I'll Take Your Dead (2018)

A farmer makes a living disposing of bodies. One day, 3 bodies are delivered - except the young woman is still alive. If set free, the gang'll come after him and his daughter.

Director:

Chad Archibald

Writers:

Chad Archibald (story by), Jayme Laforest

Stars:

Aidan Devine, Ava Preston, Jess Salgueiro

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Aidan Devine	...	William
Ava Preston	...	Gloria
Jess Salgueiro	...	Jackie
Brandon McKnight	...	Carter
Michael Reventar	...	Diaz
Ari Millen	...	Reggie
Moe Jeudy-Lamour	...	Demarco
Tavaree Daniel-Simms	...	Bodie
Raffaele Brereton	...	T-Dogg
Adam Christie	...	Burnt Man
Pastel Supernova	...	The Princess
Megan Soo	...	Girl #2
Matthew Mease	...	Dead Body
Justin Kowalski-Adams	...	Ghost

Storyline

I'll Take Your Dead follows William who has a simple job, he makes dead bodies disappear. This isn't something he likes to or even wants to do, but through circumstances out of his control, his little farm house in the country has become a dumping ground for the casualties of the gang related murders in the nearby city. His daughter Gloria has become used to rough looking men dropping off corpses and is even convinced that some of them are haunting their house. After a woman's body, is dumped at the house, William begins his meticulous process when he realizes, she's not actually dead. As the gang activity increases, William patches the woman up and holds her against her will until he can figure out what to do with her. As they begin to develop a very unusual respect for each other, the woman's murderers get word that she's still alive and make plan to go finish what they started.

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Plot Keywords:

farmhouse | gang | ghost | tied to bed | father daughter relationship | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is dedicated to the memory of the director's mother.

User Reviews

Starts strong, but becomes largely generic by the end

I'll Take Your Dead is the story of a widowed man who lives with his daughter and makes money by disposing of dead bodies for people. Unfortunately one of the dead bodies given to him by a client isn't dead, which becomes quite a problem for him.

The movie started out well. The concept is interesting, the atmosphere is nice and unsettling, and the daughter was great, but unfortunately it mostly derails by the end.

The main problem with the movie is that the story ends up devolving into a story we've seen many times before, about a guy in a shady line of work who is presented with a difficult decision, chooses to do the right thing, and then has to defend himself against the consequences of that decision.

In addition to this, the daughter loses her morbid nature part way through the film, which makes her less interesting. The choice to open the film with narration that lets you know that not everyone will survive was also a poor choice, ruining the tension towards the end of the film, as it's not very difficult to guess who's going to die. The movie also has a small supernatural element to it, but I felt it was not used particularly well.

It's not a bad film, but it's hard to recommend that anybody go out of their way to see it. But if you want something a little unsettling to watch, you could do worse than this movie.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 May 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

I'll Take Your Dead

Filming Locations:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,963, 7 July 2019

Gross USA:

$7,692

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,692

Company Credits

Production Co:

Black Fawn Films, Breakthrough Entertainment, Particular Crowd

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1