Deadgirl (2008)
Directed by: Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel
Written by: Trent Haaga
Released by: Dark Sky Films
A dark and twisted zombie tale involving two high school friends who discover a living “dead girl” in the boiler room of an abandoned mental hospital. Instead of notifying the authorities of their discovery, J.T. (played by Noah Segan) decides that they should keep it a secret between the two and use the girl as a personal sex slave. The other teen, Rickie (Shiloh Fernandez) having some sense of moral values and common sense, is completely against the idea and wars with himself as to whether or not he should intervene in his friend’s repulsive plan.
People often say that there's nothing that hasn’t already been done in the zombie sub-genre, but then something like this comes along and makes you completely rethink that statement. ‘Deadgirl’ isn’t so much a conventional horror film as it is a character study on moral indecency. Yes there are zombies and death, but in ‘Deadgirl’ the human race are portrayed as the actual “monsters” with teenage hormones trampling ethical human behavior.
I must say that despite the vulgarity of it all, I love all of the characters in this film and their relationships with one another…superb writing skills on the part of Trent Haaga...and even though the subject matter might sound rather disturbing, Trent manages to throw in some hilarious comic relief to lighten the mood. What happens when your zombie sex slave is starting to look a little too decrepit? Do what J.T. does and tape a picture of a hot chick over her face!
‘Deadgirl’, is probably the most original zombie film I've ever seen and despite its low budget, the film succeeds in every way. The film really has no weakness whether you’re talking about the writing, directing, acting, makeup effects, music, jump scares, suspense, etc.. This is the kind of film George A. Romero should be making rather than the same old stuff he's been doing for the last 30 years.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Written by: Trent Haaga
Released by: Dark Sky Films
A dark and twisted zombie tale involving two high school friends who discover a living “dead girl” in the boiler room of an abandoned mental hospital. Instead of notifying the authorities of their discovery, J.T. (played by Noah Segan) decides that they should keep it a secret between the two and use the girl as a personal sex slave. The other teen, Rickie (Shiloh Fernandez) having some sense of moral values and common sense, is completely against the idea and wars with himself as to whether or not he should intervene in his friend’s repulsive plan.
People often say that there's nothing that hasn’t already been done in the zombie sub-genre, but then something like this comes along and makes you completely rethink that statement. ‘Deadgirl’ isn’t so much a conventional horror film as it is a character study on moral indecency. Yes there are zombies and death, but in ‘Deadgirl’ the human race are portrayed as the actual “monsters” with teenage hormones trampling ethical human behavior.
I must say that despite the vulgarity of it all, I love all of the characters in this film and their relationships with one another…superb writing skills on the part of Trent Haaga...and even though the subject matter might sound rather disturbing, Trent manages to throw in some hilarious comic relief to lighten the mood. What happens when your zombie sex slave is starting to look a little too decrepit? Do what J.T. does and tape a picture of a hot chick over her face!
‘Deadgirl’, is probably the most original zombie film I've ever seen and despite its low budget, the film succeeds in every way. The film really has no weakness whether you’re talking about the writing, directing, acting, makeup effects, music, jump scares, suspense, etc.. This is the kind of film George A. Romero should be making rather than the same old stuff he's been doing for the last 30 years.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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