At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

To revile or not to revile? This is a 'nasty' one that when first watched, left a deeply unsettling sense not of horror, but of revulsion against the underlying conceit assault of its storyline: i.e. that the eponymous 'dead girl' was (ab)used over and over again as a young fratboy's mere sexual thrill outlet object = let's be frank, cold body w**k receptacle! And which even in the setting down of here, surely already comes over as f**king (pun!) reprehensibly worst misogynistic in the horror genre!Except; but she was 'dead'; so, just like a corpse, she - or 'it' - can give neither consent (nor deny it!), coz, well, she's 'dead' ain't she, so don't matter?! So 'acceptable'? (Perhaps rather a rumination on the reprehensibility of necrophilia then? Since then, such a lifeless thing don't know – therefore care - what's happening to them, do they: so what?) Ah but, then here's the rub - or bite, as it were, since if she (it?) can move (to so bite her violators, of course, etc.), then, really, surely she's more of a form of zombie? The storyline never bothers to exposit on why or even how 'she' came to be where stumbled across by the two protagonists: either deliberately - or lazily? So, then, why not – as probably even more exciting come-on to the fan genre – have titled it 'Zombie Girl'? So initially, utterly awful: ah, but, then sparked by the widely differing views on (e.g. this site), despite many also got the same adverse (shock) reaction, those that had tried to think about what had been disturbingly set before them, actually had discerned a pertinent point previously missed, that does this ostensibly (very, VERY) nasty little piece of misogyny deserve possible re-assessment? As any ardent 'don't ever abuse women' feminist would have to agree, really, GENUINE consent – (to whatever (!) they, genuinely, want done to them) - is always, all essential, means that is the initial problem with the premise of this titular 'dead girl' is: being dead she can't give consent to the constant outrages inflicted upon her body (in effect, rape!): but then, the conceit of zombification / zombie films is that they are not conscious, either – are they? Or are they, but – as in the original (Haitian) premise – just hypnotised into submission to their master's will? In which case, this film then begins to depict a premise not initially grasped, which was already set forward in zombie luminary director Romero's third sequel 'Day of the Dead', in which he explored what if the zombies could be 'trained' to be of, ah, (re?) use to the society they would otherwise menace, rather as the original (Haitian) zombification procedure was meant for (as first set forward cinematically in precursor 1930's 'White Zombie'): unquestioning, un-resistant slave labour? Right: now apply that to this film's premise: that the not quite really 'dead' – ergo, 'zombified'? - female body found in the basement, is indeed used as a form of slave labour viz. in this case, a sexual slave - or rather, object - for the gratification of one of the two young teenager, (ergo, full of raging unfulfilled sexual urges whose, ah, biological imperative 'outlet' is unacceptable in society's norms) characters: so, a premise already, challenging the viewer to, surely, obviously, revile thereby reject. But then those two characters are then split between one which society would / should expect of every boy to do - if not duty, then display - their decency, ethical upbringing, and - admirably (= as the 'hero!) - upholds that expectation, that "it's just not right – guys", as opposed to the other who contravenes such by violating (let's be frank, raping) her (=it?) all the time (and in every which way of revulsion – inferred corpse sodomy anyone?). OK, so inside an ostensibly nasty little 'horror' film, lurks like a submerged explosive device, this quite challenging dilemma .. perhaps? Ah, but wait; for the director / writer then serve up = PLOT Spoiler ALERT = DO NOT READ IF WANT TO SEE; ah 'FRESH' -those usually liked unexpected 'I didn't see that coming' denouement twists, the fact that that throughout the film that ostensibly portrayed as hero (coz he rejects / objects to the zombie / 'dead' girl's constant violation) then gets skewered because in effect he becomes even worse: coz he now has his own previously sexually non-responsive girlfriend similarly bound up, but now she's now fully compos mentis ALIVE … although perhaps not; as had been bitten by the now escaped 'deadgirl' a.k.a. zombie … follow?! And then, if the (supposedly?) 'deadgirl' escapes, then horror of horrors, (guys!), must mean she could not have been that zombiefied, let alone 'dead', before, since she DID have the 'awareness' prior to her desire to escape her (abusive – very awfully abusive) predicament - could she? (Er, follow?)Ah hah! Which means that this little 'horror' is indeed, pretty harrowing horrific, for the subtexts it is challenging its viewers with! So there! Watch with care.

Thought a while before watching this film as I am not a great lover of gratuitous gore. The subject matter is of course shocking but it shines a light on a very real phenomenon i.e. peer pressure amongst young men.Whilst I don't believe for a moment that so many lads would suffer from the colossal lack of empathy shown in this film it does play into the 'I dare you' mentality culture shared by adolescent males all around the world.Putting any sentiment or morality aside it's actually a well made movie albeit clearly on a tight budget. It's very insular, by that I mean what is going on outside the group involved (police investigations re missing people etc) is not even mentioned and in this instance nor should it be.The film is like a tidal pool of 'what ifs' left behind after the ocean of the unthinkable has receded.

Bullying jocks v disaffected stoners in a high school, with an other-side-of-the-tracks love interest playing along.Dull, but the zombie concept could have brought out some interesting twists.The dialogue was weak and I didn't like any of the characters. The hero especially was an ineffectual whiner, and the ending showed him up as completely worthless. JT was good as a sociopath, but there was no background for him except his resentment at being scum of the earth.The writers struggled to create drama, so they tossed in an uninspired punch-up and kidnapping to move the plot along. With half an hour left it turned into a fairly good comedy, as it looked like JT was falling in love with the zombie, with a funny fight scene in a gas station. But that fizzled out and it went back to being serious. There wasn't even an attempt to explain the zombie - she arrived and left a complete mystery, which made the fate of her victims pointless.As for the sex ... well, the idea is unpleasant for various reasons, but there's nothing graphic.

This movie was a waste of time. It has next to no story. It starts out well with good intentions but around half an hour into the movie it just turns into a 'rape-fest' nothing but a movie about teenagers having sex with a dead girl which is the most disturbing movie I have ever seen (and I've seen a few disturbing movies)I don't see how anyone could enjoy such a movie. "Deadgirl" has no story line, no contrast and is definitely not interesting. The whole time I was watching both myself and the person i was watching it with wanted it to finish.1 out of 10. I recommend you do not watch it.