Directors: Deagol Brothers
Writers: Deagol Brothers, Cody DeVos
Cast: Eric Lehning, Cody DeVos, Leah High
A tale of a boy trying to fulfill his unrequited love for a girl who has risen from the dead. It tells the story of twin brothers Patrick and Carol Darling, newly graduated from high school and struggling to come to terms with the mysterious disappearance of their friend, the bright and beautiful Wendy Hearst. When a drive through the countryside surrounding their suburban community leads to the discovery of Wendy's mysteriously animated corpse, the boys secretly transport the un-dead Wendy to an empty house in hopes of somehow bringing her back to life. As the sweltering summer pushes on, they must maintain the appearance of normalcy for their friends and family as they search for ways to revive the Wendy they once knew, or, failing that, to satisfy their own quests for love amongst the living and the dead.
Two weird brothers Carol & Patrick along with their younger brother Beetle and two other close friends Addy & Brian go into shock when their friend Wendy disappears one day believed dead. After a memorial service (not a fully fledged funeral due to having no body) the friends reflect on their time with Wendy and how empty each of their young lives feel without her. All until one day when Beetle finds Wendy's clearly dead yet still animated body on local wasteland. Both Patrick and Carol try to keep Wendy as if nothing had happened to her.
After a promising start (wonderfully narrated by young Beetle sharing what it was like growing up with his Dad and brothers and how Carol who became infatuated with Wendy) this dark drama come horror movie starts to tire, its story telling turned to teen angst and when Wendy is finally found the core story morphs into a second rate copy of the far superior Deadly Friend or Deadgirl. Shame could of been something greater than its sum, at times it oddly reminded me of the wonderful HBO series Six Feet Under.
After a promising start (wonderfully narrated by young Beetle sharing what it was like growing up with his Dad and brothers and how Carol who became infatuated with Wendy) this dark drama come horror movie starts to tire, its story telling turned to teen angst and when Wendy is finally found the core story morphs into a second rate copy of the far superior Deadly Friend or Deadgirl. Shame could of been something greater than its sum, at times it oddly reminded me of the wonderful HBO series Six Feet Under.
(5½ out of 10)
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