Bofsensai To revile or not to revile? This is a 'nasty' one that when first watched, left a deeply unsettling sense not of horror, but of revulsion against the underlying conceit assault of its storyline: i.e. that the eponymous 'dead girl' was (ab)used over and over again as a young fratboy's mere sexual thrill outlet object = let's be frank, cold body w**k receptacle! And which even in the setting down of here, surely already comes over as f**king (pun!) reprehensibly worst misogynistic in the horror genre!Except; but she was 'dead'; so, just like a corpse, she - or 'it' - can give neither consent (nor deny it!), coz, well, she's 'dead' ain't she, so don't matter?! So 'acceptable'? (Perhaps rather a rumination on the reprehensibility of necrophilia then? Since then, such a lifeless thing don't know – therefore care - what's happening to them, do they: so what?) Ah but, then here's the rub - or bite, as it were, since if she (it?) can move (to so bite her violators, of course, etc.), then, really, surely she's more of a form of zombie? The storyline never bothers to exposit on why or even how 'she' came to be where stumbled across by the two protagonists: either deliberately - or lazily? So, then, why not – as probably even more exciting come-on to the fan genre – have titled it 'Zombie Girl'? So initially, utterly awful: ah, but, then sparked by the widely differing views on (e.g. this site), despite many also got the same adverse (shock) reaction, those that had tried to think about what had been disturbingly set before them, actually had discerned a pertinent point previously missed, that does this ostensibly (very, VERY) nasty little piece of misogyny deserve possible re-assessment? As any ardent 'don't ever abuse women' feminist would have to agree, really, GENUINE consent – (to whatever (!) they, genuinely, want done to them) - is always, all essential, means that is the initial problem with the premise of this titular 'dead girl' is: being dead she can't give consent to the constant outrages inflicted upon her body (in effect, rape!): but then, the conceit of zombification / zombie films is that they are not conscious, either – are they? Or are they, but – as in the original (Haitian) premise – just hypnotised into submission to their master's will? In which case, this film then begins to depict a premise not initially grasped, which was already set forward in zombie luminary director Romero's third sequel 'Day of the Dead', in which he explored what if the zombies could be 'trained' to be of, ah, (re?) use to the society they would otherwise menace, rather as the original (Haitian) zombification procedure was meant for (as first set forward cinematically in precursor 1930's 'White Zombie'): unquestioning, un-resistant slave labour? Right: now apply that to this film's premise: that the not quite really 'dead' – ergo, 'zombified'? - female body found in the basement, is indeed used as a form of slave labour viz. in this case, a sexual slave - or rather, object - for the gratification of one of the two young teenager, (ergo, full of raging unfulfilled sexual urges whose, ah, biological imperative 'outlet' is unacceptable in society's norms) characters: so, a premise already, challenging the viewer to, surely, obviously, revile thereby reject. But then those two characters are then split between one which society would / should expect of every boy to do - if not duty, then display - their decency, ethical upbringing, and - admirably (= as the 'hero!) - upholds that expectation, that "it's just not right – guys", as opposed to the other who contravenes such by violating (let's be frank, raping) her (=it?) all the time (and in every which way of revulsion – inferred corpse sodomy anyone?). OK, so inside an ostensibly nasty little 'horror' film, lurks like a submerged explosive device, this quite challenging dilemma .. perhaps? Ah, but wait; for the director / writer then serve up = PLOT Spoiler ALERT = DO NOT READ IF WANT TO SEE; ah 'FRESH' -those usually liked unexpected 'I didn't see that coming' denouement twists, the fact that that throughout the film that ostensibly portrayed as hero (coz he rejects / objects to the zombie / 'dead' girl's constant violation) then gets skewered because in effect he becomes even worse: coz he now has his own previously sexually non-responsive girlfriend similarly bound up, but now she's now fully compos mentis ALIVE … although perhaps not; as had been bitten by the now escaped 'deadgirl' a.k.a. zombie … follow?! And then, if the (supposedly?) 'deadgirl' escapes, then horror of horrors, (guys!), must mean she could not have been that zombiefied, let alone 'dead', before, since she DID have the 'awareness' prior to her desire to escape her (abusive – very awfully abusive) predicament - could she? (Er, follow?)Ah hah! Which means that this little 'horror' is indeed, pretty harrowing horrific, for the subtexts it is challenging its viewers with! So there! Watch with care.

rs095644 VERY MINOR SPOILER ABOUT BEGINNING. Not at all what I expected. I started this movie thinking it would be more about the classic "what would you do if no one was watching" nature of the human psych. I did assume eventually it would get to the subject of rape. Instead the movie basically starts with one character raping the girl. The first half of the movie is basically characters conflicting over to rape / release the girl. Not really the social commentary I had expected. The second half really picks up though, and pushes the movie into the positive side. The first half of the movie is probably a 3 out of 10, but the second half is closer to a 7.I won't ruin it, but not sure how well the final scene really fit in with the rest of the movie, but it could be taken as a piece of social commentary.

Brian BarrSinister I'm a huge fan of both the zombie sub-genre, and ambitious indie films. I came across "Deadgirl" on a list of most underrated indie horror films. I settled in thinking that the premise had a lot of promise to actually generate some chills and nail biter moments and boy oh boy was I wrong. Deadgirl is a juvenile,unambitious, convoluted film that doesn't know what it wants to convey and has plot/event holes in it that you could drive a semi-truck through sideways.I allowed myself to follow the cliché main characters' angst-ridden journey to the abandoned mental asylum, all the way to the unsealing of the ominous door that contained the title character, The Dead Girl. What followed was a confused, lazy approach to story telling that left me asking more questions that it even attempted to answer. The cheesiness was overshadowed only by the depth of the misogynist,homo-erotic exhibitionist overtones.J.T and Wheeler seem not only OK with,but anxious to watch each other have sex with "Joann", and eager to bring Ricky into the fold(s)necrophilia, as a taboo subject matter, is nothing new to me as I saw Jorg Buttgereit's "Nekromantik" almost 2 decades ago, to much better effect. This story is so full of undefined,lazily written elements it became frustrating to watch. The school parking lot beat down and subsequent kidnapping of Ricky and Wheeler was both unbelievable and completely stupid. Follow that up by antagonist/jock/bad-boy Johnny's being goaded into oral sex with the carnivorous Joann and you have a clear picture of the childish,ridiculous devices used to tell this potentially interesting story. I won't even begin to question seemingly random,misused elements like: the ominous black dog that I had assumed had some supernatural link to Joann(boy was I wrong; why Wheeler's whining,screeching admission of having their own private sex-slave motivated Johnny to even bother to kidnap Wheeler and Ricky and investigate the asylum. There are so many completely unreal and stupid attempts at moving the story along, that this already lengthy review would be twice as long as it already is.I will concede that Joann's makeup special effects are masterfully done and chilling (see: Ricky's daydream.) If you are about 14 years old, completely bored, and have no sense of the art of story narrative, please watch this movie. Anyone else that watches this ridiculous B.S is pretty much wasting an hour and change that will leave you feeling dumber for the experience.

Sudheeshc17 I watched this film with my friend, I don't know what to write. It was so irritating. one of the most worst film I have ever scene. poor storyline and horrible acting throughout the film. why they are making these kind of film? I can't believe this film got this much ratings; this film don't deserve this.I was waiting to get this film to be finished playing.I don't want to tell the story to you guys and I AM TELLING YOU never watch THIS. I am very confused with the title "DEAD GIRL", not giving any meaning compared to this film. if you want to annoy other friends, make them see this film, I guarantee they will become "dead girl" OR "dead boy". but, i hope this film makes you how to not make movies like this!!!!!!!!