Mutant Vampire Zombies from the 'Hood! (2008)

This was directed by a guy who went on to make films for The Asylum and stars C. Thomas Howell, who was in good films in the 1980's, mediocre films in the '90's and Asylum trash since. A solar flare in Los Angeles causes people exposed to it to turn into zombies and also keeps fires from lighting, though none of this is explained. Whether we're dealing with mutants, vampires or zombies, is also never clear. There's a couple of unaffected cops and two rival gangs - one black, one Asian - and they have to take matters into their own hands. There's humor, which sometimes works, but it's played mostly straight, which, given the title, was unexpected. The effects are okay, the acting passable, the story and direction adequate; I'm not sure if the washed-out overexposed look was intentional or not. It's not terrible.