Dead Within

2014 "Fear is Contagious"
3.8| 1h31m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 09 September 2014 Released
Producted By: This Is Just a Test
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://deadwithin.com/
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Set six months after a deadly outbreak has all but ended the human race, a man and woman have survived by isolating themselves in a remote cabin and never opening the door. Now they don’t have a choice. Starved for resources, they must confront the horrors that threaten them… but what’s inside may be even more toxic than what remains outside. When it all ends, this is what remains.

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Director

Ben Wagner

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This Is Just a Test

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SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie
Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
Glimmerubro It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.
Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
Woodyanders Mike (a sturdy and credible performance by Dean Chekvala) and his wife Kim (a fine and touching portrayal by Amy Cale Peterson) are a young married couple who hole up in a remote cabin in the woods in the wake of a zombie outbreak. However, Mike must venture outside into the dangerous world and leave Kim by herself on a daily basis after their supplies begin to dwindle. Director/co-writer Ben Wagner ably crafts a suffocating claustrophobic atmosphere that makes the viewers feel like they are trapped in the cramped cabin along with the two desperate main characters. Moreover, Wagner astutely captures the overwhelming hopelessness of the bleak situation and brings a wrenching poignancy to the gripping premise by relating it on a small intimate scale, with Kim's gradual descent into madness in particular packing a potent emotional punch. The strong acting by the two leads further keeps this picture humming. While the slow pace and lack of cheap jump-out-at-you jolts will tax the patience of fright film fans expecting a standard formula scarefest, anyone else with a taste for slow-burning psychological suspense should appreciate this nice little sleeper's admirably smart and subtle approach to the zombie horror genre.
OhScarlett This was a half hearted attempt at an interesting twist on the 'survival after zombie outbreak' movie. The entire movie takes place in a cabin with essentially two characters. As a fan of this kind of movie I really thought it was gearing up to be more realistic than most. Not every zombie apocalypse can be the constant excitement of zombies around every corner where the average person suddenly has the knowledge and physical ability to use everything around them as a weapon and fight to the victorious end against a world that has gone awry. Here you have two people that have lost everything and everyone but each other. Including the ultimate loss for a family. He just wants to keep her safe and never let her be in harms way, however he's given her the most serious case of cabin fever ever. You can only stay in seclusion, in basically one room, before your cheese starts to slide off your cracker and hers is going quickly. So it sounds like a great premise for a darn good psychological thriller... but they dropped the ball. They never let you in on how the end of the world happened, when it happened, or what led up to them being in their current state. You aren't even let in on the details of how the zombie funk spreads from one person to the next or what the symptoms of infection are, which is generally important to know. There is no character development at all. You never find out who these people were or why she incapable of doing more than getting dressed for dinner or washing a dish. Are these zombies so skilled in undead combat that she can't even walk into the yard occasionally? Which leads you to not feel invested in either characters well being. I think I felt more for the poor dog than the people. Personally, I feel like it's not worth the time investment. The last 5-7 minutes is the only time anything really happens and even then, it lacked substance. All in all it seemed like the trailer for a decent survival movie that never got made.
betraeger Wow, was I watching the same movie? First off, everyone's entitled to their opinion, but I can't believe the previous users and reviews are calling this movie boring, slow, or that they have seen it before. I thought the movie was suspenseful the entire time. Even though it was a limited cast, the acting was spot on and exactly what I look for in this genre. If you want gore and nudity, you are looking in the wrong place, go re-watch one of the installments of Friday the 13th, which are all the same, so take your pick. ALSO THIS ISN'T A ZOMBIE MOVIE! The poster may be perceived as misleading, but we all should be able to get past that. It could be just about anything outside the door, just like Cabin in the Woods. It's a sad story about two people who have lost everything. It frankly, was a lot more believable to me. It's more like Open Water than Dawn of the Dead or Evil Dead.I also really enjoyed discovering the prequel web series AFTER I had watched the film, it was a nice extension of the piece and hope they continue to post more episodes on the site.
Liam Blackburn Hello! Is there anybody out there? There's trollers everywhere outside the house! Do you think I'm a troller? Kim? Kim what's your favourite dress...? Kim are you fat? What if this all like the truman show? Laughs....Is this the script? I think I can come up with a script for this movie just as quickly. The screenplay is abominable. You barely see any zombies at any points. The entire movie takes place inside a cabin. THe actors try hard but the screenplay is poor...can't fault them. Every few minutes there's a jump-scare, with a pounding thud, and the shrieking of a zombie.....it gets so old so fast. THis is a movie to pass on my friend. Every few minutes a dumb jump-scare. A shrieking zombie. It doesn't go into the source of the outbreak barely. It all revolves around the two people and how the girl gradually goes insane from staying in the cabin. The whole movie is really slow, until the absolute last few minutes......boring!