The Dead Inside

Money makes movies says Hollywood. Sure it helps to have a shipload of cash but money makes nothing. Creative people with ideas make movies. And in this case there is about a creative idea a minute. You think you are watching a funny movie it twists left to horror, twists right again to make it a musical to take another turn to make it highly philosophical to go back to classical drama.... and never is it out of place. How weird is that? Just two people experiencing the end of the world as they know it.

Granted it is not everybody's cup of tea. So if you want a Hollywood blockbuster with a standard story you most definitely will be disappointed. The special makeup is pretty good but no limbs will be flying in this movie.

This is what history will be calling 'a classic cult movie on par with Rocky Horror'.

Wes (Dustin Fasching) and Fi (Sarah Lassez) are artist, One a photographer the other a writer. They have lost their muse and feel stuck, but they support each other in their troubles. But something strange is happening to Fi, something "otherworldly" that might destroy what they have.

This movie was pretty good, the story was completely told in Wes and Fi's apartment, and some extra stuff was in a fictional house where Fi's story takes place. Cinematography was pretty good, taking moments to experiment with it which have it's hit's and misses, but with every strange looking scene there is a fantastic looking one.

The acting of both Dustin Fasching and Sarah Lassez was very good as well as their singing, which is important because they are the only actors in the whole movie. They are both very likable and you want them to do well and solve their dilemma.

The story is interesting, mostly cause it takes different directions every time something occurs. It is a musical drama, with a supernatural flavor. The drama is touching and it develops very well. The dark moments are also pretty cool and can be suspenseful, maybe not all the time, but they work well to set the mood.

the only real issues are the dialog, and the placement of songs. The script works well, but there are moments in which the dialog sounds too cheesy, blatant or just sounds unnatural (some of those lines appear in the trailer). and the song placement can sometimes feel a little out of nowhere, this doesn't happen all the time, because sometimes they feel fine. But i feel the timing of them is a bit off.

And it needed like 1 or 2 more songs because nearing the end it kind of forgets it's a musical and does like a normal supernatural drama, and that was a mistake. If you're gonna be a musical, don't let there be no music for too long, it's got to be consistent the whole way through.

But aside from that i liked all the songs, they were catchy, and helped develop both the story and the characters almost perfectly. And while there are not a lot of BIG moments they did incredibly well with what they had and i'd recommend it if you like musicals or creative ideas put into a film regardless if it works perfectly or not.

It might be a little odd but you should give it a shot at least, i don't think you'll loose anything from doing so you might find more than you though.

This film was highly creative and at times entertaining, but ultimately falls short of being great. The Dead Inside is a complex story of a young couple going through seemingly normal problems until the problems become surreal and supernatural . Often the hallmark of a great film is it's ability to blur the lines of classification. The problem is, in this film they aren't very blurry. It is, at times, a musical, at others a horror, sometimes a comedy and a serious drama at others. Where it goes wrong is it seems to delve too far into each area for too long making it confusing as to what the overall feeling the audience is supposed to have. I noticed the director was also the editor and I think that may be what is the biggest problem with this film. It just starts to drag on and on. The musical scenes are pretty good and the dialouge is good too, it's the seemingly endless scenes of people sitting and staring into the mirror or at the computer or at nothing. Good to great music, nice camera work (but has a very video look at times), good script, good lyrics and good acting (though not the best singing voices) just needs some serious editing.

I have to say I wanted to love this film soooooo much. Great acting, great story, great idea but I just hate musicals period!!!! I even hated West Side Story which should tell you that me giving this film a 5/10 is amazing. I loved everything about this film until that dam singing would pop up. The only time singing worked for me in a movie was when Joe Bob Briggs did the audio commentary about the Incred Strange Creatures who stopped liv......but that was from the early 60's and this is now. This movie just rocks in every department but I cannot recommend due to the musical numbers abound and I mean jaw dropping numbers. Only for the crowd that really appreciates the esoteric.

I love musicals so for me that was awesome. It had great songs and likeable characters. Lastly, for a low budget creation, I found it to be a captivating, empathetic, horror musical.