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It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

A group of four teenage friends become trapped in a Mexican border tunnel where they fall prey, one-by one, to tortured ghosts who haunt it.This movie deserves recognition as having possibly the best actors to appear in such a terrible film -- Edward Furlong, Cerina Vincent, Amber Benson... not that these are A-listers, but how did such a terrible film attract people who have had such notable careers? This could have been played by amateurs.I am not blaming the actors, of course. There is no way this could have been good. Maybe a new director, new script, a few other changes... of course, then it would have been another film entirely. Which is what it would take to make this one good.

Just awful. If I were the producers, I'd get my money back from the film lab. At least, I hope they didn't get charged for color correction, since every shot has a different color balance.I'm puzzled about Cerina Vincent failing to show us anything, too. In "Not Another Teen Movie" she appeared completely nude every time she was on screen. In "Cabin Fever" she managed to keep her clothes on most of the time. Here, she just sort of jiggles a lot, but keeps her shirt on. At least some boobs would have made me give it another half of a star.Most of the time, the characters are sort of lost in a tunnel. Eve though it's conveniently strung with lights, they never think to just follow the light cables to either end.The scenes are shot in very confusing angles and you never really get a sense of where anyone is. Very amateurish. The highlight is when a couple characters are moving through a crawlspace. When they return the way they came, the director just flips the earlier scene...with the predictable result that the very distinct writing on one of the character's shirts is reversed. Guess nobody noticed or cared.Definitely not worth your time unless you just can't sleep.

Before I say anything that gives you a bad impression about this movie, let me first say this, Intermedio (or Dead & Dying as it's known in the UK, which is how I shall refer to it from now on) is pretty good as straight to video horror movies go. It's probably about the third or fourth best one I've seen. That said, it was also disappointing, probably due to the promise of it's idea being squandered by mediocre execution. Dead & Dying could have been a cool terror ride, but as it is it just slides in with all the other STV 'teens in peril' horror movies.Although it is a bit generic, what stops it from sinking into the depths never to be seen again is its fantastic cast. With the exception of the main character Jen's boyfriend, everyone in this film is giving it 110%. Key duo Edward Furlong and Cerina Vincent (watch this girl, she is totally wicked) both hand in warm, sympathetic performances that make you really want them to make it out alive, and Amber Benson gives a good go of it as comic relief too.The acting alone elevates it from the sludge, but unfortunately there isn't a lot else to it. The ghost effects are cool, and for a while very creepy, providing some refreshingly genuine scares, but once it's revealed that they aren't the true villains their ability to terrify dwindles, plus they all but vanish from the movie for the second half anyway. The horror element of this movie feels really tacked on, like they had a thriller written but they needed a horror so they augmented it with some ghosts and a bit of gore. The gore is a nice bonus, but it's pretty straightforward in comparison with films like Shredder or Curse of the Forty-Niner's gleefully complex overkill. This movie doesn't do anything you haven't seen forty or fifty times before.It's a shame, as this is a genuinely enjoyable movie, but it's tarnished with the feeling it could of been a lot better, like they rushed to get it out. Add to this a soundmix that is so unbalanced I wound up turning the TV set up and down about ten or eleven times, and you can see why I say it just fails to excite as much as it might. All in all, you could do much much worse than Dead & Dying, and it's worth a rent purely for Cerina Vincent and Ed Furlong, but you could do a lot better too. Give it a shot, don't expect miracles.

Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad!!!! This has to be the worst movie I have EVER seen. The box at the video store made this movie look awesome....but I guess that's the point. I'm a huge fan of B and C horror movies, but this one didn't even hit the bullseye...heck, it missed the target entirely. Makes me cry for the days when Edward was John Conner...his acting is wasted in this movie. It really had no plot, just stupid teenagers running around stupid caves for stupid weed. I feel like I should sue Asylem pictures for the 90 minutes of my life I can never get back! Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad! Don't waste your money or your time...I wish someone had told me that before I did, but oh, well...I'll survive...unlike the actors in this hunk of junk.