Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Executscan Expected more

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Leofwine_draca MY DEAD GIRLFRIEND is a shot-on-video comedy horror movie from Canada about a guy whose girlfriend dies only to return as a zombie. He then faces a struggle to prevent her from eating all and sundry while he tries to cover it up. This kind of storyline has been done to death over the last decade and each time the writer seems to think that he or she is the first one to come up with the idea.In any case, this is pretty pointless, far too cheap and amateurish to succeed. There's nothing worse than an unfunny comedy and MY DEAD GIRLFRIEND is just that. The characters spout awful dialogue which is delivered in a whiny way by the actors. This really is as bland and predictable as it gets.

rooprect Whether or not we're talking about a zombie flick, whether or not it has a high budget or no budget, "My Dead Girlfriend" has some priceless zingers that'll have you laughing for a long time after the movie is over. Don't expect a madcap comedy like "Scary Movie", but the humor is more along the lines of Seinfeld or Friends... but with flesh eating zombies.Billed as a horror comedy, this movie puts more emphasis on comedy. There aren't a lot of special effects and surprisingly little gore. Instead, there's some great comedy dialogue and bizarro characters like "the super" who keeps showing up to fix the plumbing at the worst times, "the beer buddy" who insists he's an independent 40-year old while his mom yells at him to take out the trash, "the beer buddy's girlfriend" who is more or less the voice of reason to the point that she's calmly drinking brewskis while zombies are running around eating people's necks, and of course there's our hero, the clueless dolt who, upon accidentally running over someone, instead of--I dunno--calling an ambulance he calls upon the powers of demons to fix everything.The whole movie is very tongue-in-cheek and pokes fun at every horror movie cliché, right down to the anti-climactic line "this is generally when a cat jumps out". Also mocked are fake blood splattering scenes and a particularly voluminous vomit scene that must've required 10 gallons of pea soup, the chunky kind.This movie has so many quotable lines such as "Jesus! Who the hell throws an axe??" "Sorry, I got caught up in the moment." And "You're buying the milk... no you're buying the cow... You've got the milk you don't need a cow... uh.. Exactly!" And one of my faves, "I knew it, she's a stripper!"Tons more, but you really have to see the movie to get em. Like I was saying, imagine a sitcom with zombies and this is pretty much it. For some reason the Canadian accents make it even more hilarious. I don't know if director Brett Kelly and his troupe will ever be known as masters of the macabre, but they've got comedy gold.

movieman_kev College English professor Steve (Director Brett Kelly) plans to propose to his occult-loving, vegetarian girlfriend (and one time student) Amy (Caitlin Delaney). So after he accidentally kills her (in a ridiculous way), he chooses to bring her back with the help of the incantation books she conveniently owned to mixed results. They drive to an out of the way cabin in order to wait for her to 'get better'. But when his friends show up to party at the cabin, Steve has to keep them from figuring out that Amy's now a zombie. Fortunately, his friends seem to be as brain dead as Amy is all dead.This silly little low-budget number was extremely stupid, yet I cracked a smile once or twice despite myself. Of the three Brett Kelly films I've seen thus far(the Bonesetter Returns, Final Curtain & The Feral Man), I feel it's safe to say that I enjoyed this one the most by far. Not to say that the film is flawless (it has many MANY of them) just that it had a fun atmosphere to it so I could overlook most of them.My Grade: C- Where i saw it: Instant Netflix viewing

mckenzie-c To be quite honest, I haven't seen all of Bret's movies. I've seen Bone Setter (which I purchased at a comic convention, it was sitting next to the notorious indie flick, Zombie Holocaust, which I thought was terrible, kick me if you must; I don't remember my reasons) and that's it. Much like Bone Setter, My Dead Girlfriend takes you by surprise as the cleverness builds to the point where you simply enjoy the film and you actively catch yourself asking if this is the same movie you'd already formulated an opinion on.The script seems decently written and well executed on. The soundtrack was original and well placed. The make-up and gore was good, though there were moments when a completely over the top blood sequence would have been perfect. Overall this film had enough fresh moments for an obvious first attempt at a comedy horror that you can't help but really enjoy it for what it was. It left a pleasant taste in my mouth after all was said and done.WARNING, POSSIBLE SPOILER! (not that revealing, I just don't want to get blacklisted) Complaints? I thought there were some flat moments, mainly a couple of weak comedic attempts. (I don't think anyone would have had a problem if the film was a couple of minutes shorter if the weaker jokes were cut) The plot was generally fine expect the reason for Caitlin's zombification. Well not the reason so much as the execution. It felt a little ridiculous, Brett's character never comes across as someone so clueless or stupid as to back over another person with a car, or that Caitlin wouldn't have noticed the exhaust breathing down on her.The highlight I'm sure everyone will agree was Jody's comedic timing, (also played the Bone Setter in both those movies, though they weren't comedies) but Caitlin's zombie on the bed scene was probably the most memorable moment.Finally, there's a scene with this big guy (Ralph Gethings doing a cameo, he's the films FX head) in the woods. His story was never explicitly explained, so here's my take. Since I never recalled who the owner of the cabin was, I rationalize that it was his cabin and after all the "partying" was said an done, he shows up to the mess we all just witnessed and was attempting a clean up.Either way, fun film. Don't hesitate if you see a copy being sold at a local comic convention. Shades of "Idle Hands" definitely!