Severed
| Severed: Forest Of The Dead | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Carl Bessai |
| Produced by | Andrew Boutilier Cynthia Chapman |
| Written by | Carl Bessai Travis McDonald Julian Clarke |
| Starring | Paul Campbell Sarah Lind JR Bourne |
| Music by | Clinton Shorter |
| Cinematography | James Liston |
| Editing by | Julian Clarke |
| Studio | Forest of the Dead Productions Inc. Brightlight Pictures |
| Distributed by | Forest of the Dead Productions Inc. |
| Release date(s) | October 20, 2005 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Severed: Forest of the Dead is a 2005 zombie suspense horror film directed by Carl Bessai and set in a remote logging community following an incident where a genetic experiment goes wrong.[1][2][3][4]
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[edit] Premise
Zombies are on the loose somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, and our heroes must survive them.
The zombies in the film Severed are similar to the standard zombie in movement, however there is a slight difference in their appearance; as opposed to having a pale and bloodless skin tone, many of the zombies have a yellow discoloration, and sport dark veins on the side of their head.[5]
As with most zombie movies, in order to be killed, one must remove the zombie's head or destroy its brain, to quote the movie, “you have to sever the head; it’s the only way to kill them", although wounding a zombie appears to be easier than in other zombie movies.[2][6]
[edit] Plot
In a remote wilderness loggers and environmental activists must join together to survive against zombies resulting from a logging company's genetic experiments in an attempt to increase lumber production which will in theory lead to a 15% increase in profit. A lumberjack is injured when cutting a tree which has been spiked by environmentalists. He is infected by genetically modified tree sap, causing him to turn into a zombie.[2][4][5][6]
[edit] Cast
- Paul Campbell as Tyler
- Sarah Lind as Rita[7]
- Julian Christopher as Mac
- JR Bourne as Carter
- Michael Teigen as Luke
- Leanne Adachi as Stacey
- Patrick Gallagher as Anderson
- Sage Brocklebank as Mills
- Brad Sihvon as Tom
- Zak Santiago as Ramon
- Alex Zahara as Smith
[edit] References
- ^ whistlerfilmfestival.com, PDF document "Carl Bessai biography", Retrieved 10-01-2008
- ^ a b c by Lee Roberts, best-horror-movies.com, September 21, 2006 review: "Severed: Forest of the Dead is a good movie with lots of zombie-like activity.", Retrieved 10-01-2008
- ^ findarticles.com, from archive of June 2006 Video Business, "Severed: forest of the dead.(Brief article)(Video recording review)", Retrieved 10-01-2008
- ^ a b esplatter.com, Horror Movie review of "Severed - Forest of the Dead (2005)", Retrieved 10-01-2008
- ^ a b by David Greenberg, tlavideo.com, review of Severed: Forest of the Dead, Retrieved 10-01-2008
- ^ a b by Gravefigger, buried.com, review "Severed: Forest of the Dead (2006)", Retrieved 10-01-2008
- ^ fimmovement.com, PDF document "A Simple Curve", Sarah Lind biography on page 8, Retrieved 10-02-2008
