Review: Smallville (S09E03)

Young Superman fights the dead in an episode called 'Rabid'

Oh dear, Smallville has been scraping the barrel for a few years now but this was a shambles. Somehow this episode was worse than the vampire episode ("Thirst" S05E05) which proves a light hearted, camp, comic adaptation series shouldn't try serious horror.

This episode features Zombies as a minor annoyance to the characters who just want to moan about how bad their life is.

The whole episode is very amateur and would scream 'student film!' if it wasn't for the fancy camera filters they always use. The make up is good but nothing special and blood is well hidden so parents won’t complain about what the kids are watching. The censors at the television network must have been all over the show as soon as they mentioned a zombie episode was in the works and watered it down to the drivel we have today.

*Spoiler*

The worst part of this episode is that some of the main characters turn into Zombies and look rotten, yet a cure is found (really quickly!) and the city folk are restored to normal – no rot what so ever. Just like in the episode mentioned above (Thirst) where Lana Lang turns into a vampire and even breaks her neck but a cure is found and she is fine. How convenient for her.

*End of Spoiler*

In conclusion – it was very bad.

Editors note: I actually like to watch Smallville, it is a fun and great to watch when you want some non-serious escapism. Whether you like or hate Smallville and you happened to catch this episode then let me know what you thought of it.