We Forgot About The Zombies
2023 · 4m
Directed by Chris McInroy
Genres: comedy, horror, sci-fi
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, humorous
Two dudes think they found the cure for zombie bites.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
A zombie film that doesn't care about zombies—it's actually about two guys solving a problem, which is absurd enough to work; the genre window dressing becomes a Trojan horse for something genuinely weird that most shorts would've straightened into earnestness.
McInroy demonstrates control over tone and timing in service of a deceptively simple setup, though the film's conceptual lightness resists the kind of formal rigor or lineage-consciousness that tends to define the short form at its most considered.
The film hinges on a single choice—treating the zombie apocalypse as background noise rather than spectacle—and that tonal gamble, sustained across four minutes with committed performances, is what transforms a logline into something that actually breathes.
Reviews
Chris McInroy schenkt uns mit „We Forgot About The Zombies“ ein kleines bisschen mehr Erfahrung für die Zombie-Apokalypse. Ein herrlich absurder Kurzfilm (der hier und da etwas blutig ist, aber noch kein FSK18-Label benötigt, denke ich).