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Make-Out with Violence (2008) 4.8
A genre-bending tale of a boy trying to fulfill his unrequited love for a girl who has risen from the dead. It tells the story of twin brothers Patrick and Carol Darling, newly graduated ... See full summary » Director:Deagol Brothers |
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Eric Lehning | ... |
Patrick
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Cody DeVos | ... |
Carol
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Leah High | ... |
Addy
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Brett Miller | ... |
Beetle
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Tia Shearer | ... |
Anne Haran
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Jordan Lehning | ... |
Rody
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Josh Duensing | ... |
Brian
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Shellie Marie Shartzer | ... |
Wendy
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Amanda Bailey | ... |
Donna Carrigan
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David Carney | ... |
Motorcyclist
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Jack Doyle | ... |
Mr. Darling
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Kevin Doyle | ... |
The Professor
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Patricia Doyle | ... |
Mrs. Carrigan
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Zach Duensing | ... |
Hunter #1
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Steve Duensing | ... |
Mr. Hearst
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A genre-bending tale of a boy trying to fulfill his unrequited love for a girl who has risen from the dead. It tells the story of twin brothers Patrick and Carol Darling, newly graduated from high school and struggling to come to terms with the mysterious disappearance of their friend, the bright and beautiful Wendy Hearst. When a drive through the countryside surrounding their suburban community leads to the discovery of Wendy's mysteriously animated corpse, the boys secretly transport the un-dead Wendy to an empty house in hopes of somehow bringing her back to life. As the sweltering summer pushes on, they must maintain the appearance of normalcy for their friends and family as they search for ways to revive the Wendy they once knew, or, failing that, to satisfy their own quests for love amongst the living and the dead. Written by Anonymous
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EnglishRelease Date:
8 July 2011 (Australia) See more »Also Known As:
Wendy, Darling See more »Box Office
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$150,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Written by Jordan Lehning
Performed by Jordan Lehning
Courtesy of Oh No Skippy
Heard as Beetle and Patrick use the ice cubes on Wendy and Carol uses the last one on Anne Haran
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The idea to sing "Ave Maria" at the funeral came from actress Tia Shearer. She was supposed to have performed the original song "Radar Heart." See more »Goofs
As Rody walks home during his introduction his shoes change from shot to shot. See more »Crazy Credits
In memory of our friends Craig Bond and Manda Curry See more »Soundtracks
"Ooo as in Love"Written by Jordan Lehning
Performed by Jordan Lehning
Courtesy of Oh No Skippy
Heard as Beetle and Patrick use the ice cubes on Wendy and Carol uses the last one on Anne Haran
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The DVD cover for "Make-Out with Violence" had the 'the year's rom-zom-com' on it, and that is what caught my attention along with a couple of other high praise lines from various magazines and websites. And being the zombie aficionado that I am, I just had to get it and see what it was.
And now having seen it, I must say that it wasn't anything at all what I had expected it to be. The movie was incredibly slow moving. That being said, then I am not saying that the movie was bad, because it was really nicely filmed and edited, plus it had a good enough storyline. I, however, had just expected something more from it and more than just one decomposing girl, zombie-wise. And the 'zombie' is more of a backdrop character to help the story along.
The story in "Make-Out with Violence" is about two brothers, Patrick (played by Eric Lehning) and Carol (played by Cody DeVos) who is trying to deal with and come to terms with the loss of their close friend Wendy (played by Shellie Marie Shartzer). They happen to come across her body, as it was never found, but Wendy is now a living dead. They bring her to a house, where they try to keep her alive and have something that resemble a life.
Actually, the storyline was well put together and worked out well enough, I just had a whole other expectation to what it would be. And as such, I wasn't really enjoying the movie, because it was a drama and not a horror (as the DVD cover had listed as the genre). Don't expect this movie to be a zombie fest, because it only have that one zombie in it.
The people they had hired for the various roles were actually doing good jobs with their roles, and they really helped the movie to step up a notch. Most noteworthy, in my opinion, was Eric Lehning; his performance was just incredible.
If you enjoy zombie movies that aren't mainstream, then "Make-Out with Violence" might just be something for you. Just bear in mind that it is a drama about the lives of the brothers and their friends and their morbid situation of having a living dead amongst them, and not being a horror zombie movie. It is a beautiful movie, to be honest, but hardly an ordinary zombie movie.