Die and Let Live is the story of a couple of regular high school guys just trying to do what high school guys do – endlessly fuck with their friends and try to make out with girls. Benny is trying to impress a girl that he likes by throwing a party and his best friend Smalls giving him all the help that he can. Too bad for them that a local medical testing facilities re-animation experiments have gotten out of hand and zombies are heading for the party too. It’s up to Benny and Smalls to save the party, win the girl’s heart and keep their friendship and themselves alive.

I didn’t have many expectations for this movie. From the start you can see that it’s a pretty poor quality production at least in respect to most Hollywood releases. The opening scene is one of a security guard being attacked by zombies in a parking garage (somehow a staple setting for most no-budget productions). He’s wearing a dress shirt that’s kind of a light royal blue with a security badge hanging off of its limp fabric. The effects in this scene are pretty obvious, but they do the trick to tell the story. I thought it could only get worse from there, but I was dead wrong.

Despite its low-budget and the acting skills leaning toward the poor side, at least in its supporting cast, Die and Let Live is a fucking hilarious zombie comedy. The actors seemed like they were just playing themselves and having a fantastic time making up goofy shit to do on screen.  It’s well paced and well scripted. Sometimes the timing on the jokes drag out to the point of being really unrealistic, but it doesn’t interfere with how hilarious or enjoyable the movie is and actually adds to its comedic charm.

As I said, the special effects in Die And Let Live aren’t all that spectacular, but they work for this comedy very well. For the most part the zombies are just all bloody, but some time was taken, for a good number of them, with some easily accessible effects make-up.

The people behind this movie should definitely go on to produce many comedic films, for this was definitely the aspect they were good at and trying to concentrate on. I think any fan of zombie or comedy or low-budget movie will howl with laughter when viewing Die And Let Live. It’s totally worth seeking out for a viewing with friends.

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