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Beautiful, moving film.

Slow start, not much happens and some disturbing things. Im not sure if some people that have reviewed this film were watching the same film. This should not be listed as horror and is definitely a netflix kind of movie.So many unanswered questions at the end. Im never getting that time back....

With a seemingly simple plot, 'Deadgirl' tells the tale of Rickie and JT, who find a bound girl in an abandoned mental institute who can't be killed. They keep her a secret for the various ulterior motives that the film revolves around. 'Deadgirl' was dark, twisted and disturbing. It explored the hidden cruelty and darkness of human nature. Though it appears to be another teenage torture porn flick, in reality, it's so much more than that. Shiloh Fernandez and Gadi Harel give strong performances and are extremely interesting characters, making the plot revolve around them just. Making a bound girl that frightening takes a fair bit of effort, that this film succeeds at achieving. If you're a fan of the horror genre, you will find this flick extremely enticing and you're sure to enjoy this nail biter. Provided of course, you watch it with no prior expectations.

VERY MINOR SPOILER ABOUT BEGINNING. Not at all what I expected. I started this movie thinking it would be more about the classic "what would you do if no one was watching" nature of the human psych. I did assume eventually it would get to the subject of rape. Instead the movie basically starts with one character raping the girl. The first half of the movie is basically characters conflicting over to rape / release the girl. Not really the social commentary I had expected. The second half really picks up though, and pushes the movie into the positive side. The first half of the movie is probably a 3 out of 10, but the second half is closer to a 7.I won't ruin it, but not sure how well the final scene really fit in with the rest of the movie, but it could be taken as a piece of social commentary.

I think a zombie movie should have more than one zombie in it. That's the whole crux of zombie movies - so many of them, so few of us, whatever shall we do? Deadgirl has one zombie, a young woman tied to a gurney who occasionally does zombie-like things (like obliterating a ferocious dog with only her bare teeth), but mostly she just passively lies there and gets raped (alot), sodomized, beaten, etc.But that's okay because we have this in-depth study of the teenage boy psyche to compensate for the total lack of zombie-ness. And here it is in a nutshell; whether he's a jock, a rebel, a nerd, a loser, or a stoner - the teenage boy is perfectly fine with sticking his penis in a zombie he's found tied up in a basement. It doesn't matter that she smells from festering bullet wounds, or that his friends have already dumped multiple loads in her and there's not a shower or garden hose to be found, or that... she's a zombie.Additionally, teenage boys have no moral compass. Teenage boys have minimal problem solving skills. Teenage boys lack the ability to articulate any thoughts more complex than "F_ck you, homo!" or whatever. Essentially, teenage boys have only slightly more brain activity than the zombies they're raping.Now, back to how much this movie sucks as a zombie movie. JT, the lead rapist, proves how deadgirl can't die by beating her, shooting her, etc. Near the end of the movie, however, he casually thrusts a machete into her skull. That should have killed her, but it doesn't.There's a clip showing how one of deadgirl's bullet wounds is oozing pus. She would have to be alive to generate pus.JT gets scratched by deadgirl, two jocks get bitten by deadgirl and none of them turn into zombies. A girl gets bitten and she does become a zombie. Why? So, the circle of deadgirl rape can continue, of course.The only high point of this movie was when a would be victim of two of the rapists soundly beats the crap out of them in a gas station parking lot.BOTTOM LINE: Basically, this movie is a misogynistic rape fantasy fest for emotionally stunted teenage boys and men.