Osombie

Alriiiight! I am so proud to have this in my collection. Just to have a DVD cover that depicts Osama Bin Laden as a member of the living dead fills me with a warmth that the quality of the movie couldn't possibly replicate. 'Bin Laden will die again' oh stop! Its just too perfect. Its the kinda thing you might want around if you have people over at your house and they happen to be browsing through your DVDs. Its cool that I don't have to bring it up, people will see it, ask about it and awesome, I get to talk about this movie! Its like owning Sharktopus, it sucks but when people see it they will turn to you and go 'hey whats this' and you'll tell them the basic premise and they'll say 'wow, that sounds mental!' and laugh, all the while you're hiding the fact that it really isn't as much fun as it sounds...

Osombie is what all good exploitation cinema is made of, see Iron Sky, though they waited 60 years before cashing that particular cow. But hey, these guys saw the potential, went there and pulled the trigger and the results are kinda like Sharktopus but not quite. Where Sharktopus (half shark, half octopus) failed was that aside from one or two actual Sharktopus encounters there wasn't much Sharktopus on screen, just people moving from place to place and being bored. With Osombie, there isn't very many encounters with the titular Osama Bin Laden zombie but more with his zombified minions. Unlike Sharktopus though, it isn't completely boring, but Bin Laden isn't milling about in every scene, quipping and pulling someones head off. Disappointing.

After that who gives a shit right? The whole point is for Osombie to be front and centre! Well, its not all bad, the gore is decent-ish and it moves along at a fair old pace. When you actually see Osombie, the make-up is pretty cool! So, its not the worst thing ever..I mean if you really don't want to sit through this movie just pick up the cover shake your head and say 'Feckin' hell, what a ridiculous idea', cause frankly that's about as clever and fun this movie gets.

What I'm trying to say is go see Iron Sky.