Junk (2000)
The Dead Hate the Living! (2000)

Two do-it-yourself zombie flicks from devoted zombie-flick fans, these two films demonstrate what's so neat about the horror community. Neither film is really very good (Junk has too many obnoxious characters and an inconsistent rhythm; Dead is overly derivative of Lucio Fulci, which makes it a copy of a copy) but there's a sense of fun that you just can't get from studio product. It's by gore fans for gore fans. Junk-food cinema, for sure, but then who doesn't want a Baby Ruth every now and then?

Both films: B-