Deadgirl 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.
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...
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...
