Main cast: Maaike Neuville (Alison), Bart Hollanders (Michael), Benjamin Ramon (Daniel), and Clara Cleymans (Janja)
Director: Lars Damoiseaux

Now, picture this: I’m not sure how it is allowed, but a typical mad scientist is allowed to have his own lab in a hospital, one that is pretty open and, as this movie demonstrates, easily accessible. He and his assistant throw what looks like a corpse, no doubt the result of his latest experiment, into the incinerator and then leave.

Unfortunately, they should have left a Post-It note on the door, something like “Do not open!”, because later, the janitor comes in. Hearing noises from inside the incinerator, he opens the door, and oops. By the way, why would he open the incinerator when it’s running? Can one even open the door when the incinerator is running?

So, yeah, this is Yummy. Watch it, don’t think about what one is watching, or else one will never get to enjoy it.

Sadly for our protagonist Alison, what is supposed to a happy day is ruined because of the idiots in the hospital. She is here for a breast reduction surgery. Yay, no more unwanted attention from the people around her, or so she hopes. Instead of that, what happens is that her bumbling boyfriend, while wondering around the place as he waits for her, stumbles upon this near-naked lady bound to a bed and gagged.

He releases her, and oops, she’s a zombie-like thing. It soon infects other people in the hospital, while the idiot tries to get Alison out only to be accidentally jabbed with a sedative and falls unconscious onto the floor. Seriously, I’m with Alison’s mother when it comes to the boyfriend Michael: he’s such an idiot, and a clumsy, bumbling clod as well, that I have to question her taste when it comes to men.

Sure, one can commend Michael for bucking the stereotype that boyfriends in zombie films are capable and macho, but this fellow can’t do anything without knocking himself out. Not only is he responsible for this crap, he can’t do anything right to help even when his back is against the wall. My favorite is how he makes this bomb to blow open a door after failing to push it open, only to have Alison open it on her own because, as she puts it, “this is a fucking sliding door”.

I know I am supposed to laugh at him, but it’s hard because it’s I feel so much secondhand embarrassment just watching this guy. He gets a little better in the final 30 minutes of the movie, a little better that is, not too much, for what that’s worth.

At any rate, Alison has far more things to worry about than the size of her bra.

Yummy is a lovely zombie movie that doesn’t try too hard to make a statement or be politically correct, and the end result is a gorgeous, gory bloodbath that blends dark humor and carnage like nobody’s business. The comedy isn’t over the top or in your face, as the humor relies more on dark twists and ironic developments, so the blending of gore and comedy never gets in the way of one another.

Of course, as this is a zombie movie, it lives or dies by its zombies, and here the effects are solid. The zombies look ghastly and terrifying, and while they aren’t the slow, shambling sort that purists would insist on, they are also not the high-speed road runner type that always make me roll up my eyes. There are lovely, graphic scenes of guts getting ripped out and other typical kills, but livening up the party are additional fun twists such as a penis on fire (don’t ask) and a fatal case of reverse liposuction.

Throughout it all, Alison is a pretty good leading lady, as she gets to be tough while at the same time remaining believable as a young lady that is out of her depths in many ways. While Michael is just a cringe-generating train wreck, she holds her own very well and makes for a nice lead character for me to root for.

All in all, this is a nice zombie film that bites good and hard. I think it’s definitely worth a peek for fans of the genre!