Weekly ‘Flix Fix: Boy Eats Girl
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“Boy Eats Girl” is the classic story of the boy trying to get the girl—only this time, there are zombies and Irish accents.
Directed by Stephen Bradley and released in 2005, the movie follows Nathan, a 17-year-old boy just trying to take his relationship with his friend, Jess, out of the “friend zone.” After she fails to show up to their secret meeting place where he plans to ask her out, he is convinced that she is seeing another guy and goes on a drinking binge.
Unfortunately, this ends in his accidental death. However, his mother is able to bring him back to life. While at first he does not realize that he is one of the undead, he finally figures it out after his mother gives him the “your body is going through some changes” speech as he discovers that he craves human flesh and bites off part of the school bully’s face. Thus, the giant army of zombie high school students is born.
The movie begins with some pretty dark scenes depicting Nathan’s death. However, the hilarious one-liners between his two best friends and the zombie footage (especially the scene where one guy is bitten to death in a rather compromising position) make the movie a funny high school spoof.
And even though the movie never explains why of the all zombies except the protagonist are mindless or whether snakebites cure soullessness or hunger for human flesh, all is forgiven as soon as the discussions of flying zombies or Diggs’ former feelings for a now armless zombie girl begin.
This movie deserves three out of four hooves for hilarity, accurate depictions of zombies, a Gossip Girl-esque depiction of high school, and, again, Irish accents.