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      Dead & Rotting

      R Released Feb 3, 2002 1h 12m Horror Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 24% 50+ Ratings Audience Score An aged witch seduces the three men who killed her son and uses their ill-born spawn to destroy them. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Not only is this one of my all-time favorite Full Moon movies, its also one of my favorite Debbie Rochon flicks, and is a permanent staple in my October/Halloween viewing list. While this movie certainly won't please a large audience, something about it clicks with me, and I fell in love with it the first time I saw it. The story flows very nicely, switching gears completely for the final act. And at barely over an hour, it never gets boring or hard to sit through. The acting is solid for this type of film, with Debbie Rochon shining in the spotlight. While there are a few silly moments (including computer effects and some strange editing), they definitely give the movie more charm, and there is one scene involving Rochon and a pumpkin that is about as Halloween as a movie can get. That scene alone is worth the price of the DVD. Simply put, a must-have for b-horror enthusiasts. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member cool movie starring three of my favorite low-budget stars: trent haaga, jeff dylan graham, and debbie rochon. also, you get to see debbie rochon's awesome tits! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Not bad. You really have to make up your own mind about this film. It's about a witch who takes revenge on a group of guys who killed her "son". Her son being in human form at the beginning of the film and then taking the form of a cat a little later on. The witch assumes a younger form (Debbie Rochon) to bewitch these men and kill them. There's not really any interesting plot twists or story telling here but I think for the story they were trying to tell they did an okay job. I actually thought it was going to be a really bad film but I didn't mind watching it. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member A very dodgy film. Worth watching at least once in your life. Not scary by any means (honestly). You can see they only had a £5 budget, but they did OK. Acting was top notch (lie), special effects were immense (lie) and the story was jaw-droppingly good (lie). Who thinks up, "Lets have 3 guys with plants growing out of their heads, whilst rotting, then calling a legendary magic spell, aWhammy"? Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Kinda cool little no budget flick. It would have been interesting to see what they would have done if they had actually had money. Kind of like a Pumpkinhead flick in a way. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Three practical jokers (O'Mahony, Haaga and Hoover) inadvertently cause the death of a witch's familiar while feuding with her. Using dark magic, the witch (Katz-Norrod and Rochon) sets about to gain revenge. "Dead and Rotting" is one of those movies that deserves a remake with a bigger budget. It has an interesting story with some unexpected twists and good pacing. Most of the actors also do decent jobs in their roles. Unfortunately, cheapness wafts from every frame of "Dead and Rotting". While a noble attempt was made in post-production to make the film appear as if it WASN'T shot in digital video, there is still a flat quality to the films and a softness to the shadows that still give the sense that it was shot with a couple of camcorders. The special effects and make-up are also barely half a step above Halloween spook-house stuff... not so bad that anyone needs to feel embarrassed but barely passable for a commercial production. This is also one Full Moon movie where they should have skipped the almost-obligatory tiny terror creature; the "homonculus" featured during the film's climax can't even really be called a puppet, and I also doubt that someone shaking it like a ragdoll from just off camera counts as puppeteering. ("Ghoulies" this isn't... it isn't even "Blood Dolls".) Things aren't all bad, though. The scene where the vengeful witch transforms from an old crone (Barbara Katz-Norrod who does a fine job at playing a lonely, brokenhearted old woman) to a young hottie (Debbie Rochon, who does a fine job playing sexy temptress) is very well staged considering the only effects used are edits and puffs from a smoke machine. Similarly, the revenge of the witch and the slow method by which she takes it is very creepy and the related make-up effects are decently done. If you want a horror movie with a slightly different twist and don't mind watching a film that was plainly made with very little money, you will probably find "Dead and Rotting" worth the 71 minutes it will consume of your time. This is particularly true if you enjoy that special brand of weirdness that's present in the best movies from Full Moon. This is by no means a good, movie--it's at the absolute low end of a 5 rating--but there's enough raw energy here and Full Moon magic to make it worth watching. Dead and Rotting Starring: Stephen O'Mahony, Trent Haaga, Tom Hoover, Debbie Rochon, Jeff Dylan Graham and Barbara Katz-Norrod Director: David P. Barton Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis An aged witch seduces the three men who killed her son and uses their ill-born spawn to destroy them.
      Director
      David P. Barton
      Producer
      Charles Band, J.R. Bookwalter
      Screenwriter
      David P. Barton, Douglas Snauffer
      Production Co
      Tempe Entertainment
      Rating
      R (Violence|Gore|Sexuality|Language)
      Genre
      Horror, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Feb 3, 2002, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 30, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 12m
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