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A group of college kids accidentally create, and then unleash, a curse that makes anyone they come into contact with kill themselves and then turn into zombie demons.A group of college kids accidentally create, and then unleash, a curse that makes anyone they come into contact with kill themselves and then turn into zombie demons.A group of college kids accidentally create, and then unleash, a curse that makes anyone they come into contact with kill themselves and then turn into zombie demons.
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It baffles me why morons like this get money to make films. Though I suppose women are more likely to get funding now that there is a push for all of this "equality" or what have you.
The plot was both campy and highly predictable, Christopher Lloyd despite his star power could not save this movie, and it's clear it was just written by the producer April Mullen because she cannot get any other acting work so she has to write for herself.
Overall there was a lot of bad acting (did nobody bother to give their background players any sort of direction? Obviously not, but they weren't the worst of the over-actors to be quite honest) and the production team clearly wasted the budget on god knows what, because it certainly didn't go into the film.
Really not worth the time wasted watching.
The plot was both campy and highly predictable, Christopher Lloyd despite his star power could not save this movie, and it's clear it was just written by the producer April Mullen because she cannot get any other acting work so she has to write for herself.
Overall there was a lot of bad acting (did nobody bother to give their background players any sort of direction? Obviously not, but they weren't the worst of the over-actors to be quite honest) and the production team clearly wasted the budget on god knows what, because it certainly didn't go into the film.
Really not worth the time wasted watching.
"Everything we said at the shop is actually happening! Whoever we make eye contact with is gonna kill themselves, then come back as zemons and kill us...via hickeys" Casper Galloway (Bostick) is a teenager who is very shy and jumpy due to what happened to him as a kid. When his grandfather (Lloyd) asks him to watch his store he is very afraid. After a group of kids from school show up Casper tries to kick them out until an urn breaks, thinking the warnings are a joke they begin to come up with ideas of what a curse would be. Then they realize its not a joke at all. This is a very very funny movie, but it is mainly stupid humor. I really liked it and laughed a lot but I don't think everyone will find it as funny as I did. For example the plot of the movie involves being killed by getting a hickey from a half zombie-half demon. The writing is funny and the acting is good for a movie like this. There really isn't much else to say about this other then if you like movies with humor like Anchorman and Shaun Of The Dead then you will like this as well. Overall, very funny but not for everyone...also hearing Christopher Lloyd say "Great Scott" was amazing. I give it a B.
Dead Before Dawn turned out to be a good Zombie film. The movie tries to be real cute pointing out how stupid some horror plots can be by coming up with a real stupid one. Although technically a good Zombie movie does not need an explanation to why Zombies exist, especially if you have a good gang of characters in the movie which this one does. I noticed a Former Power Ranger playing the best friend of the main character. Christopher Lloyd is in the picture for a small while giving a decent comedic performance. I guest the best part of the movie is that it gave us the Zemon, a half Demon half Zombie hybrid. I doubt it's going to be a contender for the next big horror movie monster, but it was a funny idea. Dead before Dawn is nothing to write home to your mother about but it was a fun 90mins for me. I almost wish I lived in Canada so I could have seen it in 3D.
First ~ this movie is ridiculous, like, not even slap stick humor. It's silly and gross and knows it.
It was almost as fun as Zombieland... but not quite... but almost.
If you can handle the deliberate campiness, it's fun. I laughed all the way through. Each character played their part quite well.
The creators knew what this was and rolled with it and I think pulled it off.
A bunch of fun.
This movie was a big waste of time. It was not amusing or fun. The characters are written to be self-aware but end up being super obnoxious. Devon Bostick is woefully miscast and everyone else (except the 5 minutes we get with Christopher Lloyd) are bad actors. This got zero laughs and the gore sucked due to the small budget. The ending sucks the big one. There is nothing in the movie worth watching.
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- TriviaThis is the first ever live-action, 100% Canadian feature film to be shot in Stereoscopic 3-D.
- GoofsOur young heroes attend college, yet the cheerleaders are wearing uniforms with embroidered initials that end with "HS".
- Quotes
Charlotte Baker: Let me tell you a story. Your great granddaddy, Gilbert Galloway, captured evil spirits.
Becky Fords: So he was like a ghostbuster?
Charlotte Baker: More like a demon shitkicker!
Becky Fords: Oh shit!
- ConnectionsReferenced in I Hate Everything: the Search for the Worst: The (Not Disney) Collection (2016)
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- 1h 28m(88 min)
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