Dead and Deader

I need to make it clear that the reason “Dead and Deader” is the subject of my first post has nothing to do with my opinion of the film. It is merely the first zombie flick I’ve watched since deciding to begin this blog. I have many undead favorites, but I want to have recently watched each before making an entry. “Dead and Deader” simply showed up in the mail, and I popped it in.

That disclaimer given, I probably need not say much more about the quality of the film. I am happy to report that I decided to mix a beverage before sitting down, and I think that enabled me to appreciate what comic value the movie did display. With all seriousness, I now know that every man should fear the wounds an undead dwarf may inflict when one charges, and begins to bite.

*Warning*: Spoilers

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Frankly, I am a bit skeptical of the “Dead and Deader” theory that the zombie plague will be initiated by Cambodian scorpions burrowing through one’s body. We certainly cannot discredit the possibility that insects may play a part in the spread of the infection, but, in this case, it didn’t seem to be a particularly believable scenario.

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I’m also a bit dubious about the possibility of semi-infected humans managing to escape full undead conversion, and then picking up remarkably super-hero-like healing and strength abilities. Given how little we know, nothing is certain, but I’m not counting on that asset coming to our aid.

For the most part, I think the film’s creators made sensible choices about how to battle the undead. Hand guns and assault rifles are very effective, and I definitely appreciated the cook’s foresight to keep a double-barreled boom-stick handy in the kitchen. I also think the meat cleaver was a solid weapon choice, though I doubt many of us would have the skill to use it as a throwing weapon. I also have to confess that I got a kick out of utility found in that set of antlers, but again, I don’t think its something the rest of the us need add to our armories.

Despite the rather painful dialogue, and frightening choice of clothing, the survivors at least had the good fortune of having their entire zombie population hanging around a massive ammunition dump. Some C4 was set and the zombies were all destroyed. That is except for the semi-zombie main character. Maybe the innuendo at the end of the film was the street-wise hottie’s prelude to destroying the last potential source of further infection. Probably not, but we can hope.