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caitlinyates95 It was on netflix so i didn't expect perfection (netflix being infamous for scraping the barrel of the film world) but my god i just didn't understand what was even happening it was like they had two ideas "dead mary" and "zombie apocalypse" and did a mashup so i didn't know it was vague all the characters where horrible it was boring not scary and it might just be me but the blood in the bathroom after that guy who got his face chewed played dead mary what was the necessity it will bore you if you see this film and think i'll just give it a go Don't not worth it !!!!! A good point hmmmm it leaves the ending open for theories on what happened might keep you interested but it just annoyed me !

Paul Magne Haakonsen First of all I must say that depending on which version (or region) of the movie you get, then the cover may or may not actually be properly depicting the contents of the movie. The DVD I got have a shot of the cabin with a hand sticking out of the ground on the cover, now that was proper to the movie. However, the cover that is used here on IMDb is the one that sort of sets up the movie for something more than it actually is.Regardless, then "Dead Mary" was actually a rather alright horror movie, sort of think a mixture between "Evil Dead", "The Exorcist" and any of the number teenage horror movies out there, then you have a basic idea of what you are in for in "Dead Mary".The story is about a group of young people coming together in the woods, in an old cabin, for the weekend. A weekend that is supposed to be about reunion, fun and partying. But fun and partying turns to dread and fear when the people start on playing the 'dead Mary' game, where they have to go alone into the bathroom, call out 'dead Mary' three times (can anyone say "Candyman" here?) and then apparently the spirit of a witch will appear. Something do shows up and the lives of the group are now in danger. One by one people start dying under strange circumstances, and people are not whom they used to be or appear to be. Who can they trust? But more importantly, will they survive the weekend?I found the story to actually be alright, despite it borrowing heavily from other horror movies. Still, the movie turned out to be interesting enough and provide good entertainment. The mood and setting of the movie was really good, and you had a sense of isolation and dread in the movie, which was nice, because it helped build up the tension.Personally, I found "Dead Mary" to be a step up from the usual teenage horror/slasher movies that have been flooding the horror scene for quite some years already. It was nice to see something aside from someone wronged coming back to wreck havoc and vengeance on the late teenagers who wronged him."Dead Mary" has a couple of great scare moments, but nothing that will make you jump out of the chair. What this movie is running on is the suspense and the way that it keeps you wondering whom is possessed and who isn't, who is telling the truth and who is lying. For that aspect, then the director, Robert Wilson, really did a great job.There was actually a decent amount of blood in the movie, which I found great. But this wasn't really a slasher or gore movie, so it was just an added bonus.The people they had on the cast list were great actors and actresses, and the people did great jobs with their characters. However, the ones that were carrying the movie were Jefferson Brown (playing Matt), Dominique Swain (playing Kim) and Steven McCarthy (playing Baker). They really put on great performances and made the movie come to life."Dead Mary" is a good horror movie that stays true to the old-school horror movies of the late 80's and early 90's, just with a pinch of "Evil Dead" thrown into the formula. If you enjoy horror movies and like to be kept in suspense where you are not fully sure about what is going on around you, then you should definitely check out "Dead Mary". Just remember to leave the lights on in your bathroom...

levismits Wow, this movie gets a lot of crap on IMDb and I think I know why. This is an Indie production that wasn't made on a five million dollar budget. Kids today are known for having the attention spans of four year olds. This is really sad cuz Dead Mary doesn't cater to these kids. Dead Mary is slow and the director obviously took his time to get the viewer familiar with the characters (you'll have to admit, for a horror flick, the character development is pretty deep)I love the cinematography, the way the movie was shot, the film that was used, the colors that were brought out during the editing. It all makes this little horror flick kinda special. It was made by people who genuinely wanted to create something new (instead of rebooting old horror franchises like all the big studios do nowadays). The story was okay and even though the whole 'dead Mary curse' isn't thoroughly explained by the filmmaker, yet, we are given enough clues to try to come up with an explanation of our own.A horror movie made by people who are obviously fans of the genre and a nice addition to my collection of 'twenty-somethings-getting-killed-in- cabins-in-the-woods' DVDS.

hnt_dnl DEAD MARY (2007) is a very uniquely interesting horror film. It plays mind games with both it's characters and the moviegoer. The 7 characters Kim (Dominique Swain), Eve (Marie-Josee Colburn), Baker (Steve McCarthy), Lily (Maggie Castle), Dash (Michael Majeski), Amber (Reagan Pasternak), and Matt (Jefferson Brown) all find themselves in over their heads big time! The initial vibe is that it's just a friendly get-together in a remote cabin amongst friends, then it takes an oddly eerie turn into horror.There is an air of isolation that permeates throughout DEAD MARY once the horror starts and the opening sequence personifies this with Kim and Matt seemingly in the middle of nowhere on the roadside on their way to meet their old college friends Ted, Eve, Baker, and Dash (along with Baker's younger girlfriend Lily) at Ted's cabin. Ted himself is nowhere to be found after they all arrive and I think never showing us what happened to Ted adds to the film's isolated tone. A lingering question that I have is that I wonder if Ted was attacked/possessed before the others arrived and is he the one that initiated all this? And perhaps the Dead Mary game they played that night is just a coincidence/MacGuffin to throw both the characters and the viewers off. It's never really explained in the film.Now just in terms of what's going on with the characters we see, the viewer actually knows who is responsible, but not how it all started, or even how (or if) it all ends! The most interesting aspect of DEAD MARY is that instead of settling for being just a mindless horror flick with stupid puns where a literal monster is killing off the characters, it uses the device of tying the possessions into the personal lives of the characters, but in a very tongue-in-cheek, all too honest way. Before the possessions, you could tell these old friends were kind of jaded and uneasy with each other and with life in general, then the possession releases brings all their mistrust, secrets, inhibitions, and shortcomings to the forefront.The real success of DEAD MARY lies in it's utter ambiguity about what is really happening. Is it a simple possession by Dead Mary (spurred by the game they played that first night) that is causing all this? Is it some other demon or spirit and the Dead Mary game was coincidence? Is it the actual apocalypse, which would explain the lack of other people around?!I thought the ensemble acting was very good amongst the cast, with standout characters being Baker, Eve, and the scenery-chewing Dash. The actors were very convincing playing longtime friends with secrets. DEAD MARY is a solid horror yarn with an ambiguity and storyline that I think warrants repeated viewing.