Shiloh Fernandez, Noah Segan, Michael Bowen
Rickie and JT are kids from the wrong side of the tracks. One afternoon, the pair skip class, and entertain themselves by slamming beers and causing mischief at an abandoned mental hospital. Breaking ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 15, 2009
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October 21, 2009This is a well executed serious take on the outrageous b horror-exploitation flicks this writer usually makes.
This is effective as a "make you think about fucked up shit" movie, not a jumpscare thriller or a gore showcase. As such, it has to make some characters that matter, a...( read more) -
October 12, 2009Thought this was just missing something, didn't know what, but it sure did miss something in there. Not a bad storyline, but Idk, left me on my hunger
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October 11, 2009Another instance where all the hype seems unjustified. It will require a second viewing to be sure, but the film felt overlong and undernourished. The shock scenes weren't that shocking (sorry, I've seen too much horror cinema), the characters were unlikable and somewhat unbeli...( read more)
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September 21, 2009If you are a fan of Deadgirl then I should apologize in advance. It wouldn't be politically correct for me to trash your film without showing some sensitivity and empathy for your point of view. It's just that a movie about high school boys keeping a naked zombie girl ch...( read more)
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June 16, 2009If you found a seemingly dead girl naked and chained to a table in the basement of some far away abandoned nut hospital, who's just animated enough to have, and enjoy, sex, would you have sex with her? What if your friend bashed her head, shot her three times and then raped her? ...( read more)
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November 1, 2009Extremely difficult movie for me to watch. I am very desensitized by gore and violence after seeing so much horror and cult films, but this film contains almost none of that. Instead the shock relies mainly on the subject matter of the film.
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October 22, 2009Wonder what it would look like to rape a zombie??? well... here is your chance to find out. disturbing, but original. a lot of dialogue actually. not a zombie movie that you've seen before. not as good as the hype said it was.
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October 19, 2009LOVED IT! Great story, great casting and directing! The ending was very touching wasn't it? In it's own way I mean. The actor who played "ricky" was stellar. Basically, the appeal of this film for me is that they took a very intriguing and unique plot and made it so much more ...( read more)
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October 19, 2009A sick twist to the zombie genre.It really scores for originality,but the fresh idea also goes to waste in places,not much goes on in the first 50-55 mins of the film.This could've been such a great horror film if executed better.I'm sure is not a film for everyone & probably mi...( read more)
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July 29, 2008Deadgirl was shot completely digitally, the first feature production to use the Codex "tapeless" system, continuing a trend first pioneered by David Fincher for his recent film Zodiac - but applied to an indie budget.
Deadgirl is equal parts twisted teen comedy, unsettling dark fantasy and good old-fashioned horror. -
July 29, 2008
Things take a dark turn when the body shows signs of life, and JT suggests he and Rickie shouldn’t waste the opportunity to have some lewd and lusty fun with their naked captive. Horrified and disgusted by his friend’s intentions in this unusual circumstance, Rickie struggles with his own moral compass. When word of their discovery spreads, a dangerous battle of wills erupts between friends, leading to a disturbing climax.
Directors Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel took on a script deemed “too shocking to produce” and managed to avoid the pitfalls of exploitation, successfully delivering outrageous and sardonic thrills and chills. While already sounding perverse, Trent Haaga’s script also contains a supernatural angle that puts the situation even more over the edge, chucking the old-fashioned concept of a coming-of-age film into the garbage... -
July 29, 2008
Bound to draw controversy by virtue of its premise alone, Deadgirl spins a smart and surprisingly funny tale of friendship, morality and the horror of growing up.
Rickie (Shiloh Fernandez) and JT (Noah Segan) are the kids you remember from high school as skids or bangers – dudes from the wrong side of the tracks. One afternoon, the pair skip class and escape their adolescent despair by quaffing beers and causing mischief at an abandoned mental hospital. Breaking through a rusted door that leads into a boiler room, they discover the naked body of a woman strapped to a gurney and covered in plastic. At first they suspect they’ve stumbled into the lair of a deranged killer, but the rusted entrance is proof that no one else has been in the space for years...
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