Deadgirl

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Year:	2008
Country of origin:	USA
Director:	Marcel Sarmiento, Gadi Harel
Genre:	Naked zombie chick flick
Starring:	Shiloh Fernandez, Noah Segan, Jenny Spain
Rating:	4/5
IMDB link:	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0896534/
Tagline:	You Never Forget Your First Time
Favourite line:	"What the fuck is she doing here?"

You know something?
I am sick and tired of zombie movies.
As much as it pains me to confess such, the thought of sitting through another substandard living dead offering, from whatever the source, is now becoming almost obsessional. For many long years, anyone who asked me the question: "What is your favourite type of movie?" would receive a short, curt bark of the word "zombie." as I scornfully walked away from them, shamed like the dogs that they were.
But no more.
That is, not until Deadgirl.

The plot: Two hormonal twenty five year olds pretending to be 10 years younger go for a walk around an abandoned mental asylum, as you do, and discover a naked woman; beautiful, vulnerable, very, very dead and yet, she still moves. One of the pair is keen upon alerting the authorities, but the other has more devious plans that involve, yes, you guessed it, sticking his pinky piper into the dead girl's crevices until he's really, really pleased with himself.
So begins a battle of wills that can only end with plenty of bloodshed, more than a little naked flesh and a director tainting you at every turn: "That's right, keep looking at her titties. You know she's dead, right? Keep looking, 'cos it's stirring things down below but, remember...she's dead. Yeah, that pussy shot there, the pretty girl with the muff on show, that's doing things, right? But, you do know she's dead...."

A big fan of movies that play with the viewer's morality, this ticks all the right boxes.
For something this low budget, the performances are surprisingly good all round, and there's a nice line in gritty atmospherics.
The director clearly knows the budgetary constraints, and chooses to relinquish spunking most of the dollars on lashings of gore, instead pouring heavy with the tension, to great effect.
Whilst the subject matter will render this film a no-go area for many, those with a strong enough stomach could do much, much worse.
Long live the zombie movie.
Long live the Deadgirl.