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Grace Lee (writer)
Rebecca Sonnenshine (writer)
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Austin Basis ... Ivan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Roger Ainslie ... Jim Miller
Andrew Amondson ... Himself

Alice Amter ... Esperanza McNunn

Kasi Brown ... Maude

Katarina Dorsey ... Attacking Zombie
John Durbin ... Howl

Monique Edwards ... Cheryl Park
Finneus Egan ... Stag
Yuri Elvin ... Zombie Guard Yuri
John Jarvis ... Lead

Gerry Katzman ... Mr. Right
James M. Logan ... Bible Study Guy

Ossie Mair ... Dr. Stan Boyd

Raymond Ma ... Factory Owner

Andi Matheny ... Beverly Fitzpatton
Paulah May ... Zombie Instigator / festival dancer

Suzy Nakamura ... Judy
Philip Newby ... Rodrigo Weiss
Vanessa Peters ... Monique

Micki Schloss ... Frank Velasco
John Solomon ... Himself
Jose Solomon ... Glen

Tracy Thorpe ... Neighbor

María Antonieta Vázquez ... Church Zombie
Al Vicente ... Joel

Kevin Michael Walsh ... Kennedy

Jane Edith Wilson ... Lisa
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Germany:90 min (European Film Market)
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American Zombie Review, 29 April 2007
6/10
Author: Adam Donaghey (anonymous.kook@gmail.com) from United States

When asked if there are flesh-eating zombies out there, Joel--an undead political activist--quickly retorts: "are there flesh-eating humans?" Grace Lee not only directs American Zombie, but plays herself in the film. She teams up with John Solomon--also playing himself--to film a documentary project about an undead community living in L.A. The duo quickly find out that some sort of virus, brought on by a violent death, is plaguing its residents, and ultimately zombifying an entire community.

American Zombie is a veritable slice-of-life of four "revenants"--Joel, founder of Z.A.G.: the Zombie Advocacy Group; Judy, who naively searches for true love and denies her zombiness; Ivan, a convenience store clerk who aspires to be a writer; and Lisa, a florist specializing in funeral arrangements for other people--who secretly longs for her own. Each character represents an average person with average emotions and average problems, showing us that the undead aren't too different than the living. Well, except for their rotting flesh, of course.

What's really great about the film is the absolute mockery the protagonists make of themselves. Grace, the ever-so-astute naturalistic documentarian, and John, the bumbling investigative reporter, are at odds with each other throughout the film, and ultimately to a fault. What makes this film not-so-great is twofold: the running time and the conclusion. I think the film would have been better as a short. While it's in-depth look at each character is interesting, I'm not sure if its compelling enough to steer the audience towards anything meaningful. And even worse is the ending, after which, the audience can no longer sympathize with the plight of the community. Unfortunately, what could have been a provocative social commentary, becomes nothing more than a sensationalistic--albeit unique, comedic and funfilled--mockumentary.

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