Title: Deadgirl
Date of release: 2008
Synopsis: High school misfits JT and Rickie skip school one hot afternoon, heading to the local abandoned mental hospital they're chased into the basement by a dog. In the basement they uncover a gory secret, a girl, bound, naked and dead...right?
The cover and trailer boasted good things from this film. JT (Noah Segan) discovers the 'deadgirl' under a plastic sheet in the basement, and from that moment on you're on tenterhooks waiting for the screaming, snapping jaws. Well they don't come, or at least not to the point you expect. Rickie (Shiloh Fernandez) is not comfortable from the word go, and when he comes to try and break DG free, we're introduced to a different side to her. Don't be fooled however, for all intents and purposes DG is a zombie, just a slightly more evolved one.
Thinking he's onto a winner, JT lets Wheeler (Eric Podnar) in on the action, and things quickly spiral out of control. Rickie lands himself in trouble when the love of his life's jock boyfriend catches him looking at her. After giving him and Wheeler a beating, Wheeler shoots off at the mouth about DG and the pair are bundled into the Jock's car and are forced to show him and his jock friend their secret. Head Jock, Johnny and his equally dumb friend are not long for this world, when Johnny, goaded into action by an angry Ricky takes his chances at the mouth of DG. Needless to say he's only half a man afterwards, and things take a turn for the worse for him when an impromptu visit to the WC sees him leaving behind quite a mess, and a fair bit of his intestines. Lovely.
JT, who has by now lost his pathetic little mind to his lustful actions, along with Wheeler decide to 'enlist' another girl to take to the basement. After a run-in with a very hard woman at a gas station they end up kidnapping Joann (Johnny's girlfriend and Rickie's love interest). Things take several interesting turns and twists to the climatic end. Gore isn't overused in this film, and as much as things are suggested, there are plenty of jumpy moments and some great special effects as far as wounds are concerned. I was really looking forward to this film, and it didn't disappoint, the acting was well pulled off and it takes the viewer into a very dark and tense place. DG, who is played by Jenny Spain is actually a deep character who knows more than she lets on, and is quite happy to get revenge on all those who happily used her.
Overall I'd recommend this film to anyone who enjoys a bit of gore and the whole women-kicking-ass genre, even if she is undead! A very tense 8/10.
Until next time, film fans.
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