Special Dead

c - 13

I came across this using Stumble Upon today. Anyone ever heard of it before ?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765475/

When a zombie plague infects Camp Special Dude, a dude ranch for the mentally handicapped, a ragtag band of campers and counselors struggles to survive the night. Led by the indifferent, nun-chuck-wielding head counselor, Mac, and his wheelchair-bound sister Dale, the unlikely heroes fight their way off the mountain as, one by one, they're picked off and join the ranks of the walking dead. It's a campy stampede of blood, boobs and gore as some "very special" people show that they can kick some serious undead ass.

I've just ordered a copy from Amazon (€23 incl shipping), love zombies and b-movies so i'm hoping this could be good for a laugh. I cant say i'm expecting too much though.

Still if nothing else you have to love their logo -
http://www.horror-movies.ca/albums/userpics/poster_special-dead.jpg

TerrorFirmer

Nope, but thanks for the heads up, definitely one to check out! Sounds very troma-esque.....reminds me of the opening to the storyline in Toxic Avenger IV, 'Retarded Rebel'...:D

Otis Driftwood

This looks awesome.


Could you post a link to where you got it from.
I checked amazon,ebay and cdwow and it wasnt on any of em.
Cheers!

c - 13

Amazon (Marketplace) is where I bought mine - it came to about €23 delivered. I'm pretty sure the guy selling there is the same guy selling from their main page.

Also check out the trailers on their own page if you havent already, the first one is pretty good, the second one alright. Looks like its going to be mostly kill, kill, kill insterspersed with humour.

Otis Driftwood

Great stuff.
Thanks friendo.

c - 13

So this arrived yesterday and I threw it into the player last night.

Its not going to win any awards or anything but it kept me amused for the duration of its 83 minutes run time.

The basic premise of the film as partially outlined above is as follows -
Two hikers open a screen door they come across up in the mountains above camp special dude, upon drinking water found in the cave behind the door the first person is infected and the infection spreads down the mountain. When it reaches the camp the councillors and the campers must make their way off the mountain in order to survive the attack.

So, obviously not too heavy on plot. Its your standard run, scream, die, turn into zombie affair relying very heavily on the use of gore (not quite the same level as Braindead). A few laugh out loud moments.

As you would expect the counsillors have no interest in the campers and just want to get laid, the campers constantly play off each other, trading insults of which a handful are funny.

Some of the highlights of the film for me -

Zombie with tourettes
Criminal put on the wrong bus ends up in camp special dude
Nunchuck face off versus zombie
Girl turns into zombie during sex
Normal Girl Vs Zombie Girl cat fight

Overall a bit dissapointing (because I hyped myself up for it) but certainly watchable, It may have limited re-watch value for some but I think ill give it another spin before the week is out.

Overall I reckon a 5/10. Only for zombie fans and people with a slightly warped sense of humour. The humour relating to the disabled carachters is in no way as bad as the general theme is not to underestimate those that we would deem disabled.