When I saw the title for this one, all I could think of immediately was that old Weird Al tune, One More Minute.  If you’ve never heard it, I suggest you do, but wait until after you’ve watched this lest it get as stuck in your head as it did mine.

Anyway, One More Zombie is another in a steadily growing pool of short films about the zombie apocalypse, and that’s exactly what the plot of this one is, too.  A man is out trying desperately to survive in the midst of a zombie apocalypse.  He’ll be recording his journey for us as it proceeds via a Sony Cybershot camera he carries with him.

Will he be savaged by hordes of roaming flesh eaters? Or will something much more ironic happen?

First off, you’ll notice that the “man” in question is about ten years old.  And so are the zombies.  Yes, folks, welcome to indie filmmaking at its finest, where even CHILDREN can make and distribute their own short film.

And yes, by any concrete standard this movie is godawful.  The narrative has more holes in it than cheesecloth, the props are basically whatever they had laying around, the special effects are nonexistent and the dialogue is an utter joke, doubly so considering they are working utterly without a script.

But you have to balance that assessment against the fact that this was shot by children with no budget.  In terms of relative accomplishment, they’ve pulled off the amateur film making equivalent of Gone With The Wind.  They have made, relative to their skill, experience and training, a one in a million golden BB that deserves to be seen.

And in utter truth, I would a thousand times sooner watch this again than ANYTHING that Ulli Lommel has put out any time in the last five years.

The Screenhead Ten Scale, meanwhile, is at a loss on how to score this movie.  By any rational scale it is a near total failure.  But what it represents is worth more than rubies.  And thus, it’s left to split the difference and apply a handicap.

For sheer effort, kids, you take home a six out of ten on the Screenhead Ten Scale.  You have gone where many before you have failed and come out looking pretty good.  You survived one of the toughest tests in film journalism.

Be sure to let me know when the next one comes  out.