October 16th: Dead Girl (2009, DVD bought at Disc Replay)

I think I watched this one when I was in college and started getting into the weird indie horror films on Netflix.  Wierd this one is.  It's a zombie film, for sure, but it's not your average zombie movie.  It revolves around a small cast without the thousands of zombie extras.  Highschool burnouts evoke a classic 80's horror feel while the presence of an insane asylum evokes the feelings of a spiritual horror movie in the first act.



The movie changes fast.  It changes fast to fucked up.  This is single handedly the most fucked up horror movie I have ever seen (disclaimer: I have not seen The Human Centipede, and of the Saw films or Hostel.  Torture porn just ain't my thing).  This movie deals with a lot of different themes than what horror movies normally deal with.  The animinalistic nature of male sexuality, the reproductive rights of zombies.... just... this movie is fucked up.  And I'll take it.



Classic movie characters show up, like the drunk and low-life step father, the angry teen shooting guns in parking garages and the pushy friend.  But the story telling, the cinemetography and dialogue lend it to a bigger picture than a usual horror film.



As far as pacing goes, this move has it in spades.  Don't expect the first act to be like most zombie movies: the apololypse rising.  It's as much a coming of age story as it is a zombie movie,  the two protagonists grow up and find love and adulthood regarding a zombie.  It's just... a weird movie.

I'll give away the gist, but not the climax.  Two burners find a zombie girl in the basement of an insane asylum and fuck it.  Which has too many stranger implications.  I mean... what?  I can't put into words the many things I feel about this movie.  The climax is interesting, as zombies tend to decay, but still....



I love this movie.  If you ever have the chance to watch it, please do.  Even outside of the zombie used as a sex slave, the entire world in this film seems to reflect decay and loss and I find it interesting.  It's probably one of the best done films I've reviewed on this blog so far and one of the most messed up....  I definitely suggest this movie.