In Dead Meat, a couple driving through a rural part of Ireland hit a pedestrian and apparently kill him. During there attempt to take the body into town where the authorities can deal with the matter, the dead man up and attacks them, biting the driver on the neck. His girlfriend Helena runs from the attacker only to find she is being chased by other undead assailants. She happens upon a friendly grave digger who offers to help her out by taking her back to his farm. So starts their journey over zombie occupied rural territory in an attempt to survive this mad cow induced zombie outbreak.

Dead Meat is a good example of what a talented director can do with a low budget. Some of the gore gags come off as being inspired by Peter Jackson, but not overly so. The cinematography was pretty good compared to most low budget production, even good for regular Hollywood productions. The plot wasn’t all that great, it’s mostly just people trudging through the country-side trying to get somewhere. The acting was decent and the dialog was passable.

The special effects make-up probably suffered most from the low budget, but the camera doesn’t linger far too long, which makes it more bearable. The zombies pretty much just had a messed up latex and blood look to them.  There were more than a few decapitations and dismemberment scenes with varying rates if success.

All in all, Dead Meat was enjoyable, but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it to non-zombie fans. At 78 minutes long, it’s short and sweet and could be enjoyed by a group imbibing alcohol and engaging in merriment. Not bad.

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