Dead Fury
BlackArro Productions
Unearthed Films 2008
R1 DVD
Some
years ago an animated zombie film called City of Rott
caught peoples imagination. Now producer Frank Sudol has done it again with Dead Fury. It is not a sequel
to City of Rott, but a complete new film drawing
heavily on old favourite films like The Evil Dead. So if it’s so derivative,
why bother? The animated format has allowed Sudol to
indulge in an orgy of gore and slaughter that is so excessive that it becomes
funny. Cutting a demon down to a knee-deep pile of body parts with a powersaw is hard to do in conventional film but easy in
animation.
The
plot is fairly straightforward so it doesn’t get in the way of the carnage.
Max, a couple of his friends and his senile, gun happy, hard swearing Pop are
hunting deer on a piece of private land where they shouldn’t be. The land was
owned by a local group of inbred freaks who retreated from civilisation, sick
of being ridiculed for their looks. They have been taken over by demons who are determined to rid the Earth of normal people and
make it safe for freaks.
One
by one Max’s group is taken over by the demons. In the end it is just Max and
his little electric saw against the freaks and demons. Can he fight his way
through the increasing pile of blood and guts and escape with his life?
Although
the backgrounds are beautifully drawn, the animation (especially when they are
walking) is a bit crude. This, however, is the only criticism I can make of
this hilarious parody.
Features
include “The Making of…”, a commentary by Frank Sudol, a slideshow and deleted scenes.
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