Geronimonsters!

Undead or Alive (2007)
Director-Glasgow Phillips
Starring- Chris Kattan, James Denton, Navi Rawat

Elmer (Denton) and Luke (Kattan) escape from jail just in time to escape a zombie curse bestowed upon white men(?) by Geronimo before he died. They don't get very far out of town when they have a run-in with Sue, an indian girl with a big bone to pick with the U.S. Army for killing her uncle--Geronimo.

Problems escalate when A. the Army catches up with Elmer and he finds out they're also zombies, and B. Elmer and Luke are bitten and must figure out how to not become zombies.
I've seen (horribly done) vampire westerns, but never a zombie western. Fortunately, this one was done with humor in mind, and done right at that. I was a little surprised to see Denton take a break from Desperate Housewives for this, but he proved himself a very capable actor opposite Kattan.

Phillips seems to deliberately break some classic cinematic rules in this movie, starting with letting Kattan's dorky sidekick character get it on with Sue, instead of Denton's tall dark stranger character. It also ends on a completely different note from what one might expect, which made this movie a great one to remember. I won't spoil it here, but lets just say that while it's not my "favorite" type of ending, it's definitely a close 2nd. Technically, there are two endings, one of them involving the first zombie seen in the movie. That ending was great, too.

One of my favorite scenes is when Elmer and Sue are having an intense argument over evolution, and Elmer ends the argument by asking her what book she's been reading (this movie takes place just before Origin of Species and the popularity of Darwinism, I assume).

The silliest part? When someone screams "Geronimonster"!

Rating: 4/5