I Sell The Dead
2008 Directed by Nicole Real, Glenn McQuaid …
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18th century justice catches up with a pair of grave robbers. With only a few hours to go before his date with the guillotine, Arthur Blake (Monaghan) tells his life story to Father Francis Duffy (Ron Perlman). Before long, Arthur spills the beans on how he got started in the grim corpse peddling business with seasoned ghoul Willie Grimes
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I Sell The Dead is a very interesting concept and could have been a great film. The story is excellent and even a particular twist at the end has potential to be a real shocker. The flaw to it all is in its execution.
I really do admire this story of a grave robber in the 18th century on the night before his execution tell his life story involving zombies and vampires and other supernatural elements to a priest recording it all. It picked the correct structure in telling the incidents in episodic flashbacks. However I think it relied too heavily on a campy humor feel to everything and was not as serious about its story.
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It starts out a bit slow but ultimately, it's so imaginative and fun that I was won over. It actually reminded me of a comedy version of the early Hammer horror films. I hope this film finds an audience because I'd love to see a sequel.
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This one really surprised me. It's not great by any means, but it's got a lot of charm and is occasionally very funny. I've always liked Dominic Monaghan, and he's a highlight here, delivering a fun performance. The scenes between him and the typically great Ron Perlman were favorites of mine. It's got issues, mostly when it tries to be serious as the tone just doesn't fit in those moments. It's still really worth a look.
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Great fun comedy horror with great imagination. Some great effects and just rattles along with everyone clearly having a blast.
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A horror-comedy that is unfunny and not scary.
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This was a sloppy, boring and incoherent mess that fails to engage from the outset, and never manages to redeem itself.
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Sometimes “solid” is a perfect place for a movie to land. I SELL THE DEAD is solid. It’s got a few suspect moments here and there but overall it was highly watchable. Dominic Monaghan was, is and forever shall be Charlie Pace in my head but I was able to set that aside for 84 minutes to enjoy him in this.
It’s about two English grave robbers in the late 1800’s but the film’s got plenty of modern horror, and even sci-fi, elements. It’s silly too. There’s a real lightness about it all that keeps the pace going just quickly enough.
I wasn’t thrilled and I wasn’t terribly disappointed either. It kept me entertained and actually managed to surprise me more than once. In 84 minutes, that’s a solid accomplishment.
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Film 15 of The December Project.
Running time: 85 minutes.
A film about grave-robbers, but one that is very different and unique at times. This film has everything a Horror fan could want, Zombies, Aliens, Vampires and many other supernatural things. It's a whole lot of fun with many sub-genres! It's a Horror, Comedy that is a whole lot of fun and Dominic Monaghan brings the fun to this, and Ron Perlman is irish just thought I'd point that out.
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Much of what makes this enjoyable has to do with how far McQuaid stretches his presumably small budget. The rest comes from the performances, especially the awesome Larry Fessenden. The "Willie... Arthur... Willie..." bit is never not funny.
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I Sell The Dead is a very interesting concept and could have been a great film. The story is excellent and even a particular twist at the end has potential to be a real shocker. The flaw to it all is in its execution.
I really do admire this story of a grave robber in the 18th century on the night before his execution tell his life story involving zombies and vampires and other supernatural elements to a priest recording it all. It picked the correct structure in telling the incidents in episodic flashbacks. However I think it relied too heavily on a campy humor feel to everything and was not as serious about its story.
The setting, costumes and…