dworldeater Boy Eats Girl is a teen horror romantic comedy that is somewhat of a cross between Clueless and Dead Alive aka Brain Dead. I would say that this is more of a teen movie and has more in common with Clueless than Dead Alive though. I would not say that this is as good as either one of those, but also is certainly not bad at all either. This Irish production is not unlike most high school movies. It is centered around teen angst, has clean cut, nerdy guys trying to get laid, super hot girls and meat head jocks that get the hot girls and bully the nerds. Of course the hottest of these girls, is also the coolest and is love interest for our main character. Not atypical for the horror genre, messing around with voodoo is part of why the dead are running around town munching on your neighbor's innards. While the splatter and gore is not super abundant, when it does kick in it is awesome and is real well done. If you have seen a decent amount of movies, Boy Eats Girl probably won't rock your socks off. However, for a zombie comedy you could certainly do much worst. Some reviewers have compared this to Shaun Of The Dead, it is somewhat similar to that except Shaun Of The Dead is much more original and better than this.

Wizard-8 It isn't every day that you get to see a feature film from Ireland. And it especially isn't every day that a feature film from Ireland turns out to be a horror comedy. That's what "Boy Eats Girl" is, but it turns out to be neither fish nor fowl. When it comes to comedy, the movie does have a few mildly humorous moments, but for the most part the movie isn't especially funny - it's either serious or the humor is so low key it almost isn't there. When it comes to horror, the movie does have a few somewhat pleasing bloody moments, particularly the climatic scene that in part rips off the climax of the Peter Jackson film "Dead Alive". But the horror for the most part isn't particularly bloody or chilling to observe. Looking at the comedy and the horror of the movie, I think I see what ultimately sinks the movie - it's directed in a way that lacks bite. The movie is too low key to frighten or induce giggles from the audience. And despite only lasting 80 minutes long, it moves somewhat slowly. It doesn't help that the movie also has a pretty cheap feeling to it, though I guess it looks okay for what had to be a rock bottom budget. The best part of the movie is the cast - they have charm and talent, and you get interested in them even though they are a bit too old to be playing high school students. They make the movie somewhat bearable to watch despite its many shortcomings. I can't recommend the movie, but I'll admit I've seen much worse.

Tss5078 Since starting The Walking Dead, I've been on a bit of a zombie craze, and decided it was time to check out and old movie that had a really interesting cover. Unfortunately, the cover is the only interesting thing about Boy Eats Girl. This was a low budget, independent film, made in Ireland, and boy does it show. The story centers around teenage Nathan, played by a much older guy, who is having girl problems. Nathan is all worried about his female trouble, when he has a fatal accident, or at least one that should be fatal. His mom, not wanting to let go of her son, uses an ancient book on voodoo to bring her son back. The story was very typical for this kind of film, however the budget was so low that parts of it looked like an episode of Goosebumps. Technical I suppose the movie is still considered rated R because of gore, even when the blood looks like V8 juice, but this film is anything but scary. Boy Eats Girl, promises a zombie film for the ages, but it's more laughable than anything else. The film is a mess of mumbled line and some of the worst effects I have ever seen.

BA_Harrison Following in the bloody footsteps of British zombie-themed romantic comedy Shaun of the Dead, Irish movie Boy Eats Girl sees a heart-broken schoolboy, Nathan (David Leon), accidentally hanging himself after mistakenly believing that the girl he loves, Jessica (ex-popstar Samantha Mumba, looking way too old for the part), is a slut.When Nathan's mother discovers the body of her dead son, she steals a voodoo book from the vault of a local church and reanimates him. Unfortunately, she screws up the process (the book is missing a vital page), and Nathan returns as a flesh-craving zombie; it's not long before hordes of hungry undead are rampaging through the streets of Ireland.With its likable characters and fair amount of impressive gore, Boy Eats Girl had the potential to be a real winner. However, lacking any decent laughs and saddled with some particularly crap plot devices, the film is only partially successful. If you a) find it unlikely that a voodoo manual would be lurking in a church vault, and b) doubt that a suddenly bereaved mother would resurrect her son in what appears to be a very messy ritual (we don't get to see the process by which he is brought back to life—another big mistake, I think), then wait 'til you see how the film ends.... the mother 'cures' her zombified son with the bite of a snake that she finds in the church.Yes.... that's right.... a snake bite can cure you of being a rotting flesh-eating corpse!!! One nip from the slithery little blighter, and Nathan is as right as rain, and getting smoochy with Mumba like nothing has happened.Oh well, at least before our hero is returned to normal and gets the girl (sheesh!), fans of excessive violence are treated to a bit of decent splatter (most of which happens towards the end of the film, so gore-hounds hang in there), including a spectacular incident involving a piece of heavy-duty machinery (with which limbs are scattered and bodies crushed), and a great moment where Nathan pulls the head off an undead school bully.