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While searching for a "cure all" serum Dr. Edward Kanopolus "Dr. K" (David H. Hickey Sin City) is being pressured for results by the pharmaceutical company funding the project. With time running out tragedy and desperation drive him to make decisions that will jeopardize the lives of everyone around him and ultimately unleash a terrifying monster on a killing spree. SERUM is a cutting edge thriller filled with twists and turns that will leave you breathless as you watch the bloody chaos unfold!System Requirements:Run Time: 87 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: NR UPC: 761450737860 Manufacturer No: HH73786

Rating : - A weak attempt at a Medical/Zombie/Horror/Comedy.
SERUM is basically about a doctor named Dr. Eddie Kanopolus (David H. Hickey) who is obsessed with developing a miracle drug that can cure any disease. When his funding suddenly becomes jeopardized and his nephew is hit by a vehicle and puts him into a coma, he's forced to do something drastic to find the final ingredient for his serum: brain fluid from a live human. His experiment eventually goes wrong, creating a zombie-like creature that goes on a brain-eating rampage in the nearby town. There's also a subplot with his nephew (also named Eddie) and his girlfriend making amends, trying to patch up a relationship gone bad.

I've never been big on Medical Horror and after watching SERUM, I came to the conclusion that based on the script, it had the potential to be mediocre at best but even failed to do that. This movie just stinks. It's not the worst movie I've ever seen and it had some decent moments in it, but it just failed on so many levels. I won't get into the low quality of the film, because it IS a low budget Indie horror film after all, and poor film quality usually comes with the territory. But there are some scenes that are so grainy that it makes the film look like it was made in the 80's. Also I'm curious as to how they cast this movie because most of the actors are terrible. Hickey did a good job as Dr. Kanopolus and even actor Derek Phillips did a pretty good job as the young Eddie, but for the most part the rest of the cast was terrible. However, all of the women in the film are super hot and we do get some obligatory nudity. My BIGGEST problem with the film was the directing and the editing. It's like there was absolutely no intention of making this film scary with how it was all presented. From the characters to the killer zombie to the gore, it was all just way too corny. Even the cheap scares aren't effective. And the ending is so dumb that it appropriately puts the final nail in the coffin of a movie that gets worse just when you think it COULDN'T.

There are movies that are so bad that they're good and there are some movies that are just bad period. This is one of the movies that's just BAD. It's just a below average Medical Horror movie with no real entertaining moments, no scary moments, below average gore, and moments that attempt to be funny but end up failing. The verdict: Don't bother.

1.5 stars