HomeyTao
For having a relatively low budget, the film's style and overall art direction are immensely impressive.
Casey Duggan
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Bessie Smyth
Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.
Kien Navarro
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
Bezenby
The Stink of Flesh is just about the worst zombie film I've watched since Zombie Nightmare. I picked it up for a pound, knowing fine well it was SOV, but willing to give it a chance.Set in a post-zombie world, we've got a guy who goes around using hammers and nails to defeat zombies ending up in the hands of a very strange couple, consisting of a voyeur and his nymphomaniac wife. I thought we were going to get some sort of 'people holed up against the zombies' type scenario, but instead we get some kind of ultra-low brow drama with some stomach churning sex scenes (these people sure are rough), some attempt at off the wall humour, and acting more lifeless than the inside of an ossary.I'm all for low budget films, but the people behind this film seem to have bypassed the action (and the story) and gone straight for people posing (the usual non-chalant shooting of zombies, some sub-par Bruce Campbell one-liners), so much so that they even forgot to include an ending of any sorts. You've seen it better elsewhere.Terrible. Insulting. Worst of all, the DVD I bought had about 17 hours worth of extras that no one except the chronically bored would even watch. If you want to see zombies on an ultra-low budget, watch Wild Zero.
danthewrestlingmanorigin
When I saw several respected horror reviewers claiming they enjoyed this more than 28 Days Later and Shaun Of The Dead, naturally my expectations went way up. Luckily for the filmmakers the hype was genuine, as this is an immensely entertaining film. The gore effects were perfectly executed, and the fight scenes were choreographed in a believable manner. If you have seen the fight scenes in another indie zombie movie called Corpses Are Forever, in which the lead misses the zombie antagonists by a mile on each punch, you can appreciate this films top notch work. The storyline is wonderfully twisted, with some bizarre sexuality, including two very close conjoined sisters, one of whom is more than a little different. The actors all come through, without one poor performance. This is a must see for indie horror fans', and any serious zombie aficionado.
Charles Atlas
I just watched this film and...I liked it. I'm not going to go as far as to call it a masterpiece or anything, but it was funny, nasty and innovative. Not really a zombie film more like a wild, balls out exploitive melodrama with crazy gore and sex. One thing that DID totally stand out was the music..a crazy blend of electronic gurgles, ambient drones and industrial heavy metal that kind of reminded me of John Carpenter with a sort of spaghetti Western vibe. I found out the flick was scored by a guy named Chris Alexander (with vocals by Carrie Eliza) and was amazed to discover that this is the SAME Chris Alexander who writes for my favorite magazine , Rue Morgue (he's the Schizoid Cinephile. I did some research into the guy and found out that he's released a bunch of albums. I gotta get them. So anyway, this is a neat movie with AN AMAZING SOUNDTRACK!!! Check it out...
cmk4868
For a low budget film, this looks amazingly good. There is a script, some good gore effects, and a lot of evident hard work by the cast and crew. The acting is not terrible overall, and this film pays honorable tribute to the low budget zombie flick tradition.Problem comes from the cast and premise. If you must make a sort core zombie flick with frequent nudity, I would argue that having attractive actors in the naked roles is pretty much a requirement. It also would be a good idea to have your strongest actors take the most important roles. They may even teach that last point in real film schools...Instead, we get "Dexy" who not to belabor the point is not in the least attractive, resembling a younger Kathy Bates. If she was as good an actress as Ms Bates, all well and good, but she is really not talented. So to cast her in a key (arguably pivotal) role as the center of the action is unwise as she cannot bear the load of talent needed to transcend her blah appearance. There is too much residual disbelief involved for the audience to imagine a circle of desire and treachery with this uncharismatic and unappealing character as the center of it.The other liability is Kristin Hansen, who plays Sassy. She is such a poor actress that another main liability, the silly Siamese twin claymation face "Dotty", becomes even more tedious. The whole plot involving the soldier falling for Sassy is jaw-droppingly perverse, reminding me of that moment in "Night of the Zombies" when the commando puts on the tutu and pirouettes around the room into the hands of a mob of zombies. The difference is that the latter moment made me laugh because it was enjoyably dumb, while the current instance just made me roll my eyes in incredulity due to the crappy acting job of Ms Hansen.Anyway, these two mediocre actresses in key roles plus the Dotty subplot deflate the movie quite a bit. From the aspiring director in me, I wonder why the director didn't take the two cuter actresses appearing in bit roles and put them in the Dexy and Sassy role. The zombie girl is far more attractive, and the girl Matool rescues from the car is also cuter and can act substantially better than either Dexy or Hansen. So you want a cute woman for naked scenes, you have one, you want a better actress, check have one of those too. The casting of this film therefore makes even less sense objectively...Anyway, if you don't expect even adequate acting from horror movies, and don't mind seeing people who look like they are from the local Applebee's naked, you may be able to enjoy this movie more fully. Even if you are more quality minded, this is a decent viewing for zombie movie completists, as there are a few interesting ideas here and the director seems to have a lot of talent in every element of film production except casting.CMK