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Dead Weight is an indie post-apocalyptic thriller. This title has released today on DVD and Video-on-demand formats. Also, Dead Weight has participated in over twenty-two film festivals, receiving some praise. The film stars Joe Belknap, Mary Lindberg, Michelle Courvais and Aaron Christensen. The film begins and ends with Charlie Russell (Belknap). During a global pandemic, Russell is traversing Wisconsin, in search of his girlfriend. A host of other survivors have other plans and Russell must face this catastrophe alone. A trailer for Dead Weight is below. As well, the film's official DVD artwork is above. Fans of post-apocalyptic cinema can take a closer look at director Adam Bartlett's first film below. Release Date: January 21st, 2014 (DVD, VOD). Director: Adam Bartlett and John Pata. Cast: Joe Belknap, Mary Lindberg, Michelle Courvais and Aaron Christensen. A trailer for Dead Weight is here: A fan page for the film: Dead Weight on Facebook Source: Dread.

The wilderness. You see, man? We just don't belong out there. Nothing good ever comes from treading through such places. You just never know what the hell is lurking and waiting to pounce on you... including... another human being with a really sharp ax making his way through the zombie apocalypse.

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Ruthless Pictures has released the poster and trailer for it's upcoming thriller Dead Weight. Kino Lorber Films is releasing the movie on DVD and VOD on January 21st, 2014 through their Redemption label.

A festival and critic favorite, Dead Weight has screened at over 20 film festivals.

Dead Weight is a pulse-pounding survival horror movie in which the humans are more terrifying than the zombies. In the wake of an apocalyptic viral outbreak, the undead take over major cities.

Charlie Russell (Joe Belknap) treks through the relative safe zone of the wilderness to reunite with his girlfriend,...

The Milwaukee Film Festival launched Cinema Hooligante this year to showcase all that is “gory, trippy, raunchy, scary, sometimes offensive, always fun.” The program got off to a great start with the excellent anthology V/H/S and continued with a screening of Dead Weight, a no-budget, post-apocalyptic tale shot entirely in Wisconsin that has been making the festival rounds (HorrorHound Weekend earlier this month, Freak Show Horror Film Fest in late October).

The set up will be familiar to genre fans. Charlie (Joe Belknap) returns home to his apartment in Toledo and partakes in his favorite method of relaxation: pajamas, cereal, and comic books. Suddenly he gets a frantic phone call from his girlfriend Samantha (Mary Lindberg), who is working in Minneapolis. Has he seen the news? The world is in chaos. Major cities throughout the Midwest are crumbling. Highways are off limits.

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