B-movies are consistently one of the richest veins to mine when you’re after dumb-but-fun entertainment, with horror, in particular, thriving in the sphere of cheap stupidity. The B-horror wave has died down since the VHS heyday, but a self-aware release from 2014 has reached the surface at last.
Giving you exactly what it says on the tin is Zombeavers. Yes, they’re beavers. Yes, they’re also zombies. And yes, there’s some truly shameless nudity just in case you weren’t sure if it was a trashy B-movie or not. Years on from its initial release, horror fans are entertaining discussions over the ridiculous flick.
Seeing a group of college students on spring break get inundated with undead rodents, everything you could predict about its content is absolutely true. With zero surprises, it’s exactly what genre hardcore fans are after, and best of all it’s actually fairly funny. Zombeavers was a viral sensation upon its first trailer but has decayed a tad in the years since.
Visually it’s not overly dynamic, nor is Zombeavers a game-changer for cinematography but it’s perfectly in the category of crowd-pleasing.
Zombeavers also has B-movie aficionados steadfast in their belief about why B-horror is the absolute best of the best. Horror is often compared to comedy in terms of how it has a set-up and punchline, but bad horror can still be fun. The bad comedy will make you want to off everyone involved in the production.
If you aren’t quite sold on it yet, perhaps the shock cameos of Bill Burr and John Mayer will see you rush to your local streamer. Zombeavers is available to stream on Tubi.