With a better script and direction, this could have made it past meh. As it is, it stops dead in its shacks...erm, I mean tracks, too many time to really work. Likeable cast, but they needed something better to work with.

Standard zombie comedy, but it's low-key and keeps it tight, so it's entertaining enough throughout. The characters are pretty fun and likeable, which gives the movie more mileage.

"Dead Shack" clearly sets out to be "your" midnight movie... it just frequently falls flat. I'm not sure if the movie operates on multiple layers of irony as the script is sometimes so bad that it couldn't be anything but intentional. While there is fun to be had I just cannot rate this neutral based on some scenes. [spoiler]- The drunken dad checking out the place is just pushing it too hard... - Of course there is a shack with "cool gear" and weapons to stock up... I could have looked past this if the follow-up scenes weren't so anti-climatic (the gang vs. the zombie doggies). - There are a lot of "stiff" character scenes in it but no one reacting immediatley to their dead dad? wtf - Ending the movie with a call from Jason's mom when this topic was already only shoehorned in previously and completly undermining the "family drama" of Colin and Summer... - Oh... and the synth OST did not fit into most scenes :(.[/spoiler]