Otto or Up with Dead People (2008)

Otto or Up with Dead People (2008)

Director: Bruce La Bruce
Writer: Bruce La Bruce
Cast: Jey Crisfar, Katharina Klewinghaus, Susanne Sachße, Marcel Schlutt
A young zombie named Otto appears on a remote highway. He has no idea where he came from or where he is going.

Low budget gay cinema director Bruce La Bruce dishes up a pretentious angst ridden partially b&w zombie movie. I sat through this gutter junk for the sole reason I thought maybe I'd get a little gore pay off and a few nods at zombie cinema, I was painfully misguided. Each fifteen minutes is longer than the last as we follow Otto a German zombie come to terms with his own identity while he's being followed by an arthouse film maker. Most scenes involve Otto walking the streets while we hear a voiceover of inane theological drivel about what its like being dead or gay in the modern world. On the plus side it is pretty well shot and like most La Bruce films full of pretty looking young actors. But please unless you're a angst ridden closet homosexual zombie leave well alone, infact if you are you'd be better cheering yourself up with something like Shaun Of The Dead than watching this anal gazing turkey.

(3 out of 10)