| I Sell The Dead | |
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| Directed by | Glenn McQuaid |
| Produced by | Larry Fessenden Peter Phok |
| Written by | Glenn McQuaid |
| Starring | Dominic Monaghan Larry Fessenden Ron Perlman Angus Scrimm |
| Music by | Jeff Grace |
| Cinematography | Richard V. Lopez |
| Editing by | Glenn McQuaid |
| Release date(s) | 2008 |
| Running time | 85 min. |
| Country | United States |
I Sell the Dead is the feature film début from Irish director Glenn McQuaid. The film is a period horror comedy about grave robbing and stars Dominic Monaghan, Ron Perlman, Larry Fessenden and Angus Scrimm.[1]
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Victorian grave robber Arthur Blake confesses the events that landed him in jail to Father Duffy. He and his partner Willie Grimes started out stealing corpses for the immoral anatomist Dr Quint who was blackmailing them. One day they discover a corpse buried at a crossroads. When they dig it up and remove the stake pinning it down they discover it is a vampire. They send the corpse to Quint and it kills him after he removes the stake. They come into conflict with a rival gang led by Cornelius Murphy, a knife-wielding corpsegrinder who gets high on ground-up bones, after Arthur steals the frozen corpse of an extraterrestrial which he mistook for a circus freak. Later, at their hangout the Fortune of War Arthur meets a prostitute called Fanny and gives her a job. The bartender reveals a ship containing three zombies was wrecked on rocks off the isle of Langol. Fanny persuades Arthur and a reluctant Willie to row over there and steal the zombies from the Murphy gang. She kills Cornelius's henchman Bulger: a man with dog teeth who lost his original teeth in a street fight. The zombie escapes from its crate and bites Willie before being knocked into a cage. Cornelius shows up with his second in command Valentine: a woman who wears a mask to conceal her burned face. Cornelius kills Fanny and ties Willie and Arthur to the cage, intending to drag them back to the mainland and sell their corpses. The zombie breaks out and kills Valentine. Another zombie kills Cornelius, enabling Arthur and Willie to escape. Back in the prison cell Father Duffy reveals that he is Cornelius's father and tries to kill Arthur with a spiked metal glove. Arthur is saved when the undead Willie (who survived his beheading) kills Duffy and they leave the jail. Willie then announces he is feeling peckish and chases Arthur.
I Sell The Dead has received primarily positive reviews. It holds a 72% positive response rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes,[2] with the consensus: "A horror comedy that's almost as chilling as it is funny, I Sell the Dead relies on its dark humor and offbeat charm to overcome its low budget shortcomings." Film critic Maitland McDonagh stated "A fresh, darkly funny blend of crime [graverobbing, to be precise] and supernatural hijinks ... that delivers an offbeat but carefully balanced mix of shocks, homages and uneasy chuckles."[3]
In 2009, the film, which enjoyed a hugely popular festival run, was picked up for distribution by IFC (Domestic), Anchor Bay (Canada, UK and Australia) and Screen Media (foreign sales). Theatrical and video-on-demand release date is currently slated for August 14th, 09. I Sell the Dead wons the Slamdance Award 2009.[4]
The Blu-Ray Disc will released on 30 March 2010 in the United States.[5]
The DVD of "I Sell The Dead" has become available for rental exclusively at Blockbuster Home Video Rental Stores.[6]
From Image Comics comes the comic book adaptation of the movie,[7] the book coming out on 07 October 2009.[8]
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