The Dead Matter (2010)

Tells the story of a vampire relic with occult powers that falls into the hands of a grief-stricken young woman who will do anything to contact her dead brother.

Director:

Edward Douglas

Writers:

Tony Demci, Edward Douglas

Stars:

Andrew Divoff, Jason Carter, Tom Savini

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Andrew Divoff	...	Vellich
Jason Carter	...	McCallister
Tom Savini	...	Sebed
Sean Serino	...	Gretchen
Tom Nagel	...	Mike
CB Spencer	...	Jill (as C.B. Spencer)
Christopher Robichaud	...	Frank
Brian Van Camp	...	Mark Pym
Donna Williams	...	Rebecca
Jim O'Rear	...	Vampire Junkie Ernie
Meredith Moore	...	Angela (as Meredith Beardmore)
Alan Tuskes	...	Ray
Kenyatta Foster	...	Sean
Chuck Schodowski	...	Osbourne
Richard Dyszel	...	The Narrator

Storyline

Tells the story of a vampire relic with occult powers that falls into the hands of a grief-stricken young woman who will do anything to contact her dead brother.

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Plot Keywords:

relic | vampire | witchcraft | midnight syndicate | halloween | 

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Taglines:

'Why rule the living when you can control the dead?'

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Official Sites:

MySpace page Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 July 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rage 2 - Dead Matter

Filming Locations:

Bellville, Ohio, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Midnight Syndicate Films, Precinct 13 Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

The Narrator: You may eat him, children.

User Reviews

The Dead Matter? Hardly mattered at all...

When I found out about this movie, my interest was peaked and I was thrilled to find out about what Midnight Syndicate would muster to put into this movie.

And now having seen it, it is with a heavy heart that I must say that in my opinion, then Midnight Syndicate should stick to what they do so well, and that is making music - not movies! This movie was bad, plagued by a shallow storyline, unenthusiastic acting performances and generally a lack of appeal. I am sure that Midnight Syndicate meant well and tried their best, but the end result was just not that impressive.

And more so, it was just downright tacky the way they were self-promoting themselves throughout the movie; such as the ring-tone on a phone was a classic Midnight Syndicate tune, and the mentioning of the band when someone was looking at vinyl albums. It was just too sleazy the way they were subtly trying to promote themselves through the means of the storyline.

The story was mediocre at best, though it was heavy with stereotypical things, and it didn't really work out all that great. If they had stuck to just one type of classic horror creatures instead of two, it would have worked out much better. Either go with zombies or vampires, both of them together just doesn't really work out all that great.

And what was up with the horrible fake wig plastered to Andrew Divoff's head? It looked God-awful, and I was laughing most of the time when he was on the screen because of it. So it was hard to take this movie seriously. And it was far from anywhere near the usual performances that Andrew Divoff delivers in movies. It was cool to see Tom Savini in the movie, though, and that much credit is due to the movie.

"The Dead Matter" is a shallow movie experience that is thick with self-promoting from Midnight Syndicate. And for a horror movie, then it turned out to be as far as it could be from being a horror movie. It sort of resembled a parody of horror at best.

The one thing, and the best thing, that the movie had working for it, was - without any surprise - the music score / soundtrack. As always with Midnight Syndicate, you get some really great atmospheric and ambient music that emphasizes on the horror and occult aspect.