Dead and Rotting (2002)

          Summary: Eric, J.B. and Hollis are 3 guys looking for a little mischief and a trip to a local witches’ house does the trick. Eventually they end up in a war with the witch after their attempts at hiring 2 guys to throw rocks through the windows ends up killing the witch’s son. The witch turns herself into a beautiful woman, seduces all 3 guys, then conjures up some dead creatures to go do her bidding and seek revenge. But one of our heroes has something special up his sleeve to ensure this isn’t a one-way beating!

          Overall: The good news is we have Debbie Rochon. The bad news is, she’s topless only once and the sex scenes are clothed. It’s a silly film that after 45 minutes leaves almost every character dead and what seems to be a finale involving Hollis and the witch. But the film resurrects itself with some nice twists getting us to our 90 minute mark. I think the film did little to capitalize on the dead ghouls showing them often in very dark light or far camera shots. In fact, the witch does so much of the work, you probably could have eliminated them altogether. Acting is silly and not very good but again, Rochon is your reason to watch the movie. OH, and p.s. do not watch this film with surround sound on your tv. One scene involves the 3 guys sitting contemplating revenge against the witch as they sit on their porch. The amount of traffic flying by makes this scene almost inaudible.

          And finally...the irritating “dead and rotting” rhyme that gets repeated way too often.

Do you know what happens when you’re dead and rotting?
Your flesh turns putrid and your clothes start spotting.
Your belly bloats up, your guts turn to chum.
Your eyeballs turn purple, like over-ripe plums.
The flies crawl in and the maggots pour out,
The big ones eat hearty and grow very stout.
They eat your eyes; bore holes in your nose.
They eat your fingers, your privates, your toes.
A big red worm digs into your eye.
Devouring your brains like cerebellum pie.
Your skin turns black with a putrefaction gleam,
Pus drips from your pores like whipping cream.
Yes, it’s no fun being rotting and dead.
It’s no fun at all, enough has been said.

Comparison: I Know What You Did Last Summer meets Pumpkinhead

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