Wyrmwood is a heady mix of make-shift cars, chopped up limbs and gore-soaked True Blue Aussie muscle, which places it somewhere between Mad Max and Peter Jackson’s early splatter movies. It is defiantly old-school, and while it eventually runs out of its initial momentum, Wyrmwood is a funny and heartfelt zombie movie that keeps its running time short and its list of survivors even shorter.
Directing brothers Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner have avoided both ultra-grit and total splatstick to pitch Wyrmwood somewhere in between, and it works. Barry (Jay Gallagher), is a mechanic and family man who quickly learns that the burgeoning zombie apocalypse takes no prisoners. Joined by fellow survivor Benny (Leon Burchill) as he wanders through rural New South Wales, the pair try to survive both the zombie horde and a sinister group of self-appointed soldiers who have also kidnapped Barry’s sister Brooke (Bianca Bradey). It’s a standard set up, but with a larrikin flavour; you better believe beer is still an important commodity in the zombie apocalypse.
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