Dead Noon (2007) (V)

Director:

Andrew Wiest

Writers:

Keith Suta (written by)
Matthew Taggart (writer)

Release Date:

3 February 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Western

Tagline:

We Thought the West was Won

Plot:

With the powers of hell at his disposal, Frank, a blood-thirsty outlaw from the old west, is resurrected to seek his revenge on the present day town of Weston.

Plot Keywords:

Skeleton | Demon | Shower | Zombie | Cult

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Robert Milo Andrus	...	Stuart
Robert Bear	...	Frank
Ed Bosco	...	Stoner 2
Lillith Fields	...	Grace
Cara Finch	...	Make-out Girl
Kane Hodder	...	Undead Cowboy
Jordan Jansen-Mecca	...	Dream Child
Jen Kelsey	...	Caley Gash
Nick Martin	...	Deputy Dumas
Kelsey McCann	...	Amy Kane
Lizzy Morgan	...	Party Girl #1
Elizabeth Mouton	...	Louise
David Myers	...	Make-out Boy
Philip Myers	...	Blood Flood Boy
Tye Nelson	...	Kane
Shelley Osbourne	...	Party Girl #2
Dustin Ozegovich	...	Ranch Hand
Scott Phillips	...	Logan
Nick Quintilliani	...	Bob
M.J. Spomer	...	Billy
Charles Stoll	...	Brad
Keith Suta	...	Ben
Matthew Taggart	...	Stoner 1
James Teague	...	Billy-Bob
Andrew Wiest	...	Devil

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

USA:85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Cody, Wyoming, USA

Company:

Blue Collar Flicks

Trivia:

The original Dead Noon was made for $4,000. All of the scenes with Kane Hodder were added to Dead Noon after the movie was picked up by Barnholtz Entertainment. At that point, they took 20 minutes out of the original Dead Noon, then completely re-edited it and re-scored it.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs High Noon (1952)

Soundtrack:

They Called Me Evil

Better than four grand would suggest

I put this on expecting to turn it off after ten or twenty minutes but was engaged enough to watch it to the end.

It's not brilliant but it is fun, some of the other criticisms are unfair but some accurate, the director has been far too ambitious as evidenced by too many cheap looking FX shots (that said some are pretty good) and action sequences.

Given the obvious source material of High Noon I think sticking closer to that story line and racking up the tension with less reliance on dynamic scenes would have been better. This of course would have required half decent acting which for the most part was pretty ropey, but the three leads are competent particularly Elizabeth Mouton.

Criticisms aside this film is better than many films a hundred or even a thousand times the budget and wouldn't look out of place on late night TV.

All in all a good effort.