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	• Special Dead Special dEaD LLC., 2007 average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

I'M JUST LIKE YOU!

Special Dead (Thomas L. Phillips and Sean Simmons, 2006)

It's official: I'm going straight to Hell. Why? Because once I started laughing at Special Dead, which took about thirty seconds, I just couldn't stop. Yes, I know it's wrong of me, and I know it's brutally hard-hearted, and all those other wonderful things. But let's face it, political correctness aside, Special Dead is just about the funniest horror spoof I've seen since Return of the Living Dead.

Camp Special Dude is, as one might suspect from the name, a dude ranch for the mentally challenged. Due to a mixup, a prisoner, Eriq Eldorado (Jah Shams), has gotten shipped there by accident. But hey, it's better than jail, right? Only problem is, zombies are rising from the dead to attack campers and counselors alike. Eriq, head counselor Mac (Jason Brubaker), and Mac's sister Dale (Gia Franzia), one of the campers, head up a band of the living trying to survive a journey back to civilization.

Yes, this is a basement-budget, badly-made film that's about as politically incorrect as they come, but it's hysterical from front to back. I case I haven't alluded to it enough, I'll say it again: if you are easily offended, this is not the movie for you. But if you're willing to ride it out, under the surface humor there's a surprisingly tender human drama to be found here, and for all the film's offensiveness, the differently-abled are portrayed here in no different a light than folks in most other horror films of this stripe; they can deliver snappy one-liners just as well as anyone else can, and they do. The scriptwriter uses both the challenges and strengths of his challenged characters well, and they end up being just as well-drawn (if not more so) than the rest of the cast. Sure, there are a few plot holes here and there and some stupidity that exists solely for the sake of its comedic value, but as with most comedy, the important thing is that it works, and it does here.

The more I think about this movie, the more impressed I am with it. A comedy with heart, even if it never fails to rip that heart out of a chest whenever it can. *** ½

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Really funny stuff

I was lucky enough to catch this movie at a film festival. Unfortunately, the festival didn't display it all that well. But now I've got it on DVD and can see and hear the whole thing clearly. Take all your survival horror cliches, throw half of them into mentally handicapped people and you've got a really funny zombie movie with this one. A limited budget doesn't get in the way of a solid, entertaining great time. The humor is of the deliberately offensive sort which, I admit, I'm a total sucker for.

I was able to order the DVD off the movie's MySpace page. So check that out if you can't get it from Amazon's marketplace.

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Retard Zombies

Got this as a goof, knowing it'd be a bad movie. I wasn't dissapointed.

Found it by accident by typing "retard" in Amazon's search and this came up. Decided to check it out.

The storyline is nothing unique, and the acting is expectedly bad, but you do get to see what would happen if a group of retards were attacked by zombies. Gotta say though, some of the actors DO pull off imatating a retard, complete with drool and twitches. Haven't seen anything that good since 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape.'

The make-up effects were okay. The zombies looked like they had oatmeal explode in their faces. But the blood splattering was pretty good.

Overall, get this movie if you know any of the actors, or if you have a demented sense of humor like me. Rent it just to say you've seen the movie. But don't expect to be scared. This one has HBO-late-night written all over it.

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An instant cult classic

I've been dying to see this movie since I first heard of it late last year. Sure, we could talk all day about just how "wrong" this movie is, but why not sit back, toss those bunched-up PC panties aside for a freaking hour and a half, and enjoy the heck out of this hilarious zombie movie already enjoying a cult following. And for what it's worth, name me one other movie that transforms the mentally challenged into heroes. That's what I thought. Anyway, Special Dead is just hilarious, not only milking numerous stereotypes for all they're worth, but kicking them once they're proverbially down. The zombies are just downright disgusting, their grey skin peeling off in bunches, their mouths filled with meat, blood, dirt, and heaven knows what else, and their blood just waiting to shoot out in mini-geysers as soon as they're attacked. I don't know what the chicken-eating zombie was actually eating, but it looked even nastier than the real thing. Low-budget horror filmmakers could learn a lot from watching this movie. Even the soundtrack, featuring the likes of Dark Reign and Eating Alice, is pretty kicking - although nothing tops Andy Allen's unique campfire song (there's even a sing-along version before the ending credits).

As the tagline says, "Sometimes heroes ride the short bus," and in this case they ride it to Camp Special Dude owned and operated by Cameron "Snuff" Stone (Larrs Jackson, who was just hilarious, especially on the topic of zombie horses), who bought the camp years ago for a song - because, we soon learn, it was infested with zombies. Snuff's second in command is his son Machiavelli "Mack" Stone (Jason Brubaker). Mack only seems to care about making time with female counselors Cassie (Amy Wade) and Harley (Haneka Haynes), but he turns out to have real skills when it comes to dispatching zombies. The "special" kids include Snuff's wheelchair-bound daughter Dale (Gia Franzia); Todd (Anthony Rutowicz), whose loud talking, hideous toboggan, and talent for making all kinds of things out of popsicle sticks do little to help him convince Dale to be his girlfriend; an uncommunicative mountain of flesh who could well be descended from Tor Johnson (David Reynolds); a shy "helmet head" (April Wade); and several others of less importance to the story. Adding greatly to the fun is Eriq (Jah Shams), a young gangster bound for boot camp who was accidentally placed on the wrong bus. All of the actors were darn near brilliant, if you ask me (especially Franzia and Rutowicz).

Don't write any of these characters off too soon, not even the most challenged among them. While guys like Mack rely mostly on obvious weapons such as shotguns, sickles, numchuks - yes, numchuks - and good, old-fashioned bare fists, the campers tend to adopt more unconventional fighting methods. Of course, not everyone can survive, so you get the additional treat of watching special campers taking on their now-zombified peers. You may want to turn your head at one point, though, as Mack demonstrates a most disgusting, non-lethal zombie-controlling method.

Now, maybe you're thinking you won't see any sex or nudity in a film like this - well, think again. You, along with some of the voyeuristic campers, will definitely see "boobies" at Camp Special Dude. You'll also hear plenty of foul language (of course, if I were fighting for my life against zombies, I would be cursing up a blue streak, too). For the most part, though, this is a genuinely original and creative film (a real rarity in the American-made horror genre). Just remember that everything you see here is all in the name of gory fun. Where else are you going to see a zombie with Tourette Syndrome? Needless to say, some people will feel deeply offended and outraged by this film (and most of them will undoubtedly condemn it without ever seeing so much as a trailer), but Special Dead wears such sobriquets as "the most offensive zombie movie ever made" with pride. I'll be enjoying this movie numerous times in the coming years.

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stereotypes are awesome!

Before viewing this film, be aware that it movie was made for fans of B movies and zombies. If you don't like at least one of these 2 things, then this may not be for you. With that in mind, have yourself a blast with some of the most offensive humor brought to the screen. The acting is poor, along with the FX, but the humor is more than top notch...and the story isn't too too shotty.
Forgive me for being un-PC, but there's just something hilarious about retards turning into zombies. It's funny to me. So don't complain that you're offended because you should know what you're getting into. Kudos to these filmmakers for a job very well done.

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The cult zombie horror/comedy is now on DVD. It has been called: "THE MOST OFFENSIVE ZOMBIE MOVIE EVER MADE." (Film Threat) "The Funniest Horror Film since SHAUN OF THE DEAD." (Creature Corner) "A Gorehounds Wet Dream" (UndeadFilms) SYNOPSIS: When a zombie plague infects Camp Special Dude, a dude ranch for the mentally handicapped, a ragtag band of campers and counselors struggles to survive the night. Led by the indifferent, nunchuck-wielding head counselor, Mac, and his wheelchair-bound sister Dale, the unlikely heroes fight their way off the mountain as, one by one, they're picked off and join the ranks of the walking dead. It's a campy stampede of blood, boobs and gore as some "very special" people show that they can kick some serious undead ass. The movie has gathered a fantastic cult following and screened the world over, with stops at the HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL, WEEKEND OF HORRORS. It is non-stop action zombie movie. See what all the fuss is about. To learn more and watch the movie trailers visit: specialdeadmovie(dot)com or myspace/thespecialdead(dot)com

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