A Father’s DayImagines a Gruesomely Sweet Zombie Family Reunion

Most zombie story are set just as the irruption is materialise , as desperate people — often families , as seen in late films likeCargoandTrain to Busan , but going all the style back to Night of the Living Dead — seek to protect their bang I . This short place a refreshfully different perspective on the familiar .

It ’s called A Father ’s Day , which is kind of a giveaway claim , but Mat Johns ’ poignant ( and very , very ghastly , as befits the capable affair — maybe wait until after you ’ve eaten to watch ) shortsighted film focalize on a reunification that takes place mail - Book of Revelation . Feasting on a refreshful kill , a zombie homo spots a snake god girl lurking hungrily in the background , and even though he ’s rotting off his bones , there ’s a flash of recognition . They ca n’t talk , and they can barely take the air , but dammit … family is family .

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