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Directed by | Scott Dow |
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Written by | Tim Ogletree |
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Music by | Omer Ben-Zvi |
Cinematography | Shaun Hart |
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Distributed by | ARC Entertainment |
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88 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Walking Deceased, originally titled Walking with the Dead, is a 2015 spoof of zombie films directed by Scott Dow and written by Tim Ogletree. It stars Ogletree, Joey Oglesby, Dave Sheridan, Troy Ogletree, Sophie Taylor Ali, Danielle Garcia, Andrew Pozza, and Mason Dakota Galyon as survivors of a zombie apocalypse who attempt to locate a safe haven.
A reporter ignores safety to cover the chaos of a zombie outbreak; rather aliens or the government being to blame, this all started due to a sushi chef not washing his hands before preparing a meal, gloveless, for dumpster-diving homeless men. She falls victim along the riot control cops.
Twenty-nine days later, some zombies have taken up residence in a hospital; one named Romeo realizes his kind are slowly regaining humanity. He evades survivors Green Bay and Chicago, who meet moronic Sheriff Lincoln (Dave Sheridan), who has woken from a coma; his son Chris accidentally hit a baseball at his head. As a result, he misremembers his son's name as Carl. After learning only LinkedIn remains on computers, Lincoln decides to search for his family; Green Bay and Chicago wish him luck, explaining their group resides in the mall. Lincoln mistakes a child and her father for "clever zombies", killing them and taking their van. Romeo notices an attractive girl named Brooklyn with Green Bay and Chicago, falling for her. Elsewhere, Super Survivor is taking out zombies and looking for other uninfected.
Lincoln investigates his home, finding a note from his son; they've taken shelter at his wife's workplace, a strip club. He arrives to see Chris has continued running the establishment for survivors (but has gained a foul mouth and attitude). Due to the stupid patrons, a zombie infects Lincoln's wife Barbie; Chris kills her mercifully. They head to the mall, meeting the other survivors: Harlem (Brooklyn's deaf sister, whose thoughts appear as texts) and Darnell (who uses a toy crossbow as a weapon and talks about rumors, despite never meeting anyone else). Green Bay has a crush on Brooklyn, but is too stupid to realize she hates him; Harlem and Chris become mutually attracted. Romeo arrives, having unintentionally lead other zombies there; he saves Brooklyn, who finds him attractive. Accepting Romeo is not a threat, the group begins to get along.
Fighting over who's leader, Lincoln and Chicago decide to seek out "the farm", a haven free of zombies. They find the "Safe Haven" farm, owned by a sweet elderly couple, who welcome them warmly. The group initially believe they're hiding their daughter Isaac because she's a zombie waiting for a cure; they later meet her, uninfected, when she attacks Green Bay in her room, having mistook him for a rapist. Isaac explains her parents are old fashioned, never leave the property, and barely use the radio, so they don't know about the outbreak.