Leofwine_draca THE DEAD DON'T SCREAM is a typical indie horror flick set in the woods, in which a bunch of camping college kids run into an unscrupulous gang of car thieves who decide to murder the witnesses rather than letting them go. What follows is a film replete with bikini-clad young actresses, stripping, some nudity, some gore, and not a lot of sense to go with all that. It's cheesy and quite slapdash in feel, but recognisable as an exploitation picture.

tdeladeriere Okay, in between the raving reviews from the cast & crew and the usual "worst-movie-I've-ever-seen" reviews from audiences who obviously have never seen a film directed by Roberta Findlay lies this mixed bag of a review.The movie starts, predictably, with a group of young attractive adults heading for a party at a lake, mini-Spring Break style. A few minutes before, a couple of bare-chested chicks got offed by an unseen assailant in these same premises. As the ride progresses, we are treated to regular humorous interludes which sets the tone for the 1st half of the movie. The laughs and the overall offbeat attitude will definitely keep you interested until the carnage begins. Unfortunately, and as previously stated by other reviewers, you will also have to endure absolutely atrocious acting by the attractive but insanely untalented cast. Lines are droned like everybody's xanaxed to their eyeballs, the final girl/female lead taking the cake.The partygoers are abducted one by one and conducted to a car-part factory that doubles on disposing of the vehicles' owners in a gruesome manner. There begins a game of cat & mouse that's sometimes fun, sometimes a bit meh. The humour that permeated the first part of the movie almost disappears from that second chapter, only sporadically revived by the interventions of the bonkers Twin Peaks family that owns the business. This family reeks of in-breeding and other smelly secrets. As it is, they and their frankly surrealist Streetfighter goons save the second part of the movie.The 3rd part sees the final girl trying to convince the town's sheriff that bloody dealings happen in the smalltown's factory. This part buries the nail in the movies' coffin, as it requires the most emoting from the incapable cast, a task naturally failed by most.All in all, the script and an inspired direction, as well as a few really kooky moments (including the end credits), salvage this low-budget take on the American Gothic from instant disposability.

Matt Kracht ...and, yet, so stunningly bad that I was riveted. I simply HAD to watch the whole movie, to see how bad it could get. As time went on, the pacing improved a bit, a few of the actors managed to deliver their lines without sounding like robots, and some of the special effects impressed me, given the apparent micro-budget that they were dealing with. A few times I caught myself thinking, "Hey, this isn't so bad, actually...", and then someone would go back to using his/her robot voice, devoid of all inflection or emotion, or the dialogue would devolve into insipid clichés. Even so, I could tell that they were acting their little hearts out, and I guess their enthusiasm eventually won me over, because, at the start, I was dead-set on giving this movie a single star. Now, three stars may not be much, but for something this bad, it's actually quite generous. The music, while being rather derivative, was still derivative of bands that I like, so there was also that going for it. Finally, I'd like to say that the music video played during the credits was actually kind of catchy. If nothing else, it's worth it to watch this ridiculously bad movie, so you can listen to that dopey song and laugh at how cheesy it is.If you're looking for a serious movie about a serious topic, starring serious actors... hahaha. I pity you. But if you're into Troma movies, you might find some aspects of this atrocious movie to be unintentionally funny enough to enjoy. In fact, I could totally see some of the people eventually having an illustrious career at Troma some day, once they graduate from film school. Now there's a scary thought...

Chuck Alskabani From time to time my girlfriend and I would go search for an Indie film to watch as opposed to those in theaters. From a quite large of a selection we had, we decided to choose this film on a whim and by no means did we regret it at all. The movie was just fantastic in every way and a lot better than some of the garbage they put out in theaters. Seriously, the ones in theaters get a budget of $25 mil and all I could do was not barf from the kind of crap I was watching. The Dead Don't Scream however kept me thoroughly entertained throughout the entire movie. In my opinion, they did extremely well considering their budget of a mere $60,000. If they had even the lowest budget of a Hollywood film out in theaters, I'm sure there would be no competition in the horror genre to compete with these guys.