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Dead & Rotting (Special Edition)

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Dead & Rotting is a groovy film and well worth a look. The story involves a group of friends who's clowning about upsets the local witch. It is said that she has a potion that keeps the victim concious while they decompose. And while the're fertilizer she makes the best of it, growing plants from them.

I won't spoil the story but can mention some of the scenes I thought were espicially heavy, like when the old witch pours a potion into the bath tub and gets in, then comes out a young and stunningly beautiful lady ( in the form of the fabulous Debbie Rochon! ). Also the whole concept and depiction of the witch creating the ghouls is very unique and creative.

My only complaint is that the film didn't have enough gore, especially when you consider the title, but still it is overall an excellent horror flick. The story has a lot of creativity and is well acted.

Personally my favourite actress in the whole world is Debbie Rochon, so I watch and buy a lot of her movies. Her performance is awesome as it is in all her films. Trent Haaga from Terror Firmer also stars and that guy defintily has his own kind of screen presence.

I bought the limited special edition of this film on DVD and found it tight as a drum with special features, including an entire low budget comedy featurette thrown in as an extra, in which Miss Rochon plays a nerd in a twisted cinderella type story. It is very funny especially when Debbie is acting out the geek persona.

I think this DVD is a really decent package, very cool horror flick, hilarious bonus featurette, lots of great extra's, so if this is the type of film that would interest you RUN OUT AND GET A COPY, IT'S LIMITED EDITION!!!

When I first watched Dead and Rotting, I thought it was one of the worst movies I'd ever seen. As I saw more of these horrible B Movies though(such as KillJoy 1 AND 2, Prison of the Dead, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, etc), I realized that strangely enough Dead and Rotting is one of the better ones. Let me just repeat: this movie is really bad. I would not suggest buying it unless you are in some way related to anyone who was involved with it and simply don't want to hurt their feelings. It IS, however, perfectly good for renting if you plan to watch it with a group of people. The reason for this is that it is just so bad that it is hilarious. The basic plot focuses on what happens to three guys when they upset a local witch by trespassing and then later messing with her cat. The dialog is unrealistic, and there are plot elements that just don't make ANY sense at all, but that is exactly why it is still a very enjoyable movie to watch with friends if you keep in mind that it is not being watched for its cinematic value. The bottom line is that this is the kind of movie that is fun to make fun of.

Ok I really had a good time with this movie, who are you folks that think this would be high art? The name, the box art and everything about this flick say's grade B movie, why in the hell would you think it would be a block buster?
This is a blast with a very original story and a cool cast of bone headed guys.
My only real complaint is the minimal amount of T.& A.
If you like B movies like I do this is the top of the pile and you can buy it used for less then you can rent it.

Yea, it was pretty bad, dumb, generic. Only good points, it was dark, had mild creepy aspects about it, and the pumpkin child scene was pretty nasty, I gave it an extra star for that, that was cooL! barely worth a rental, have seen worse though, also seen a million better

hmm another full moon pictures film. well it's definitely better than hell asylum. definitely worth 3 stars though, pretty entertaining film with good special f/x. zombies were very nicely done and a pretty good storyline. nothing great but a real good film for full moon. definitely worth checking out, has some pretty funny moments in it also.

Full Moon used to produce some top quality films from great director's such as Stewart Gordon and the like. Unfortunatly from about Puppet Master 4 onward, things have been looking VERY grim. The quality in there films have taken a drastic turn, apparently due to lack of funds...

...or cut backs in order to increase profits, who knows. What evert he reason, they can't seem to find a decent actors, directors, FX crews, Costume Managers, etc. For ANY of there films. I swear you can buy half there props and costumes at about any arts and craft store.

This movie sux, and not in a good way like Bad Taste, it's not so dumb and crappy it is funny, NOTHING!!!

Well except for the naked old lady, that in itself is worth the rental, infact if they would cut out the rest of the film save for that one scene, I'd say it would be worth buying.

This is one of the better Tempe videos. Three young men get into a tussle with a witch and her son. Things escalate to a point to where ghouls are involved. The surviving man gets help from a stripper named Rose, who is also a part time witch.

The acting, plot, dialouge and sound track are far better than most of the Tempe videos out there. If you can't stomach this low budget gem, don't bother to ever watch another Tempe film...they get worse.

Nudity.

I have a theory that the majority of horror fans want only two things. The first is lots and lots of blood, violence and gore. Some people have a real bloodlust. The other thing they are looking for is plenty of hot naked chicks.

In my humble opinion, this film rises above most entries in the horror genre. The budget limitations of "Dead & Rotting" have virtually no effect on its final appearance. Even with more money, I think that whatever David Barton came up with would have appeared quite similar to what this one looked like.

The pleasant surprise was the high level of acting. I always thought there was some unwritten law that you had to cast wooden and completely untalented college kids in low budget horror movies. That's not the case here. Barbara Katz-Norrod did a stunning job as the witch and I don't think that Debbie Rochon has ever been better in her whole career. All three male leads also appeared to be quite at ease in front of the camera.

That's not to say there aren't problems. I don't want to give anything away, but "Dead & Rotting" went into a freefall for the last fifteen minutes or so. I was tremendously disappointed at how conventional and predictable the ending was. The movie had seemed a lot fresher before it fell back on horror movie cliches to resolve the main conflict.

As an overall movie, "Dead & Rotting" is rather entertaining and I would go so far as to call it a hidden gem as far as low budget horror goes.

Hated it. Don't need to say much more. If you like ultra-low budget movies with bad acting, then you might like it. To me it had no redeeming values.

Full Moon has really lost it's touch as of late. First Retro Puppet Master (ugh), followed by Subspeices 4 (double ugh). Than a whole series of other pieces of garbage (Hell Asylem, Prison of the Dead, Cryptz) and this is no better.
The story invloves a group of men who love to drink,love practical jokes, and love women. One night they drive up to a witches house in order to pull the prank on a friend. The bet is that if they can make him wet himself than he owes them 12 beers. The prank goes off well mostly due to the fact that the witches son show up to drive them off. Later when at the bar the son shows up for a bowl of milk (?) and when he grabs a waitress they drive him off and beat him up. They later hire two stoners to throw rocks through the window off her house. They screw up and boil her cat which by a strange circumstance happens to be her son. She grieves for a few minutes than makes a concoction in a bathtub, gets naked (and yes you see most of her, my eyes) and comes out stunning woman (who is just as naked). Her first act is that she "gets it on" with all three in the same hosue at the same time (or consecutivly). She than goes home and what can only be assumed as "releasing her bowls" mixes that with a pumpkin to create three zombies. Oh and she goes after the stoners as well. Beyond that it's just a matter of survival of the hokiest.
Basically this is just typical low budget blaw. The movie itself was filmed in current full moon style with barley any style or class. This is just another step down from a once respectable direct to video organization. It's a shame that they can only produce garbage like this and it's hard to believe that they made such classics as Trancers, Puppet Master, Pit and the Pendelum, and Dollman. Now they are just as bad as Troma (Class of Nukem HIgh 3 <1 star>) or the new guy Brain Damage (Terror Toons <1 star>). Unless your a fan of garbage horror, than avoid.