A grave robber reflects on his life of crime.A grave robber reflects on his life of crime.A grave robber reflects on his life of crime.
- Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations
Joel Marsh Garland
- Ronnie
- (as Joel Garland)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
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- TriviaRon Perlman was sent a rough draft of the script and initially declined when asked to be in the movie after reading said rough draft. Perlman sent notes to writer/director Glenn McQuaid on how to improve the screenplay. After the script was revised to Perlman's satisfaction, he agreed to act in the movie.
- GoofsSupposedly set in the 18th century, Fanny pulls out a modern-day pocket knife.
- Quotes
Arthur Blake: You be careful of dreams, Fanny. They'll lead you down a garden path and into a ditch before you know it. The Fortune of War Pub? Filled with people who followed their dreams. Look what they got to.
- Crazy credits"A good cast is worth repeating!"
- ConnectionsFeatures The Resurrection Apprentice (2005)
- SoundtracksWaxies Dargle
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Vocals: Joe Hurley
Backing Vocals: Glenn McQuaid
Additional Vocals: John Vernon, Aidan Redmond, Alisdair Stewart
Guitar: Brendan O'Shea
Fiddle: Tom Chiu
Arranger: Jeff Grace
Recorded and Mixed by John Moros
Featured review
Groan-worthy "comedy"
Nothing worse than an unfunny comedy, that's always been my opinion, and unfortunately I SELL THE DEAD is such a beast. It's an American film masquerading as a British one, but of course the broad strokes of US humour are a far cry from the more subtle and cynical ones of a truly British production. Thus the film sits oddly, looking more like a little homemade movie than a proper film.
This is a blackly comic twist on graverobbing, although the low budget just isn't up to the task of making the period setting remotely believable. Graverobbing comedies are surprisingly popular - there was BURKE & HARE in the 1970s, alongside the more recent version with Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis - but they're hard to get right. I SELL THE DEAD goes for the over the top approach, throwing the undead and even aliens into the mix, and the result is nothing more than a mess.
It takes a special kind of actor to bring a lacklustre script to life, and the weak Dominic Monaghan certainly isn't the guy. Larry Fessenden is better as the stoic partner, but he doesn't breathe much life into the movie. Ron Perlman appears for all of five minutes, although it was fun to see an almost unrecogniably aged Angus Scrimm in a cameo appearance. In the end, though, I SELL THE DEAD is all about the jokes and for this viewer they fell flat throughout.
This is a blackly comic twist on graverobbing, although the low budget just isn't up to the task of making the period setting remotely believable. Graverobbing comedies are surprisingly popular - there was BURKE & HARE in the 1970s, alongside the more recent version with Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis - but they're hard to get right. I SELL THE DEAD goes for the over the top approach, throwing the undead and even aliens into the mix, and the result is nothing more than a mess.
It takes a special kind of actor to bring a lacklustre script to life, and the weak Dominic Monaghan certainly isn't the guy. Larry Fessenden is better as the stoic partner, but he doesn't breathe much life into the movie. Ron Perlman appears for all of five minutes, although it was fun to see an almost unrecogniably aged Angus Scrimm in a cameo appearance. In the end, though, I SELL THE DEAD is all about the jokes and for this viewer they fell flat throughout.
- Leofwine_draca
- Apr 7, 2015
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- Also known as
- Продајем мртваце
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- Budget
- $750,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,050
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,529
- Aug 9, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $8,050
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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