Zombie Killers: Elephant Graveyard, If Romero Wrote Peyton Place

In 2015 the zombie subgenre had not yet ran out of steam.  Oddly, a very imaginative and epic zombie film sneaked in with not much notice.  A terrific cast, millions of zombies, just the right amount of social commentary, and even enough cheese and beef for pimply faced teens to grab onto. With 'Peyton Place' type drama, a warning to be cautious with our innovation, and zombie fish as a sub-plot, 2015's "Zombie Killer: Elephant Graveyard," directed by B. Harrison Smith is our feature today. 

The zombie apocalypse has occurred. Doc (Brian Anthony) is holding his makeshift town, Ellwood, together. Because of the zombie outbreak, at times he must be cruel...for the greater good of the uninfected, I suppose. You get infected...you get evicted or...well, you'll see. Seiler (Billy Zane) heads a group of youngsters charged with zombie killing. They go on scouting missions to try to thin out the zombie herds. Back at the home front, Toni (Mischa Barton) is 8 months pregnant and her baby may be infected. Oh yes, a young zombie killer, Ian (Michael Kean) is engaging in pre-marital sex with a dame out of his league, Nikki (Gabrielle Stone)...while his mom (Dee Wallace) is dying in the next room.

Uh oh...Rory (Brian Gallagher) believes he knows what caused the virus.  He takes Seiler, Ian, and a couple more to the fracking mine to confirm.  There he confirms his theory and the team meet a thousand zombies.  Even worse...his discovery grows into something far more horrific than a zombie apocalypse.  When an apocalypse is in fact something a little more than a mere apocalypse, it is time to worry.  Now weirdness, apart from zombies, creeps into the plot. Zombie bucks and zombie fish are omens of a far more sinister fate than what is at hand.  Doc is given the ominous task of making sense out of Rory's discovery.  Now we have a horror story! Oh! Remember the aforementioned thousand zombies? Ha!  That's the tip of the iceberg.  No spoilers here...but suffice to say, the word apocalypse may be too easy of a term to throw out.  What is looming is something of biblical (figurative) proportion.

Is Toni's baby infected?  Just what did Rory discover at the fracking site?  Would Ian have been able to land a babe like Nikki in a normal world?  Ambitious and epic at times, the entirety of this film poses a very important question.  However new, shiny, and perfect the perceived answers to our problems may seem...shouldn't we be cautious and err on the side of...well...err on the side of not f***ing thing up!? See "Zombie Killers: Elephant Graveyard" today and avoid thinking you're watching a zombie apocalypse film.