academic film critic peter dendle notes several problems that point to the production phase of "i eat your skin". he writes that "all aspects of writing, staging, and dialog are hopelessly contrived." and as to the zombies themselves, he says that "the make-up effect consists of a coating of plaster over the face and neck (which apparently doesn't reflect decomposition, since it appears so quickly" and quotes james o'neill as referring to them in his book "terror on tape" as "bug-eyed, crud-faced zombies".