Full confession: I've never read any R.L. Stine. I understand that he writes very popular scary/scary-adjacent books for kids/tweens, though, so when the A.V. Club put this Zombie Town on its list of Hulu Halloween movies to watch, I thought, "Sure, that sounds good." Reader, it was not good.
In Carverville, a small town named after its most famous resident, a schlock horror director who put forth dozens of zombie movies, said director (played by Dan Ackroyd) is releasing his first zombie flick in 30 years. Everyone in town is super-excited about it, except Mike, who doesn't like horror movies and has a crush on his best friend Amy. When Carver drops off the movie, Mike calls Amy to give her a private showing (not a euphemism) and they unwittingly unleash the curse inside the movie, turning everyone in town into zombies. Except for them and Carver because [movie reasons]. Mike and Amy have to survive the zombies and break the curse.
This is a PG-13 rating so the zombies don't eat brains or flesh: they suck out your soul so none of them are technically dead. The two leads, Mike and Amy, have no chemistry. The acting is excruciating. The dialogue is awkward at best. The zombies are boring. The best parts are (1) a couple of really good pop songs and (2) the fake trailers for Carver's 1970s zombie movies - I wish I'd gotten to see those instead.
An article on Decider said SKIP IT and I should have.
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