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The man who played Lyle in the Jared Hess film Napoleon Dynamite died Friday at the age of 92. According to Dale Critchlow’s family, the man passed away at the MorningStar Senior Living facility in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He leaves behind four children

Critchlow became a town celebrity after playing Farmer Lyle in Napoleon Dynamite. He also made an appearance in Kurt Hale’s 2006 comedy, Church Bell. That was the last time he would appear in a film.

During a 2020 interview with EastIdahoNews.com, Critchlow talks about how he ended up with a role in the movie. “My wife called Jared Hess’ mother and asked if one of her boys was there,” Critchlow said. “He came over, and he had a friend with him. I drove the truck out into the pasture, and the sheep came over. They grabbed those bucks and pushed them into the truck … and we got them out of there.

Directed by: John Lyde

Written by: Kurt Hale

Featuring: Corey Sevier, Eve Mauro, Jasen Wade, Matthew Reese

It seems that before Osama Bin Laden was killed he ingeniously injected himself with a serum that would bring him back to life as a flesh-eating zombie. His burial at sea (the Arabian Sea?) is short-lived as Osombie (Walter A. Carmona) awakens and swims to the nearest coastline where he attacks a couple of Americans. Back in Afghanistan yoga instructor Dusty (spunky Eve Mauro) is wandering around the desert in search of her brother Derek (game Jasen Wade). Derek was a firefighter who was sick on 9/11 and is haunted by the fact that his co-workers all perished while attempting to evacuate the twin towers. He’s come to Afghanistan to find Bin Laden, whom he believes is still alive because he read it on the internet.

Dusty and her Middle Eastern guide are...

Sometimes, a radical terrorist has to be killed twice.

The Truth: The first trailer for zombie flick Osombie debuted in February while the movie was still searching for distribution. Now, just in time for Christmas, the DVD and Blu-Ray are being released by Arrowstorm Entertainment (December 11), a little over a week before Academy Award–winning director Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty enters theaters. Osombie will probably do little to take away from Zero Dark Thirty's Oscar heat, but is definitely trying to feed off of the movie's "hunt for Osama Bin Laden" buzz.

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Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Dec. 11, 2012

Price: DVD $19.98, Blu-ray $19.98

Studio: Entertainment One

Osama bin Laden rises from his grave to continue his evil-doings as a flesh-eating zombie in the 2012 action-horror movie Osombie.

We kid you not…

Also known as Osombie: The Axis of Evil Dead, the film kicks off with Colorado yoga instructor Dusty (Eve Mauro) heading to Afghanistan on a desperate rescue mission to save her brother, Derek (Jason Wade), a conspiracy theorist who is convinced Osama bin Laden is still alive. After arriving, Dusty falls in with a team of Nato commandos on a secret assignment and soon discovers that Derek is not so crazy after all: Osama has in fact returned from the dead and is making an army of zombie terrorists! When the soldiers crash headlong into the growing zombie apocalypse, Dusty and the troops must destroy the root of the zombie insurgency before it infests the rest of the world.

*a screener of this film was provided by Signature Entertainment. Director: John Lyde. Writer: Kurt Hale. Cast: Corey Sevier, Eve Mauro and Jasen Wade. "Why are there no Walmarts in Afghanistan? Because, there is a Target on every corner." Sadly, this is as good as the jokes get in John Lyde's Osombie: The Axis of Evil Dead. This reviewer had some hopes that this film would be a little more comedic. After all, the source material involves Osama Bin Laden returned from the dead as a zombie. Unfortunately the film focuses only on some light banter between a squad of American special forces, who are sometimes strangely shirtless. The Osombie needed a devious plan to keep events tense; maybe then, the film would not have shambled about so much. The film starts off in Pakistan at Osama Bin Laden's final hideout. The American squad goes in by...

Osombie

Stars: Corey Sevier, Eve Mauro, Jasen Wade, Danielle Chuchran, William Rubio, Matthew Reese, Andrew Hancock | Written by Kurt Hale | Directed by John Lyde

The official synopsis for Osombie goes something like this: “Dusty, a yoga instructor from Colorado, who is on a desperate rescue mission to save her crazy brother Derek, a conspiracy theorist who is convinced Osama Bin Laden is still alive, despite having been buried at sea. In Afghanistan, Dusty falls in with a team of Nato Special Forces on a secret assignment. Turns out Derek is not so crazy after all, and that Osama has returned from his watery grave and is making an army of zombie terrorists. When the group crashes headlong into the growing zombie apocalypse, Dusty and the troops must find and destroy the root of the zombie insurgency before it infests the rest of the world.” However the film can be summed up more succinctly than that,...

Osombie is an independently-produced, feature-length zombie film, packed with violence, mayhem, guns, blood and zombies. Lots of zombies. Directed by John Lyde, written by Kurt Hale, and starring Corey Sevier, Eve Mauro, Jasen Wade, the film follows: “Dusty (Eve Mauro), a yoga instructor from Colorado, who is on a desperate rescue mission to save her crazy brother Derek, a conspiracy theorist who is convinced Osama Bin Laden is still alive, despite having been buried at sea. In Afghanistan, Dusty falls in with a team of Nato Special Forces on a secret assignment. Turns out Derek is not so crazy after all, and that Osama has returned from his watery grave and is making an army of zombie terrorists. When the group crashes headlong into the growing zombie apocalypse, Dusty and the troops must find and destroy the root of the zombie insurgency before it infests the rest of the world.

Osombie is an independently-produced, feature-length zombie film, packed with violence, mayhem, guns, blood and zombies. Lots of zombies. Directed by John Lyde, written by Kurt Hale, and starring Corey Sevier, Eve Mauro, Jasen Wade, the film follows “Dusty (Eve Mauro), a yoga instructor from Colorado, who is on a desperate rescue mission to save her crazy brother Derek, a conspiracy theorist who is convinced Osama Bin Laden is still alive, despite having been buried at sea. In Afghanistan, Dusty falls in with a team of Nato Special Forces on a secret assignment. Turns out Derek is not so crazy after all, and that Osama has returned from his watery grave and is making an army of zombie terrorists. When the group crashes headlong into the growing zombie apocalypse, Dusty and the troops must find and destroy the root of the zombie insurgency before it infests the rest of the world.

The great thing about horror is the pure freedom of ideas and uniqueness it can bring to the world of filmmaking. Arrowstorm Entertainment's new action horror flick 'Osombie' is a prime example. The John Lyde helmed horror sees a zombified Osama Bin Laden come back from the dead to form a new army of undead terrorists. It actually sounds fantastic! The trailer which was revealed last week and contains the hilarious pre-cursor warning 'The following contains scenes of zombie violence and gore and muscular men with their shirts off' can be viewed in all its glory below along with a brand new one-sheet from the production. 'Osombie' stars Corey Sevier, the sexy Eve Mauro (below), Jasen Wade, Danielle Chuchran and William Rubio. Lyde directs from a script penned by Kurt Hale and you can check out the plot deets, trailer and new one-sheet below...

It's only been 9 months since Seal Team Six accomplished their mission to hunt down and kill Osama Bin Laden. Unfortunately, after burying the known terrorist at sea, Bin Laden has returned as a member of the undead and a Nato Special Forces team will have to hunt him down and stop a zombie apocalypse. Such is the premise behind Osombie, the indie zombie movie from producer-director John Lyde (You're So Cupid!) and screenwriter Kurt Hale (Church Ball).

Osombie is one of two movies involving Bin Laden — The Hurt Locker's Academy Award–winning director and screenwriter Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal have been working on an untitled thriller about the terrorist since before the May attack that ended his life. We're going to guess that Bigelow's project is the more serious of the two, since the Osombie trailer (via SlashFilm) is filled with A) a zombie Osama Bin Laden, B...

It was last month when we first reported on John Lyde’s zombie terrorist feature Osombie (see our previous chat with star Eve Mauro here), and now we bring you a look at the teaser trailer for the flick, a poster, the official synopsis and more. Read on!

Written by Kurt Hale and executive produced by Kynan Griffin and Jason Faller, the independently produced Arrow Storm Entertainment flick Osombie was filmed last year and, according to the film’s official synopsis, revolves around the character of “Dusty, a yoga instructor from Colorado, who is on a desperate rescue mission to save her crazy brother, Derek, a conspiracy theorist who is convinced Osama Bin Laden is still alive, despite having been buried at sea. In Afghanistan Dusty falls in with a team of Nato Special Forces on a secret assignment, (and it) turns out that Derek is not so crazy after...

Osombie is an independently-produced, feature-length zombie film, packed with violence, mayhem, guns, blood and zombies. Lots of zombies. Directed by John Lyde, written by Kurt Hale, and starring Corey Sevier, Eve Mauro, Jasen Wade, the film follows “Dusty (Eve Mauro), a yoga instructor from Colorado, who is on a desperate rescue mission to save her crazy brother Derek, a conspiracy theorist who is convinced Osama Bin Laden is still alive, despite having been buried at sea. In Afghanistan, Dusty falls in with a team of Nato Special Forces on a secret assignment. Turns out Derek is not so crazy after all, and that Osama has returned from his watery grave and is making an army of zombie terrorists. When the group crashes headlong into the growing zombie apocalypse, Dusty and the troops must find and destroy the root of the zombie insurgency before it infests the rest of the world.

I’m not sure what to say about this. It is a thing, a thing that is happening, and it’s called “Osombie”. The premise is simple really, Osama Bin Laden returns from the dead as a flesh-eating zombie and raises an army of zombie terrorists. Take a moment to let that one sink in. And of course there is a trailer for “Osombie”, which is embedded below. There are explosions, deserts, blood, shirtless dudes, and, of course, zombies. Like I said, I’m having trouble coming up with things to say about this movie. How about this: balls. It certainly is a bold move to make a film about zombie Bin Laden. Then again, I’m a big fan of Nazi-zombie movies, so who am I to judge? A bit soon? Perhaps. But you know what? Good for director John Lyde and writer Kurt Hale for just going for it.