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Not seeing enough zombies? Can’t wait for this summer’s Mad Max reboot? This new Australian horror comedy from Kiah Roache-Turner should hold you, as a small band of beer-drinkers armors up to face undead flesh-eaters in the bush. Head shots galore, leavened by some throwaway gags. The faced-paced film does stumble in places — there’s a kidnapping/mad-scientist plot that doesn’t make sense, and maybe the government is up to no good? — but few people come to zombie cinema for the intricate plots. Wyrmwood does offer plenty of zombie kills, including one with a boomerang, because Australia.
This article appears in Mar 4-10, 2015.
