I have been looking forward to Glen McQuaid's I Sell The Dead for quite a while. Yes, I know it was on IFC on Demand but stupid AT&T doesn't offer it. If it did my life would be so, so happy because IFC is releasing quite a lot of horror at the moment. So I wait. And wait. And finally! It arrives (thanks Netflix) and then sits on the coffee table for two weeks because I am too tired to watch it. Or, there is a new Gossip Girl on. Heaven help me when Glee starts next week because I will never see anything. Really, when I get home from work now-a-days I have one good hour before I am passed out like frat boy on St. Patrick's day.
I Sell the Dead, besides having an awesome title, is a pretty enjoyable little yarn about two Victorian Grave Robbers. Dominic Monaghan (my second favorite Hobbit) plays Arthur Blake, a young man who grew up in the grave-robbin trade. His mentor and BFF is Willie Grimes, played by Larry Fessenden. I have no idea who Larry Fessenden is but I want him in every movie STAT. The two eke out a pretty miserable existence, virtual slaves to the evil Dr. Quint, played by the Tall Man himself, Angus Scrimm, who I kind of want as my Grandpa. When they stumble upon a corpse wrapped in garlic with a stake through it's heart, they find the means to get out from under Quint's thumb and make a pretty penny themselves.
All of this is told to Father Duffy (Ron Perlman) by Blake, who is about to be executed for his crimes. Father Duffy has a particular interest in Blake and Grime's dealings with the Murphy Gang, a rival clan of body snatchers. The Murphy gang also deals with "unusual" corpses, and a final showdown with them leads Blake and Grimes to their ruin.
I Sell the Dead is beautifully shot and the acting is impeccable. It is also, at times, laugh out loud funny. The pacing is a bit uneven, and the ending left me thinking "is that all?" The episodic nature of the story suggests it would have made a kick ass TV show, which would have gotten canceled after one season as all good TV shows do. Nevertheless, I Sell the Dead is a pretty good time. It has zombies, vampires, ghouls, lots of fog, grave-robbin, and gore. What more could you ask for?
And yes, I do watch Gossip Girl and Glee. Alongside horror I love trash and showtunes. Got a problem with that?
And yes, I do watch Gossip Girl and Glee. Alongside horror I love trash and showtunes. Got a problem with that?
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