Dead Mary is a Straight-to-DVD Horror Movie Made in Canada.
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According to Dead Mary it would appear that, in Canada, the worst horror is best friends being mean to each other.
Written by BHM Editor Don Sumner
March 12, 2007
Release: February, 2007
Directed by: Robert Wilson
Written by: Christopher Warre Smets and Patrick Cameron
Starring:
Dominique Swain as Kim
Marie-Josée Colburn as Eve
Steve McCarthy as Baker
Maggie Castle as Lily
Reagan Pasternak as Amber
Jefferson Brown as Matt
A meeting of friends in an isolated cabin in the woods is a tried and true horror movie scenario. What better place for possession, zombification, flesh-eating disease or general psychosis?
Dead Mary takes full advantage of the horror possibilities of the cabin-friends scenario through a reunion of sorts. A group of friends that were once very close (presumably in college) decide to get together for a long weekend in the sticks to reminisce about old times and bask in the glory of their accomplishments and ambitions.
OK, not quite like that, but you get the idea.
Kim (Dominique Swain)
is not looking forward to the weekend at all. She and her on-again,
off-again boyfriend Matt (Jefferson Brown) are off…again. The drive to
the country cabin is a long one of Kim and Matt bickering and rolling
their eyes at each other. Finally they arrive.
Once everyone is together hugs and declarations of how much they miss each other are exchanged, and the reunion goes downhill from there. They don’t seem to have much to say to one and other. As the boredom takes hold one of them suggests that they play a game – “Dead Mary”. They take turns bringing a candle into the bathroom and chanting “Dead Mary” into the mirror. Urban legend has it that chanting her name in this fashion will conjure the evil spirit of a crazy woman with evil intentions.
Well, it does. Instead of showing herself directly, however, Dead Mary possesses each of the friends one by one and causes them to reveal dark secrets and expose their past treachery and indiscretions with each other’s boyfriends and girlfriends – and then go for the kill.
Dead Mary uses a tired concept
that has been around for ages. I always thought it was “Bloody Mary”,
but the idea is the same. Dead Mary also seems to drag a bit
– not nearly enough action to keep my ADD brain occupied for a full 103
minutes.
Still, the acting is pretty good and the film quality is high. The lack of direct gore and the simple location shots betrays the low budget for Dead Mary, but director Robert Wilson didn’t let that show through in the movie experience.
Overall Dead Mary gets a “not bad” from me. Light years from a classic, and I won’t watch it again…but there were a few scenes that made the whole thing worth watching. I think that the revelations that these “friends” were busy back-stabbing each other before they became possessed were the best parts.
If you plan to rent or buy Dead Mary for personal viewing, make sure that you don’t have to forego something else to do so. Any hard-earned income spent on Dead Mary should be completely disposable. Questions or comments about Dead Mary? Contact us!
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