl who falls in love, at the end of the day, it's more about them then about the zombies. And then you have the drug dealer, so cliché and not funny at all.
I didn't laugh one bit, didn't enjoyed it at all, after all, most of the attacking is done off-camera.
Gore 0/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 1/5 Story 1/5 Comedy 0/5
- Marynewcomb2013
- Oct 2, 2018
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Despite a spirited performance from Marcia Do Vales and a solid performance from Emily Atack, there's nothing here to recommend. There are zombies and there's the Spanish location -- as it says on the tin -- but there's nothing novel here. And this is pretty tame in terms of zombie action and pretty lacklustre when it comes to comedy.
Actually a pretty decent movie. Good cinematography, actually looks like it is filmed in this decade by professionals. Good scenery.
Some good comedy scenes. There is a lot of gore, but the zombie scenes could have been done a bit better, mostly comical zombie scenes. Overall this move is worth watching. Especially for younger crowd, as it is a teen spring break zombie movie.
Some good comedy scenes. There is a lot of gore, but the zombie scenes could have been done a bit better, mostly comical zombie scenes. Overall this move is worth watching. Especially for younger crowd, as it is a teen spring break zombie movie.
- dparkhurst-95142
- Nov 17, 2021
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Ibiza Undead is a brilliant new Indie horror film - it's characters are totally believable (and likable) so we are drawn into their world right away. The cinematography is great, Ibiza looks beautiful and the production values are high all the way. If you like horror comedy, zombies or Ibiza you will love this film....go and see it or buy the DVD.
I thought it was pretty good and is definitely worth a watch. It's not comparable to an actual horror zombie movie, but it has some funny moments within it. Some parts may be slow, but it is worth watching it through.
- gonzalez_acassie
- Mar 2, 2019
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I know that 'Sean of the Dead' was released well over ten years before this entry into the - by 2016 - slowly rotting corpse of a genre which all things undead had become by then. If it was released a decade earlier 'Ibiza Undead' may have stood more of a chance for being - at least a little bit - original, but there are simply a hundred better zombie TV shows and movies by this stage.
A group of teens head to Ibiza (while a zombie outbreak is well underway) - this is about the most interesting act of the story as it seems that humanity considers flesh-eating ghouls as simply a minor inconvenience, rather than a threat to their species and the bringers of the apocalypse. There are even pamphlets explaining the 'dos' and 'don'ts' of how to deal with the monsters - to which some of the protagonists are so unbothered that they don't even read them!
Anyway, the two main leads feel like carbon copies of James Corden and his mate's characters from 'Lesbian Vampire Killers.' I've only seen that film the once so I simply remember Corden's performance of being kind of loud-mouthed, over s3xual and swearing a lot. Well, if you don't like Corden and his style in general, you'll hate the dime store version of his character in 'Ibiza Undead.' He's really cringe and hard to watch - even towards the end when the writers try to make us feel sorry for him he messes his 'redemption arc' up and reverts back to his awful type.
Most of the characters are basically unlikable, but at least 'Peep Show's' Matt King puts in a performance that shows he's head and shoulders above the rest. The film doesn't really have the budget for much gore (besides a semi-reasonable amputation about three quarters the way through the film) and it certainly doesn't have the talent from the writers.
If it does have a plus point is that it looks quite pretty with plenty of bright and neon colours, giving off the 'clubby' vibe that Ibiza is famous for (not that I've been there, so I'm just guessing!) and there are a few 'screen wipes' which reminded me of the way they changed scenes in 'Star Wars' which feel a little pointless here.
By the end, you won't really care about any of the protagonists and having them suddenly develop into super zombie bada$$ killers in the final scene feels totally out of place and character and the semi rip-off of the end of the 2004 'Dawn of the Dead' end scene doesn't add a fraction of the emotional weight it did in Zack Snyder's version. In fact, you can watch that, 'Sean of the Dead' or pretty much any other zombie film or TV show and be more entertained or amused than this one.
A group of teens head to Ibiza (while a zombie outbreak is well underway) - this is about the most interesting act of the story as it seems that humanity considers flesh-eating ghouls as simply a minor inconvenience, rather than a threat to their species and the bringers of the apocalypse. There are even pamphlets explaining the 'dos' and 'don'ts' of how to deal with the monsters - to which some of the protagonists are so unbothered that they don't even read them!
Anyway, the two main leads feel like carbon copies of James Corden and his mate's characters from 'Lesbian Vampire Killers.' I've only seen that film the once so I simply remember Corden's performance of being kind of loud-mouthed, over s3xual and swearing a lot. Well, if you don't like Corden and his style in general, you'll hate the dime store version of his character in 'Ibiza Undead.' He's really cringe and hard to watch - even towards the end when the writers try to make us feel sorry for him he messes his 'redemption arc' up and reverts back to his awful type.
Most of the characters are basically unlikable, but at least 'Peep Show's' Matt King puts in a performance that shows he's head and shoulders above the rest. The film doesn't really have the budget for much gore (besides a semi-reasonable amputation about three quarters the way through the film) and it certainly doesn't have the talent from the writers.
If it does have a plus point is that it looks quite pretty with plenty of bright and neon colours, giving off the 'clubby' vibe that Ibiza is famous for (not that I've been there, so I'm just guessing!) and there are a few 'screen wipes' which reminded me of the way they changed scenes in 'Star Wars' which feel a little pointless here.
By the end, you won't really care about any of the protagonists and having them suddenly develop into super zombie bada$$ killers in the final scene feels totally out of place and character and the semi rip-off of the end of the 2004 'Dawn of the Dead' end scene doesn't add a fraction of the emotional weight it did in Zack Snyder's version. In fact, you can watch that, 'Sean of the Dead' or pretty much any other zombie film or TV show and be more entertained or amused than this one.
- bowmanblue
- Oct 22, 2023
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A bunch of young Brits head off to Ibiza, only to find the island over run by zombies. The makers have obviously attempted to make this in the vein of the very popular TV series The Inbetweeners, difference is that that was very funny whereas this is the complete opposite.. The script, the acting, the ending, the characters, it's all terrible and I struggled to get through to the closing credits. Sadly, even then, the pain goes on with various out takes. I have said many times in my reviews that the zombie sub genre has been done to death, that the bad far outweigh the good. And this is a prime example of the crap being churned out by film makers who jump on the zombie bandwagon. The only positive thing that I can say is there is a fair amount of gore, but much of that is cheap looking CGI.
I pretty much hated every minute of this turd of a movie. Avoid!
- Stevieboy666
- Jan 16, 2019
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