Night of the Living Deb

Loved it! It is kind of Shaun of the Dead kind of flick, a romantic zombie comedy, but pretty fresh and funny and entertaining and cool. The actress that plays Deb, the lead character, is fantastic, charming and funny. Ray Wise has a great supporting role. The music, the sound, photography, effects - all together made a very good movie in every level. The director played nicely with clichés, made a very light but exciting movie with zombies, and since there is so much zombies these days, it is a great success to make a movie that can stand out. Well done in every way! I saw it at the closing of Dead Lake festival in Palic, Serbia. Highly recommended.

Better than I expected remake (of sorts) of 'Shaun of the Dead' starring Thayer playing an awkward but plucky camera operator trapped with her one night stand (Cassidy) after the State is overrun by a water-borne virus that turns victims into flesh eating zombies.

Ray Wise co-stars as Cassidy's connected father, partially responsible for the outbreak, and then Brister is a scene stealer as Thayer's indecorous best friend, in some ways reminiscent of Nick Frost's character in SotD. Sacca is also amusing as the sarcastic military contractor hired to prevent the virus from escaping Maine.

Despite being a loose translation of SotD for American audiences, Thayer is likeable, the pace is constant and although low budget, it's technically well-made with witty dialogue and plenty of visual gags to keep the audience amused. Low on the romcom factor, higher on the gore and better for it overall.

Chompcrc here. This is actually a pretty good movie. It hits all the major plot points, and I laughed out loud on numerous occasions. The lead actress is a revelation, and should definitely be way more famous than she is. Sure, a bigger budget Hollywood production would have looked and felt better, but this is as good as anything Hollywood heavy hitters are doing in the genre. Good job folks.

I enjoy searching through the 'customers also liked' section of streaming services. It's a great way to find hidden or underappreciated gems. I was pleasantly surprised to find N.o.t. L. D. During a late-night search. I've now seen it a bunch of times.

Deb, the titular character (played by the lovely and talented Maria Thayer), is a classic underachiever who, prodded by her pal on a night out, chats up a good looking fellow a few levels above her on the social scale. The next morning, Deb and her new friend are forced to deal with a zombie outbreak, her new friend's snobbish family, and an extremely jealous girlfriend.

The comedy, mostly supplied by Thayer, plays a greater role than the human-munching and zombie-killing (although there's a decent amount of gore).

The movie was made on a shoestring budget, financed by a Kickstarter campaign. This is another element I liked about the flick; it's one of those movies were the creators worked with a tiny budget and still produced an entertaining movie.

Highly recommended.

At least for what it is. It's no "Shaun of the Dead," of course, but given that "Shaun of the Dead" is the de facto "Godfather" of zom-com (and horror comedy in general, for that matter), it's hardly fair to compare this movie to it.

The movie lives and dies by its lead actress, and more so than most -- she's clearly the standout performance (which is a shame when a movie has the great Ray Wise) and she handles the comedy, physical and verbal, very well. Not to mention being able to pull off cute even with the trite "beautiful girl playing plain by having messy hair and unflattering clothes" dynamic. (I almost said "beautiful young girl" but a look at her IMDb page reveals that she was *40* when this movie came out. Unless there's an error on IMDb or this movie was shelved for a very long time before release, she's aged really, really well. I mean, good Lord, I would have guessed mid-to-late 20s, tops.)

The movie's main flaw is that it doesn't seem to know whether it wants to be straight-up comedy or camp, something independent/low budget comedies occasionally suffer from. It vacillates between the two, which can cause abrupt changes in comedic tone. Trying for both just hurts the flow and coherency of the movie. Overall, though, while it wasn't the greatest movie in the world and I did find the comedy/camp comedy transitions jarring, I quite enjoyed it, and it was solidly written and acted (primarily by the lead actress, as noted above), so I have no complaints about the time spent watching.