Plane Dead
UK Premiere

Runtime: 97mins
Tagline: Fly the deadly skies...
Directed by: Scott Thomas
Written by: Syndney Iwanter
and Mark Onspaugh

Plot Outline
Flight of the Living Dead, previously advertised as 'Plane Dead' this film takes you aboard a routine flight from LA to Paris, a renegade scientist is transporting a coffin containing the body of a colleague killed by a genetically-engineered virus.

The jumbo jet collides with two massive thunderstorms and the turbulence triggers the release of the 'flesh-eating' scientist from the cargo hold. And she is very hungry! As the creature feeds, it passes on the deadly virus, working its way through the passengers and crew.

No government will let the aircraft land, and there is talk of blowing it out of the skies. Stranded in the air the remaining passengers are running out of places to hide.

Forget Snakes on a Plane, think zombies on a plane – priceless..

Overall Impressions:
I've had many a discussion with many a people about how they just don't make good 'bad' films anymore, but it seems once in a while they do and this fills a certain hunger I have. From the initial get-go it begins to fill you in with the "cliche central" characters.

The celebrity golfer with club at hand, the retiring pilot on his last flight, the hero cop with attached con artist criminal, the pretty heroine flight attendant, the slutty flight attendant, the nun, the villain doctor who is the one to blame for the whole zombie fiasco and ofcourse the token young couples who will make out in the toilets at the wrong time.

It's all about the setup, which is done to a calculated perfection in my opinion. This is certainly no ground-breaking feature, its a parody in essence, but this is where it scores. The lead-up is the stronger portion I have to admit, but here-on as the sequences of unleashed zombies on a plane kick in, you know you're in for a comical ride. Each and every character that has been introduced play their part in keeping you entertained. I would say it falls under comedy more than it does horror, but there is ample blood-spray and decapitation, so I wouldn't recommend it to the squealing variety of audience.

There are a couple of sequences of "let's go into the basement one by one" and I thought this was hilarious, it really fit the cliche' which we've seen many a time except back then you were supposed to be taking it seriosuly (i think). The whole film to me had a very Family-Guy / Southpark kinda humour about it. -- Pink-Eye in particular.

What I enjoyed the most was the play between the con and the cop, the dialogue between them was totally inspired. You can tell that must have had great fun making this & they're got exactly what they intended.

Perhaps back in the day films like this were made simply because it would be financially viable, and because adventurous sci-fi was less so, but I really think these B-movies have a place to fill in the current day industry too, and I'm really glad they are still doing this.

Nostalgic in itself, a great modern-day interpretation of the B-movie genre. (7 out of 10)

I also wonder if it was based at all on this webcomic of the same title?