Zombie 5: Killing Birds (1988)

(AKA: Raptors - Zombie Flesh Eaters 4 - UK release title)

My rating - 3.5/10

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A group of collage students take a trip to a swamp area to try and locate a species of bird that's almost extinct. They encounter a blind ex soldier who killed his wife and lover and who's now an expert on birds. While staying in his old house where he killed his wife they encounter some very strange things.

I like Lara Wendel and Robert Vaughn but that's about all the good I can say about this one. Not sure how or why either agreed to star in this movie other than they must have been desperate for money. It's slow moving and when there is some action it's over in a flash and not very exciting. There's one or two half decent gore effects but not enough to keep your interest. Also, for a movie known as Zombie 5 there's very little in the way of zombie action until right at the end, then it's too little and too late.

The acting's not great, the script is really dumb for the most part and the effects, apart from a couple are mostly poor. Even for those of us that enjoy bad horror films I can't recommend this one.

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