Zombie Honeymoon (2004)

"Zombie Honeymoon" is an independent film that definitely does not fit the norm for zombie movies, rather it fits a genre that I like to call "romantic zomedy." The film starts off with a cute, newlywed couple on their honeymoon in a house on the beach. Things go wrong when the couple (Danny and Denise) are playing in the surf on the beach and a zombie appears out of the ocean and infects Danny with his seed. He appears to die for ten minutes but returns to life as a normal human being, or so it appears. The gore-fest begins when Denise finds Danny chowing down on their obese neighbor in the bathroom. The film continues with, until the end, with Denise attempting to cope with the love of her life and his new found appetite for human flesh.
I have seen a lot of zombie movies, and "Zombie Honeymoon" definitely presents some new ideas and concepts about what a zombie is. Different zombie movies present the transformation from living to undead differently and "Zombie Honeymoon" uses a very interesting concept in the transformation of Danny into a zombie. Danny starts out by getting sprayed in the face with blood by a zombie hailing from the ocean, which is a pretty standard practice as presented in "28 Days Later." Danny then passes into the next realm and a few short minutes later, reanimates. Now what makes this different from other zombie movies is that when Danny reanimates, he is a completely coherent human being. Then throughout the movie, it shows how his body slowly decays and his hunger for flesh grows into an insatiable desire for blood. In beginning of his transformation he attacks and eats people but he can control himself around Denise and more or less act normal, for the situation he is in.
This film ended up being a pretty interesting movie with a very interesting zombie concept and plot, and special effects and gore comparable to any major zombie movie. It wasn't really what I was expecting and has a very strong emotional aspect to it as you become attached to the couple and their undying love for each other, even given the circumstances. This attachment leads a pretty sad ending, but a necessary sadness. "Zombie Honeymoon" gets a 4/5.