Pluskylang Great Film overall

Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

epeteet As stated in the above summary, this Z-grade slasher dud has very little to offer but it's from Troma so what do you expect? The story starts when a transvestite checks into a rural hotel that specializes in servicing newlywed couples and tries to seduce the owner of the establishment. When the man realizes that he is kissing a cross dressing dude instead of a chick he offs the bottom boy. Of course the evil tranny comes back from the dead in zombie form to seek revenge. Notable characters in the movie include a funny drunk pastor, the smokin' hot wife of the hotel owner, and a weed smoking punk rock couple. The effects are extremely cheap, the zombie costume is pretty lame, and the kills are nothing to brag about. That being said there is some blood, a couple boobie scenes (yes the boobs are on females!) and a decapitation that was OK. Being a big fan of cheesy low budget horror myself i would have been content fast-forwarding to the one rather long shower scene that shows a killer rack because that's really the only part of the film that stood out. If bottom of the barrel violent horror garbage is your thing then i would recommend watching DOOM ASYLUM or one of Tim Ritter's films instead of this.

davitalvitch I purchased this title as a part of Troma's "Toxie's Top Ten." I certainly don't want to see "Toxie's Bottom-of-the-Barrel." "The Newlydeads" starts off promising, though poorly photographed, with a news report mentioning Billie Jean King and the death of Bruce Lee. This is followed by the well-known song "Spooky." The film seemed to be striving to be more than standard 80s slasher fare. I happily settled back with my caramel apple martini.We then meet Lloyd Stone, who owns a lodge and who evidently has very poor vision and is hard of hearing. He makes a move on a blonde guest, a move which is reciprocated, but things turn out badly. Fifteen years later, Lloyd is having a lawn wedding and the blonde guest shows up. From there, things go downhill for Lloyd, plus his other newlywed lodge guests, plus the audience.I was giving "The Newlydeads" points for portraying the character of Jackie in a positive light, but while allowing Jackie to exact revenge on Lloyd is one thing, having her kill innocent others derails the film from any logic and leaves us without anyone for whom to root.Among the all-white "newlyweds" is an elderly couple, still very much in love but treated in a condescending manner by both the filmmakers and the drunken priest, to whom they go to renew their vows. Also there is Chris, who sounds like Sharon Gless' Deb from "Queer as Folk," Chris being the "psychic" character so common in creatively bankrupt films. She "sees" things that are about to happen, something which used to turn on her husband but which now just serves to annoy him. She warns Lloyd that bad things are a-brewin' but he can't be bothered with such lunacy when he's got a hot, breast-baring new wife to bed.Sure enough, the next morning a likable young couple is found dead and Chris pulls an "I told you so" on Lloyd. Instead of going to the police to report a bad-for-business double homicide, Lloyd frets over his day-long but already-troubled marriage and Chris, our supposed hero, urges him to get rid of the bodies that are starting to pile up. Jackie quickly realizes that Lloyd is incredibly stupid, even by cheesy horror movie standards, and keeps getting him to do very bad things.This is the sort of film in which no one advises the surviving guests to, you know, CHECK OUT, and in which someone loses a loved one yet behaves as if nothing has happened. There's a mystery to solve, after all -- the body will keep! For those who like breasts, there are plenty of women well-cast in those roles. Cops finally show up, but behaving as if they're two of the paintball players from "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives." The conclusion is completely absurd. This is definitely a film that, if you must watch it, you should watch with friends, while drinking, and with sex on your minds.

Shadow_Destiny Lets see bad acting, sorry effects, blood, and of course boobs! Usually the winning combo of a B movie, but not always. The Newlydeads was a decent flick. The only thing that made this movie worth the $2.00 I paid for it, was the preacher! He was hilarious! He was a drunk and he was often stumbling and singing. Well, My favorite part of the movie was he came up on some rustling in the bushes. Well, it turns out to be an old "newlydead" couple. He yells out, "Whadda ya'll doing in the bushes? SCREWIN!?!?! I was rolling! Other than that this was pretty much a dud. Oh and an interesting tidbit, They added sound effects for EVERY footstep in the movie. Eveytime someone is walking you hear clump, clump, clump, clump...

president-weasel (Apologies for any spoilers)One of the most unintentionally hilarious "horror" movies I've seen. Would have to consider the direction pure genius except I'm 99% sure this was meant to be scary, frightening, disturbing, etc.The so-called plot involves a lecherous newlywed-hotel owner and his dark past. He killed a transvestite fifteen years ago and for some reason (never, ever clear) s/he is back and mad. Granted, the hotel owner's reasons for killing the transvestite were a tad on the sketchy side, ( a simple "no thank you" would have sufficed) but I don't think that warranted the killing spree that ensues. Logic would dictate the transvestite coming back from the grave and getting revenge on the owner, (who looks and acts like a retired porn star) but of course logic doesn't have a role in this turkey.Rather, the transvestite kills client after client of the owner in scenes that are as poorly acted as they are filmed. There is simply no reason to kill more than half of the victims. The camera tricks used throughout the murder scenes are strictly junior high level and the editing will leave you asking, "What just happened?" more than a few times.The highlights of this film are, while few and far between, enough of a reason to watch through to the end. Greatly laughable sequences involve a saw blade decapitation and a woman who is impaled on a tree somehow, as if she flung herself at it or something. Again, never clear. Does the transvestite control the forest too? Also, an excellent drunken priest guy who clearly understood the role he was to play. The only performance I enjoyed the way the director probably meant it to be enjoyed. Did I mention the psychic? Or the British punk rockers? Or the ending, which is on my top five list of all time worst?Having reread all that, I'd just like to point out that I personally love movies like this, the lazy, desperately unimaginative, who gives a good crap kind of horror film. Apply liberal lubrication (get at least a case if you are not alone) and enjoy. On the copy I saw there was a preview for the movie Epitaph, definitely watch that too.