I Sell The Dead Review

I Sell The Dead directed by Glenn McQuaid

When I first heard about I Sell The Dead, I Instantly wanted to see it for the sheer fact that Ron Perlman was in it since I have an obvious man crush on the guy. Anyway, aside from having Perlman in it, it also stars Dominic Monaghan who was one of my favorite characters on Lost.

The story centers on Monaghan’s character Arthur Blake sitting in jail waiting for his sentencing with only a priest, Father Duffy (Perlman), there to take his confession down. With little persuasion  (a bottle of whiskey) Arthur begins to tell his tale of how he became a grave robber, when he met Willie Grimes (Larry Fassenden). The two robbed graves to make a living until Dr. Quint (Angus Scrimm) blackmailed them into working for him for years. They soon come to find that not all the corpses they dig up are dead; they stumble upon the world of the undead and the occult, and the undead proves to be a more lucrative business for the duo. Needless to say hilarity ensues.

I really enjoyed the interaction between Monaghan and Fassenden’s characters. Both are extremely funny in a somewhat sarcastic way. The film does lack in the story, because you expect more to happen (or at least I did).  When they start selling the undead you imagine there to be more of an explanation to what is happening to these paranormal beings and whom they are selling them too. At one point they uncover a grave only to find what appears to be a frozen alien and you expect the story to go into another direction, but it doesn’t. Once they get rid of the body, they go on their way with no explanation and it is never mentioned again.

For a film that takes place in 18^th century England I was very surprised to find out that the entire thing was filmed on location in New York. I would’ve imagined that it was filmed in Europe because everything looks fantastic. Exactly what you would expect England would look like at that time. I don’t know what the production cost of this film was, but I am sure it wasn’t a lot. With that being said the interior and exterior sets, costumes, make-up and special effects are all great looking.

Over all I really enjoyed the film, its horror infused comedy is sure to deliver a good time. I highly recommend picking this up when it is released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 30^th.  McQuaid has confirmed that there is a sequel in the works and I couldn’t be happier.

Finale verdict.

Glenn McQuaid’s I Sell The Dead gets a well deserving 4 out of 5.

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