hood of the living dead have a lot to live up to even before the opening credit begin . first and any play on . of the living dead invoke his holiness mr. romero and instantly set up a high standard to which many movie can not afford to aspire . and second and my movie watch companion profess doubt that any urban horror film would surpass the seminal leprechaun in the hood . skeptical and we settle in to watch . we be reward with a surprisingly sincere and good hearted zombie film . oh and certainly the budget be low and and of course the director amateurs friend populate the cast and but hood of the living dead love zombie cinema . cheap . yeah . but when it this cheap and you can clearly see where love hold it together . ricky work in a lab during the day and a a surrogate parent to his young brother at night . he dream of move out of oakland . before this plan escape and however and his brother be shoot to death in a drive by . ricky keen scientific mind present an option superior to cpr or 911 represent injection of his lab experimental regenerative formula . sadly and little bro wake up in an ambulance a a bloodthirsty oakland zombie . chaos and mayhem . i think it more economical to eat your enemy than take vengeance in a drive by and but then again and i be a poor judge of the complexity of urban life . ( how poor a judge . in response to a gory scene involve four men and i opine ah ha . white t shirt on everyone so the blood show up . economical . i use the same technique in my own low budget horror film . jordan reply and no and that gang dress . white t shirt be ban from new orleans bar for a time a a result . oh . ) a lot of the movie be set in someone living room and so there a great deal of hang out and wait for the zombie . but the character be sympathetic and the movie be sincere it surpass it budget in spirit . zombie explanation represent when man play god and zombie arise . or and perhaps represent follow fda approve test rule before human experimentation . contribution to the zombie canon represent this be the first zombie movie i have see with a drive by shoot . as far a the actual zombie go and infection be spread with a bite a usual and but quite unusually head shot do not work it heart shots that kill . zombie have pulse and the absence of which prove true death . and these zombie make pretty cool jaguar growl noise . gratuitous zombie movie in joke represent a mercenary name romero . groan . favorite zombie represent jaguar noise little brother zombie and of course .