No.809: 'Helldriver' is a J-Splatter zombie flick from the crown-prince of the genre, Yoshihiro Nishimura. A cannibalistic serial killer is struck by a meteorite shortly after eating her husband's legs. This transforms her into a zombie queen and also releases a mist which turns 6 million people into zombies.
There's a surprisingly thoughtful sub-plot about zombie rights and legions of rampaging undead causing a refugee crisis along with a food and hosting shortage. However, that's just fluff really because the meat(!) of the thing is absurd action, gallons of blood and a lot of very improbable physics. This is a movie which features a jumbo jet made of zombies, powdered by two missiles. Yes, the overall joke is definitely stretched too far but it's hard to criticise a film bursting with so many original ideas.
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