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‘Queens of the Dead’ Review: A Zombie Farce That Wears Its Bedazzled Heart on Its Sleeve
Tina Romero’s feature debut 'Queens of the Dead' remixes her father’s penchant for social commentary through a modern queer lens.
The overt religious symbolism continues courtesy of anxious male nurse Sam (Jaquel Spivey), who dances his way through hospital halls while offering his patients blood-red shots of Jell-O, like some perverse yet playful communion. Before the splatter kicks off — courtesy of a televised announcement from a cameoing Tom Savini, a zombie makeup legend — Sam learns that his former boss and best friend, the overworked butch DJ and drag producer Dre (a charismatic Katy O’Brien) is in sudden need of a new lead dancer at a dive bar. As curtain approaches, Dre is pulled in a million different directions by her various performers — played by the likes of drag queen Nina West and Broadway’s Tomás Matos — in addition to her ditzy intern Kelsey (Jack Haven), and her conspiratorial and amusingly behind-the-times brother-in-law Barry (Quincy Dunn-Baker).
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