Zombie Reddy

Prasanth Varma's 2021 Telugu film follows a game developer travelling to Kurnool for a friend's wedding. An outbreak begins in the region and the wedding guests are soon surrounded. The film joins the zombie genre to local politics. An old feud between two groups in the district continues through the outbreak; the narrative makes comic material of it and localises the genre deliberately. It was made on a low budget with limited effects, and the narrative does not conceal this. Teja Sajja leads. The tone is light and the violence exaggerated; the film is counted among the first examples of the genre in Telugu cinema. Who it's for: those who like zombie comedy and regional experiments in genre. Who it's not for: viewers expecting suspense; the film never takes its horror seriously.