I Need You Dead!

Often times by the time studios get involved any movie that has a clear narrative voice is bland'd down into a easily palatable Netflix experience. With "I need you dead" you have almost zero moments to breath as Rocko Zevenbergen and the "Bad Taste" team's first feature film is a juggernaut of freaky and genuinely strange scenes that clearly is indie movie magic that the artists had control of from start to finish. Every moment of this film was an edgy, freaky, decent into a plethora of grotesque and psychedelic scenarios. For someone who is well versed in cinema it was surprising that it took me a while to recognize that "I need you dead" was having a physical impact on me as well. Just like "Taxi Driver" it took me a couple days to sort out "what I had seen" and even though this is the early stages of this crews film making careers you can clearly see the roots of original story telling and to be frank "some very creepy people with cameras".

Pure moments of joy and elation descending into chaos and madness. Reminded me tonally of John Dies at the End. Very much also reminded me of a psychedelic experience that started with me romancing one of the most beautiful humans I've ever met, and ended with me crying while my roommate ate cereal and made sure I wasn't going to do anything stupid.

I really enjoyed the movie. I'm usually not into the super cheesy horror stuff in general, but I kept getting sucked in as things started to unfold. This is a great film that any artist can relate to.

I was so excited when I was told it was an indie horror comedy. I'm usually more into just horror but I was hoping the humor would make it an easy watch because even if the horror part was lacking I could just laugh. The beginning was delightful, found the humor actually funny and introduced the main character well. I'd say after him having a breakdown and crying is when it all went down hill. I thought the monster was cute how it was grotesque and mean and wanted the plot to be centered around the monster but instead it started focusing on cops. My poor girlfriend also fell asleep around this time (maybe you can also blame the midnight showing) and I honestly don't blame her. It was super hard to stay into the movie when I didn't even know what was happening anymore. At the end trying to catch my girlfriend up on the way home was hard because it just didn't have a good narrative. At the end of the day I think it was a cool concept and it really felt like there was love put into it and I don't want to be harsh. Just not my cup of tea I guess.

There's really nothing like this. Even if you hate I Need You Dead! you'll love it. This movie somehow blends together this awesome, goofy, exciting horror B-movie with a very real, and kind of heartbreaking core. I don't even really know why it works, but it does.

This movie also creates its own conventions, it's invigorating. Like...if this was made with any more budget than it had, it wouldn't feel real. It's kind of like you're watching a home video in a dream...mixed with the movie Adaptation, maybe...8 1/2, a little bit...

Also, I've never seen a movie that feels more like Portland. Like it really cartoonishly nails what kids are up to in the PNW. A glimmer of hope that we won't turn into the Bay Area.

This really might be setting a precedent for a new genre...