Dead Heads - Refreshing take on the recently-overused zombie genre

Like zombies? Tired of watching Mila what's-her-name kicking hordes of them out of her way in heels? Bored of George Romero pretending that he's still relevant? If the answer to any of these questions is `yes' then this could be the film for you.

Deadheads is about a zombie uprising, only two of those groaning shufflers just so happens to be intelligent. Yes, they're dead. Yes, they're decomposing and yes, bits of them are falling off (I'll leave it to your imagination to guess which bits). In fact, they're basically alive, apart from the fact that their fellow walkers don't want to eat them and the remaining humans all want to shoot them in the head. Add to this that one of the two unfortunate living zombies is still pining for his ex girlfriend and you have a road trip across America with two wisecracking zombies.

The two IQ-upped undead also take along a `conventional' zombie (who they call `Cheese' for some reason - I might have missed why) and treat him like a pet. Cheese, in turn repays them by stealing every scene even though he does little else but groan and look slightly confused.

There are plenty of pop culture references added into the mix and, before long, you may even forget you're watching what is, in effect, quite a low budget `student-like' film.

Ultimately, Deadheads is a fun film for all the family (assuming your family is `The Adams Family'). It has great characters with even greater facial hair and may even take the place of the hallowed Shaun of the Dead in the Zomromcom department.

Now, just remember never to ask a zombie what he keeps in his pocket.

8/10 The Force is definitely strong with this one