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Many
years ago a book was discovered in a monastery. Full of sadistic
and unholy rituals and rites, it corrupted the monks. One
brother held out against the others. He attempted to destroy
the book but the monastery was consumed in flames, leaving
the book mysteriously intact. In the present, Professor Kapps
has the book as part of his collection, one of which is a
miniature skull and vertebrae staff which apparently has the
power to open a portal to another dimension using passages
from the book. Corrupted himself by the book, Kapps kills
a student at his house with the staff as a required blood
sacrifice. Switch to a university house and a group of initiates
who have been instructed to spend the night in a notoriously
haunted house. They are are required to collect certain items
for which they are granted points towards their acceptance.
These they have to steal from wherever they can. Carrying
the greatest number of points is the professor's Saviour of
Souls book. During the heist the professor is accidentally
critically injured and falls into a coma, but that doesn't
stop him wanting the book back and seeking retribution through
its evils...
Dead
Scared is an attempt to recapture the violent black humour
of The Evil Dead. It's not a direct spoof (this is
an original script), but there are definite similarities in
style. There's even a little reference to Bruce Campbell,
star of the Sam Raimi film. I'm not certain it entirely succeeds
but it does have its funny moments... and just as many silly
ones.
I
realise it can be bland to use characterisations which are
too similar, but this film goes all-out to create as diverse
a set of characters as you could possibly imagine, and that
simply wouldn't happen in reality. There's a cocksure male,
an ice-cold bitch, an asthmatic afraid of the dark since a
small child, and a blonde bimbo (supposedly) who is really
much more intelligent (and very attractive, I must say).
It's
worth mentioning that Professor Kapps is nicely (and creepily)
portrayed by Brad Dourif, the voice of Chucky in the excellent
Child's Play films. Check this film out; it doesn't
exactly hack the accepted horror genre apart and start again,
but it does maintain your interest better than most other
teen horror flicks.
Ty
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