I have no idea how I truly feel about this movie. It's graphic portrayal of taboo subjects like bestiality and child pornography make it hard to 'like' and I'm the first to admit I often mark down movies that are overly grim and mean spirited as I don't find much entertainment value in that sort of thing. Where the Dead Go to Die is easily one of the most demented movies I have ever seen (and I've seen a lot of crazy movies), but there's just something about it that intrigues me.
Where the Dead Go to Die tells the story of red-eyed demon dog, Labby, who visits three people who live in the same crazy neighbourhood.
First there's Tommy, a little boy who wants to know 'where babies come from.' He is convinced by Labby that his mother is pregnant with the Anti- Christ and witnesses him rip the unborn foetus from inside her and maim his father's genitalia. This is followed by disturbing imagery of Tommy having sex with Labby over his mother's rotting corpse.
Next, an injured prostitute happens upon an addict whose drug of choice is the liquidised memories of the dying. He murders her and takes a trip through her dying subconscious. Strangely enough, this disturbs more than some of the more 'taboo' themes in the movie as I find it so deeply troubling and sad watching the addict access memories of her childhood, knowing what she became and her fate.
And finally there's Ralph, a deformed kid who is in love with a little girl from his class at school, Sofia. Sofia is the star of her father's child porn movies. Ralph befriends Sofia and gains her trust until he is convinced to star in one her father's movies with her, with disastrous results.
I don't judge it too harshly for it's animation style, which reminds me of badly dubbed eighties video game animation, as I'm sure creator, "Jimmy ScreamerClauz" was aware of what the animation looked like as he was making it, so the style is a conscious artistic choice.
I feel like if it were live action or higher quality animation the disturbing subject matter would've been harder to digest and it would've been one of those mean spirited movies that I don't like.
In the end, I settled for a '5' rating because for all intents and purposes, it is a 'bad' movie but I find it too fascinating a piece of work to write it off completely.
Where the Dead Go to Die tells the story of red-eyed demon dog, Labby, who visits three people who live in the same crazy neighbourhood.
First there's Tommy, a little boy who wants to know 'where babies come from.' He is convinced by Labby that his mother is pregnant with the Anti- Christ and witnesses him rip the unborn foetus from inside her and maim his father's genitalia. This is followed by disturbing imagery of Tommy having sex with Labby over his mother's rotting corpse.
Next, an injured prostitute happens upon an addict whose drug of choice is the liquidised memories of the dying. He murders her and takes a trip through her dying subconscious. Strangely enough, this disturbs more than some of the more 'taboo' themes in the movie as I find it so deeply troubling and sad watching the addict access memories of her childhood, knowing what she became and her fate.
And finally there's Ralph, a deformed kid who is in love with a little girl from his class at school, Sofia. Sofia is the star of her father's child porn movies. Ralph befriends Sofia and gains her trust until he is convinced to star in one her father's movies with her, with disastrous results.
I don't judge it too harshly for it's animation style, which reminds me of badly dubbed eighties video game animation, as I'm sure creator, "Jimmy ScreamerClauz" was aware of what the animation looked like as he was making it, so the style is a conscious artistic choice.
I feel like if it were live action or higher quality animation the disturbing subject matter would've been harder to digest and it would've been one of those mean spirited movies that I don't like.
In the end, I settled for a '5' rating because for all intents and purposes, it is a 'bad' movie but I find it too fascinating a piece of work to write it off completely.