Stars: Heston Horwin, Jillian Harris, Matt Keyes, Kristina Sandev | Written and Directed by Chris Bavota, Lee Paula Springer
Genre cinema has often been used as an allegory for societal ills – Night of the Living Dead was an allegory for the inherent racism of the time; Deathdream was an allegory for the horrors of war and the effects of Ptsd (before Ptsd was ever a thing really); and Dead Dicks follows the same path – despite the silly title and the comedic aspects of the films, it is an actually an allegory for the effects of mental health.
A relatively small-scale film, Dead Dicks has some loftier ideas than its simple black horror comedy set-up would suggest. The film, on the surface, tells the story of Becca a would-be nurse, who receives a distressing call from her suicidal brother Richie. Having problems with Ritchie is nothing new, but the urgency of his...
Genre cinema has often been used as an allegory for societal ills – Night of the Living Dead was an allegory for the inherent racism of the time; Deathdream was an allegory for the horrors of war and the effects of Ptsd (before Ptsd was ever a thing really); and Dead Dicks follows the same path – despite the silly title and the comedic aspects of the films, it is an actually an allegory for the effects of mental health.
A relatively small-scale film, Dead Dicks has some loftier ideas than its simple black horror comedy set-up would suggest. The film, on the surface, tells the story of Becca a would-be nurse, who receives a distressing call from her suicidal brother Richie. Having problems with Ritchie is nothing new, but the urgency of his...
- 10/7/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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