2011 - 92 mins. - Rated R
D: Omar Naim
C: Nick Stahl, Rose McGowan, Amy Smart, Ben Marten, Kim Grimaldi, Brian Lynner, Justin Marxen, James Serpento, Jack Mishler, Shane Simmons
A funeral home employee fakes his own death to see if anyone would attend. Two people show up - a junkie and his old high school sweetheart. However, it turns out he may very well indeed be dead and is stuck in between the world of the living and the dead.
Dead Awake is slow to start as it lays the basic foundation for the film's plot. Once that happens, Dead Awake leaves a variety of open ended questions that will be solved throughout the film. The search for those answers is what gives Dead Awake an intriguing quality to it. The balance between the supernatural, drama and mystery is what keeps things interesting. There also happens to be many vignettes scattered throughout that resonate.
D: Omar Naim
C: Nick Stahl, Rose McGowan, Amy Smart, Ben Marten, Kim Grimaldi, Brian Lynner, Justin Marxen, James Serpento, Jack Mishler, Shane Simmons
A funeral home employee fakes his own death to see if anyone would attend. Two people show up - a junkie and his old high school sweetheart. However, it turns out he may very well indeed be dead and is stuck in between the world of the living and the dead.
Dead Awake is slow to start as it lays the basic foundation for the film's plot. Once that happens, Dead Awake leaves a variety of open ended questions that will be solved throughout the film. The search for those answers is what gives Dead Awake an intriguing quality to it. The balance between the supernatural, drama and mystery is what keeps things interesting. There also happens to be many vignettes scattered throughout that resonate.
- 5/4/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
It's been a little over a year since last we reported on Dylan's Wake, but that's about to change. The flick has a new title, a new one-sheet, and even a new trailer. Dig it all!
The film, now known as Dead Awake, is directed by Omar Naim, and stars Nick Stahl, Rose McGowan, Amy Smart, Ben Marten, Kim Grimaldi, Brian Lynner, Justin Marxen, and James Serpento. In it Stahl plays a young man working in a funeral parlor who is trying to unravel a 10-year-old mystery that will end up uncovering the truth that lies between the living and the dead.
Sounds ominous, no? Of course it does! It's a horror flick! The more ominous the better. Dig on the one-sheet and the trailer below, and look for the film in limited theatrical release on December 3rd, 2010.
Dead Awake - Trailer
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The film, now known as Dead Awake, is directed by Omar Naim, and stars Nick Stahl, Rose McGowan, Amy Smart, Ben Marten, Kim Grimaldi, Brian Lynner, Justin Marxen, and James Serpento. In it Stahl plays a young man working in a funeral parlor who is trying to unravel a 10-year-old mystery that will end up uncovering the truth that lies between the living and the dead.
Sounds ominous, no? Of course it does! It's a horror flick! The more ominous the better. Dig on the one-sheet and the trailer below, and look for the film in limited theatrical release on December 3rd, 2010.
Dead Awake - Trailer
Uploaded by dreadcentral. - Classic TV and last night's shows,...
- 11/15/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Omar Naim's ('The Final Cut') latest mystery thriller 'Dead Awake' has wrapped it's shoot. It's 3 main stars, Nick Stahl (who's just signed on to Vincenzo Natali's '388 Areletta Avenue'), Rose McGowan and Amy Smart (below) are in the can and hopefully this baby can be cut in time for it's 3 December Us release date. Ben Marten, Kim Grimaldi, Brian Lynner, Justin Marxen, James Serpento, Jack Mishler, Shane Simmons and Rachel Storey all co-star in 'Dead Awake' which was penned by Johnny Harrington, Justin Urich ('Lake Placid 2 ') and David Boivin. 'Dylan, a young man working at a funeral parlor, is trying to unravel a mystery that shattered his life ten years earlier. After faking his own funeral to see who will show up, he befriends a mysterious street junkie and is reunited with an old love from his past. The...
- 11/8/2010
- Horror Asylum
Review by Mike Gregory
Watching a movie you’ve heard nothing about is a bit like Russian Roulette. Sometimes, they turn out to be pretty good, and you wonder why a studio didn’t pick them up for distribution (2005’s “Confession” with Chris Pine comes to mind). Other times, it’s kind of obvious. “Haunting Villisca” fits into the latter category.
While one would be right to point out that using an almost non-existent budget and non-professional actors isn’t always a problem (in fact, “Paranormal Activity” and “The Blair Witch Project” proved that this can be an asset), the film has to have imaginative filmmaking and actors with talent. Unfortunately, James Serpento’s film has neither. Worse, the sound quality is awful. It sounds as if it was all filmed on a camcorder.
But by far the worst offense is that the film is boring. Dreadfully boring. I’m...
Watching a movie you’ve heard nothing about is a bit like Russian Roulette. Sometimes, they turn out to be pretty good, and you wonder why a studio didn’t pick them up for distribution (2005’s “Confession” with Chris Pine comes to mind). Other times, it’s kind of obvious. “Haunting Villisca” fits into the latter category.
While one would be right to point out that using an almost non-existent budget and non-professional actors isn’t always a problem (in fact, “Paranormal Activity” and “The Blair Witch Project” proved that this can be an asset), the film has to have imaginative filmmaking and actors with talent. Unfortunately, James Serpento’s film has neither. Worse, the sound quality is awful. It sounds as if it was all filmed on a camcorder.
But by far the worst offense is that the film is boring. Dreadfully boring. I’m...
- 10/13/2010
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Bluebox Limited Films sent us the first official movie poster from the upcoming film “Impulse” written, produced and directed by Scott Beck (The Bride Wore Blood: A Contemporary Western, Shades, Amber) and Bryan Woods (For Always, Yearbook) and starring Christopher Masterson (Malcolm in the Middle, Dark Mind, Made for Eah Other), Kristen Norwood, James Serpento, Rylie Behr (Children of the Corn), Kim Grimaldi and Michael Kennedy. Visit Bluebloxlimited.com for more information. Synopsis: Deadly events unfold around a man racing to his final and most significant act. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “Impulse”.
- 8/30/2010
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
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