As previous reviews have stated, I get what they mean completely. This film definitely had the qualities of a mystifying Lynchion that seeps in through the cracks that is Evil Dead 2's cabin hysteria and horror!I quite enjoyed the advanced coloration and distortion of madness and reality behind the camera angles. If this was not enough to grip your collar in, there were plenty of hilarious but grotesquely distasteful characters that localize the bumpkin bliss! A pair of bumbling, troublesome brothers; a careless cop vixen; the perverted televangelist and more!It was murder on moonshine!

On paper "Dead and Gone" truly sounded like an entertaining and potentially imaginative new zero-budgeted little horror flick. The basic plot description is original, the remote forestry settings are marvelous (with echoes of "The Evil Dead" and David Lynch's "Twin Peaks") and the trailer clearly indicated a mixture of black comedy, splatter and psychedelic plot twists. Unfortunately, however, the finished product is an utter mess of a film that turned out boring and ridicule instead of inventive and compelling. It's difficult to point out what exactly went wrong here, but debuting writer Harry Shannon and inexperienced director Yossi Sasson obviously lost their grip on the screenplay right from the beginning. The intended effect of 'is all this happening for real or just occurring inside the protagonist's mentally unstable mind' is never reached and Quinten Jones' performance is far too weak for anyone to care about his gradual descent into madness. He depicts a lowlife actor married to a much older wife who's in a permanent state of coma following a plastic surgery gone awry. The wife's family refused to include Jack in the testament, so he saw no other option than to kidnap her body and hide in a secluded mountain cottage. This happens to be the same cottage where an entire family was brutally slain nearly forty years ago and, on top of that, the closest neighbors are either homosexually perverted delivery boys or desperate sex-craving female deputies. As Jack slowly loses his mind, his wife awakes from her coma and mocks him. Eventually he has no other choice than to pull the plug on her, but the mean-spirited shrew keeps coming back in further evolved states of decay. "Dead and Gone" is primarily a very boring film! The story repeatedly follows Jack's irrelevant and pointless daily routines of running through the woods, draw hideous designs on his porch, chop wood and bicker with his chain-smoking dead wife. The cottage's sinister past is hardly even referred to anymore after the opening credits and Jack's interactions with the deranged locals seemingly just serve as time-filling footage. There are so many other interesting aspects that remain unprocessed, like Jack's liaison with the family attorney or the bizarre war traumas of sexy deputy Kate. "Dead and Gone" features nothing even remotely resembling an horrific atmosphere or nightmarish imagery. Usually, low-budgeted independent horror flicks like this have to rely on grainy cinematography and/or deeply perverted insinuations, but this movie looks and feels as it was made by freshly graduated film students who wanted to do everything nicely by the book. The make-up effects are often downright pathetic and evoke laughter instead of frights. If this was meant as homage to the original "The Evil Dead", then Sam Raimi definitely shouldn't feel honored. The acting performances are miserable, with the one notable exception of Felissa Rose as Jack's attorney. Fans of nonsensical Z-grade horror smut will certainly recognize her odd face, as she was the one and only Angela from "Sleepaway Camp" in 1983.

I watch a lot of Indie films and am a horror fan to boot. I'll have a viewing without any regards to the subjective bantering from critics and commentators alike. I ended up watching Dead and Gone twice before sending it back to good ole Netflix. Knowing this had to be low budget, I have to say, I liked this movie! It has a lot of light leaks and is not exactly waterproof, but It is not what I expected to see at all. I was quite entertained with the story and quality of acting. The cameos where great! Ben Moody plays a hilarious mountain redneck hick! I laughed at that one! The box lists the names of all the appearances, so I won't say anymore. Moving through the first half, I thought the film took itself a little too serious and then it came into its own for the rest of the film. I realized then where the Director was going. There was definitely some thought that went into this flic.Rent it! If you like B horror flics with some intelligence.Here are my marks from 1 - 10. 10 being the best. Remember (LOW BUDGET) Music Score: 9 Harry Manfredini Folks! (Howed they get him?) Sound: 9 5.1 Dolby. If you have a good audio setup, I was impressed! Acting: 7 Its low budget, how many takes can you get? Special fx: 8 Good job in this department! Makeup and FX. Story: 8 Slow start at first, but then picks up. Originality: 8 I'll just say, it wasn't about torture.Colia

Dead And Gone may not be popular with teens who gobble up horror flicks through free downloads and want to see a lot of gore and sex.It has black comedy well blended in the horror. Its exceptionally well directed, cleverly written, with an inspired use of light and color and big budget special effects.The film is unexpectedly beautiful to look at. And Yossi Sasson creates a unique pacing of syncopated shocks that are really frightening.The acting is good and the leads are hot looking. Kyle Gass is hilarious as a TV minister. And Robert Herrick plays this giant gay hillbilly. I wont say what it is, but the scene where stuff is oozing out of his mouth is totally gross and laugh out loud funny.The script was written by Harry Shannon, who is a cult horror author for a good reason. I'm a big fan of his books and he didn't disappoint me.This movie is for a more mature audience, no matter what their age. There is a lot of character development and a real plot. No teens screaming for an hour.I recommend it.