She prepared for the ball in the usual fashion; fastening her sheaths and harnesses securely under her dress. No zombie could ruin this night for her, it was a rare occasion that anyone had fun with the undead running around. She slid her various knives into their respective holders, let down her gown, took one last look the mirror, and headed out ready for a zombie or a dance.

It is now a truth universally acknowledged that mixing zombies and classic literature does not a movie make. “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” rated PG-13 for sad zombie gore and the occasional raunchy joke, is not a little like what one would image. It is exactly like one would imagine. This one hour and 48 minute zombie montage is nothing like the classic novel but is still unoriginal.

“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” directed by Burr Steers, is full of all the favorite Austen characters from the Bennets to Bingley, Darcy and more. But there is one important character group added: zombies. It is up to the people of England to defend themselves against the undead.

The Bennet girls are not only trained in the social conduct of Regency era England, they are trained as warriors to fight the undead. Elizabeth finds herself butting heads with the dark Mr. Darcy who is quick to judge and suspect infection. But Elizabeth chooses to see a chance at goodness in everyone except Mr. Darcy. Their first impressions and bullheaded pride lead them to cross paths more than once in their quest for love and most importantly refuge, during a looming zombie war.

This movie was cast fairly well, that is to say that most of the actors were recognizable from other popular titles. But the overall representation of Austen’s iconic characters was worn and poorly interpreted. Lily James presented a cutthroat version of Jane Austen’s fun loving Lizzie Bennet, while Douglas Booth and Sam Riley portrayed Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy respectively. No one came close to the caliber of Joe Wright’s 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley, and Matthew Macfadyen. Although the shooting locations were strikingly similar as some scenes even used the same beautiful locations.

Everything about the cinematography said generic. The graphics were good but they were not impressive enough to be deemed frightening. Although there was a definite and strong comedic element to the film, weak zombies still took away from the full effect. These two elements combined to form a thoroughly ridiculous cinematic experience.

“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” is a low quality film with an oddly woven plot and overall poor execution. But the entertainment value was not all bad. The movie had its moments as a comedic film, but not enough to distract from the outrageousness of the entire story. The use of direct quotes from the book, and only slight changes in the storyline from the original novel, came across as cliché. It was fun to see, but not worth the price of a ticket. Anyone interested is better off waiting for it to come out on Netflix.