Special Dead (2006)

I am so sick of these tame, modern-day, indy Horrors like The Zombie Diaries and High Tension, that are branded "independent" because they happen to be made for under $80 Million, but still include Hollywood suits lurking around the sets, changing the directors original vision, with the hopes of making themselves more money by cutting out the "offensive" parts. Fortunately, that has nothing at all to do with Special Dead, a film that is not apart of Dimension Extreme or Lions Gate, or any damn thing for that matter (self distribution). Special Dead is proof that the B-movie is not dead, in fact, the B is alive and well, and offensive as ever. So, welcome to Camp Special Dude, A ranch for the very, very special. Normally, things run pretty smoothly around here, with the indifferent counselors tending to their very special responsibilities in between getting laid and getting high, or in some cases, doing nothing. Looks like everyone is going to need to sober up for a while, because there has been another Zombie outbreak. Well, yeah, this is Zombie Country, after all. Now, the supremely indifferent, nunchuck-wielding, head-counselor, Machiavelli Stone, along with his main-squeeze (or something similar), his slightly-retarded, wheelchair-bound sister, and some other retarded guy slowly make their way through the pitch-black woods, slaughtering Zombies, with very, very little acting experience. There's probably nothing I could say that could change the way you feel about a Zombie movie featuring a mostly retarded cast, racial stereotypes and pretty much a Z-grade budget, but If you're not too terribly PC, and don't take movies or life too seriously, you have a buffet of gore, nudity and Troma-ish humor to look forward to. Straight out of the 60's drive-in, a hilarious, 80's-ish gore-fest for the 00's, Special Dead, to me, is a breath of fresh air, which, may not be the most popular of opinions this day in time, but then again, to hell with it. For more in 00's cult classics, check out Werewolf In A Womens Prison and Gutterballs, and for more in very special exploitation, Citizen Toxie should do just fine. We're looking at no distribution company, no budget, no continuity, no limits, this film is as Indy as indy gets. Long live the B-movie, and yay for Special Dead!! 10/10

Im Special Dead zombies attack Camp Special Dude a campground for the mentally disabled. The campers and workers try to survive and escape led by the owners son who is the best comedy horror character since Ash. The other brilliant character is the guy who plays the guitar and throws in lyrics about what he'd like to do to various women - I couldn't resist using his best line as my review title.The only thing really holding this movie back is the black character who adds nothing whatsoever to this film and just seems to be in it so equally rubbish rap music can swell up on the soundtrack. He's involved in a couple of amusing scenes but the only bits of this movie I actually found unpleasant to watch or offensive involved him. Laughing at spastics isn't very pc but in the context of this movie I found it fine, intimating that you are going to rape a woman you hijacked and the endless crap about guns isn't funny or really very interesting. If they'd cut that nonsense out I would have said this is a 7/10.Despite this drawback The Special Dead is a great zombie movie full of funny scenes and amusing characters, it's definitely worth a watch.

I had been waiting on this movie to come over for over a year, and as soon as it did I got my copy. This is one of the funniest and original zombie movies ever made. And yes it is a low budget horror film, but it shines. I could only imagine what could have been done had there been a big budget. The characters are great, original and played to perfection, including Jason who plays Machiavelli. He reminds me of a young Bruce from Evil Dead. This movie ranks right up there with some of the horror cult classic. If you get a chance to check this out, do so. This is and is not your standard zombie flick. They stay true to a lot we know about zombies, but the movie adds flavor throughout.

I would love to give this movie more stars if I could only see what was going on! Why the release print is so dark is a mystery. I hope it can be fixed because this is a minor gem of satire, the type of film that the Politically Correct of the world loathe before they've even seen it.The actors seem to love their molto-bizarro characters. Mark Bates as a Tourette's zombiehas his share of the funny moments, spewing out filth and bloodeverywhere. And David Reynolds sympathetically plays a bald ox of a zombie who literally loses his head in one of the most bizarre and mirth-inducing sequences in the film.Weird people made this and weird people will like it. Now if the film can only be made more visible, it might attract a wider, weirder audience!