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Now this is a movie with a southern twist. Cowboy hats and acoustic guitar wielding undead are all over this movie. Our hick, pardon me, southern narrator decides he wants this to be a musical, and at times has some good songs. Short sweet and witty should be his order, and most of the time he hits it. Other times, he just drones on and on. It was really hit or miss. Then there was one time where he really missed when he tried to rap. The production value on this movie is extremely good considering it was an independent film. It looks like they had a larger than normal budget, sets look great, it wasn’t filmed on a handy cam or digital video, the costumes and small special effects like cuts and bruises look amazing. They even have some big names in the cast. Remember Bill (David Carradine) from Kill Bill? He is in here as the owner of the bed and breakfast, and has quite a bit to do with the strange happenings in the town. Oswald (Diedrich Bader) from The Drew Carey Show is there too. He is the uppity Frenchman. They all do amazing. All the actors are trying their best, but the film never really caught me. what I think was wrong, and they may have thought the same things, was the way the script was written. The idea is great behind this story. It just never quite fully develops. The way I see it is that it gets hung up on all the gimmicks. The singing narrator, the slapstick humor, the southern twist, when done well, in addition to a story worth watching. They shouldn’t be the main driving forces behind the story, just the nice trimming. The few times I did chuckle the joke was then overplayed, and what humor was there quickly disappeared. If you are looking for plot don’t watch this. It has some plot holes you can drive a truck through. Honestly who leaves dead bodies out in public? One thing that this UMD left me wanting more of was special features. Now I don’t know if it’s the norm for UMD’s not to have them. All I know is that the first UMD movie that I picked up had a few. The menu screen looks lonesome and bare with just the play option. There is quite a bit of artwork in this film. It starts out with pictures drawn on index cards mixed into the opening credits, and the same style is used to segway into and out of the narrator scenes. This is one of the few things that the director got right. So lets paraphrase this. If you like country and gore, and are looking for a mindless good film pick this up. If the thought of someone in flannel singing the blues sends a shiver up your spine, not relating to the living dead problem you should probably pass on this one. -nick-
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