The Deader The Better
Classic-style horror film I made in 2005 as an homage to the Universal Monster classics and zombie films like Night of the Living Dead. My idea was to combine the old Black & White atmosphere with the red splattery gore of modern horror films, so I decided to make the blood in color.
In horror movies, the caretaker is usually the first character to die. (The Wolf Man, 1941, for example) Naturally, being in the #1 setting where supernatural things occur, he is kind of stuck in a trap. My idea for The Deader the Better is that this is the movie where the caretaker fights back.
The cemetery set was in a garage. I built all the gravestones. It was made to look like the classic black & white horror films.
This was the last “film” I made before AVGN. I stands as an example of some of the horror films I plan to make in the future. Only imagine it on a bigger scale.
Hi James! I started as a regular Angry VideoGame Nerd fan (in fact here in Brazil you got a great fan base), then I watched this movie and WOW… Fantastic Horror/Comedy you got there… Now I’m a fan of your movies too. Keep doing the awesome job!!
first movie ive seen of yours james really well done sir with such a limited budget you have made a really amazing homage to the movies of old. i especially like the part when he pulled the head off the zombie couldnt help myself i kept saying ‘SUB ZERO WINS FLAWLESS VICTORY…. FATALITY!!!!’
you are very talented and an inspiration to me also
well done sir.
You know, this is too gory for me, but it’s a master piece and I loved it anyways
This Has To be my second favorite film of yours, The one that beats this is the Legend of the Blue Hole
twilight type films, pure comedy, game reviews, stop motion and now black comedy, is there anything you cant do, and do extremely well btw,
ok a few points, the whole blood in colour thing, it works really well, gives it that egde, but i noticed a few incidences where the background wasnt completely black and white, for example, the first shot of the bloody grave, the tombstone looks like coloured grey, sort of brighter than it should be, and the first shot of the ground i was able to pick out the brown f the soil also when the guy goes batty-up bitch boy, the ground looks coloured again when we see the “bitch-boy” fall. I thought the score could have been better when they start ripping into the zombies about a third of the way through, heavier rock maybe would have been a nice contrast to that sweet old style music beforehand sorry for nit-picking but you can appreciate it, its what you do best lol, its a great short dont get me wrong, nice idea, loved the head in the ass, keep them coming, really looking forward to a full length
ps, did you cameo in this, right after the head in the ass bit where the zombies start coming from everywhere, the first zombie that turns around sort looks like you and theres another one too a bit on from that, maybe its just me
PPS it the chainsaw a reference to anything….. evil dead perhaps???
Awesome stuff dude, if you don’t make more movies I will kill you. (Now that’s a reference to a slasher flick if I ever saw one.) But seriously, make another movie, however I don’t intend on killing an awesome dude like you James.
I also stared with being a avgn fan but when i saw cinemassacre 200 i started to watch every project of cinemassacre
Thanks for this film man. I NEED you to come to florida and film with me. I am 12 and though others would argue the making low-budget films is lame, you have inspired me to do so. cinemassecre 200 showed how to make the zombie set, and i got inspired by that. It shows that ANYONE can make film, cheesey or not. You just have to have the HEART to do it. I tried to make an action movie with my 13 year-old friend, but i don’t know how to digitally edit. Where do you get a computer studio for that? Well anyways, thank you for inspireing me.
i love this movie, i watch it from time to time and have even refered it to friends.
This is just simply put, stunning. Great acting, great setting, great modd, and great camera work, all in all one of the best short films I’ve seen to date. Great job!
Awesome “Batter up bitch boy!” best line of the movie!
Great Film James. But I felt the characters earl acting was dry. But Lloyd Kicked ass and stuck zombies heads in ass. I think this needs a sequel.
Who pays them!?