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Living Death by Erin Berry
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Greg Bryk, Joshua Peace, Kelsey Matheson, Kristy Swanson, Neil Foster Director: Erin Berry Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS Writer: Erin Berry Producer: Gary Howsam Producer: Harvey Glazer Producer: Jeff Wilson Producer: Jonathan Dueck Producer: Kate Harrison Writer: Christopher Warre Smets Writer: Leo Scherman DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.66:1 Running Time: 85 minutes DVD Release Date: 2006-12-12 Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: Peace Arch
Movie Reviews of Living DeathMovie Review: Kristy Swanson returns to horror. Summary: 3 StarsLiving Death (Erin Berry, 2006)
Surprisingly, a great deal less stupid than I figured it would be, with really good acting for a straight-to-video release and a plot that, while not terribly accurate in some of its particulars, was at least halfway original and more than halfway interesting.
Elizabeth (Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Kristy Swanson) and Victor (Saw V's Greg Bryk) Harris are unhappily married. Victor is a sadistic, infantile playboy, and Elizabeth is just kind of waiting around until he finally manages to kill himself and she inherits his vast estate. She also happens to be romantically involved with Roman (Lars and the Real Girl's Joshua Peace), Victor's best friend and lawyer. The two come up with a plan to get rid of Victor without anyone knowing, but the poison they end up using simply puts Victor into a coma, able to see, hear, and feel everything that's going on around him, but unable to telegraph to the outside world that this is the case. (Fans of The Serpent and the Rainbow or the books of Wade Davis know exactly what's going on here.)
Yeah, it's your basic thriller, but with a few fun twists thrown in and some really engaging, if repugnant, characters. Compared to a lot of low budget horror/thrillers I've seen in January, Living Death is Oscar material. (It's not, of course. Everything's relative.) But even looked at more empirically, it's fun, it's watchable, it's perfect for a rainy night when you've got nothing better to do. ***
Summary of Living DeathVictor is a young and powerful millionaire who discovers his beautiful wife Elizabeth (Kristy Swanson) is having an affair with his best friend, Roman. In an attempt to get rid of Victor forever, Roman and Elizabeth use a deadly poison to kill him. But when the poison only paralyzes Victor, he awakens to find he's in a morgue. As the poison wears off, Victor's anger and rage sends him on a quest to seek revenge on his wife and her lover.
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