Undead or Alive
| Wanted: Undead or Alive | |
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| Directed by | Glasgow Phillips |
| Produced by | Deborah Del Prete Gigi Pritzker David Greathouse |
| Written by | Glasgow Phillips (screenplay and story) Scott Pourroy (story) |
| Starring | Chris Kattan James Denton Navi Rawat |
| Music by | Ivan Koutikov |
| Cinematography | Thomas L. Callaway |
| Editing by | Larry Madaras |
| Studio | Odd Lot Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Image Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | March 15, 2007 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Wanted: Undead or Alive is a 2007 comedy-horror Western film directed by Glasgow Phillips, it was written by Phillips and Scott Pourroy. The film stars Navi Rawat, Chris Kattan and James Denton.[1]
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[edit] Plot
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Before his capture, Geronimo had cursed white men causing people to become zombies. At a house a man named Ben Goodman (Brian Posehn) acts suspiciously and attacks and eats his wife and daughter's brains.
In a town Luke (Chris Kattan) wants to marry a woman at a saloon (Elizabeth Slagsvol). On arriving he encounters Elmer (James Denton) and discovers that his "princess" is a hooker and he fights with Elmer until Sheriff Claypool (Matt Besser) takes them to jail and they are kept there. They find Ben there and when they escape he bites the Sheriff's assistant Cletus (Chris Coppola) after he is gagged.
Luke and Elmer find the Sheriff and the hooker at the dry gulch saloon making out. They take money and make a getaway. The Sheriff finds Cletus on the ground bleeding and he bites Claypool. They hang Ben and unknowing that he will not die of that they cut his corpse from the rope and he chases a priest into the dry gulch saloon where he bites the hooker and the bar owner, while the priest hides in a closet.
Luke and Elmer are found by Sue (Navi Rawat) and they meet and bond. Meanwhile the priest tries to get water and he accidentally locked himself out of the closet and is bitten by the hooker. On the way to the Colorado River they are captured by soldiers who are killed by the Sheriff and Cletus. They discover they can kill the zombies by decapitation.
During the night, while hiding out in the fort, Sue reveals that the only way to be cured of the zombie curse is to eat the living flesh of the medicine man that created the curse. They shoot several cookware object's out of a homemade blunderbuss at the sheriff and the zombies to no avail. On the way to a hut Elmer tries to punch Kermit in the mouth (but) gets bitten by Kermit (exclaiming "see you in hell Winslow"). Elmer becomes a zombie and knocks Cletus off a cliff and throws his gun down afterwards, then he bites Luke and they go to eat Sue.
Sue finds Sheriff Claypool and she cuts his head down the middle and chops his head off. The duo catch up to and surround Sue. You see her charging and whooping Native American style as she attacks them. The next scene is of Elmer and Luke looking normal again. Apparently, Sue was a descendant of the medicine man that created the curse. Elmer has figured that out when Sue told them how to cure the curse and figured as a backup plan he would eat Sue. Apparently, Sue tasted like gingerbread. The duo ride off into the sunset as Cletus stands up and chases them down the field.
An epilogue shows Ben digging up his family and the three of them (with their dog) skip into town.
[edit] Cast
- Chris Kattan as Luke
- James Denton as Elmer
- Lew Alexander as Geronimo
- Todd Anderson as Kermit
- Richard Barela as Drunk Zombie
- Matt Besser as Sheriff Claypool
- Brett Brock as Townsman 1
- Richard Bucher as Townsman
- Jeff Chase as Zombie
- Chris Coppola as Cletus
- Gino Crognale as General Store Owner
- Jeffrey J. Dashnaw as Townsman
- Scott Flick as Zombie Soldier
- Michelle Greathouse as Schoolmarm
- Patricia Greer as Saloon Girl
- Leslie Jordan as Padre
- Geoffrey C. Martin as Trap door zombie
- Keola Melhorn as Zombie
- Tracy Melhorn as Zombie
- Michael Patrick Metzdorff as Gunfighter Zombie / Union Soldier Zombie
- Cristin Michele as Kate
- Christopher Allen Nelson as The Captain
- T. Jay O'Brien as Farlow
- Brian Posehn as Ben
- Navi Rawat as Sue
- Chloe Russell as Ruby
- Elizabeth Slagsvol as Saloon Girl
- Russell Solberg as Townsman
- Mia Stallard as Anna
- Ben Zeller as Ebeneezer
- James Blackburn as Zombie soldier
- Brent Lambert as Zombie
[edit] Production
The film was shot in Santa Fe, New Mexico for Odd Lot Entertainment.[2] Gary Jones created the Make-up and masks for the film.[3]
[edit] Release
The film premiered on 15 March 2007 as part of the South by Southwest Festival and was released on 11 December 2007 over Image Entertainment on DVD.[4]
[edit] Soundtrack
The score was composed by Russian music producer Ivan Koutikov.[5]
[edit] Tracklist
- Hal Ozsan and Poets and Pornstars - Monkey
- Poets and Pornstars - Get your Kicks
- David Baker - Twists and Turns
- Three Bad Jacks - Crazy in the Head
- Slick Pelt - Cowboy Song
- Colin Blades - Best Friend
- Three Bad Jacks - Hellbound Train
- Terence Jay - Undead or Alive
- Slick Pelt - Danger
- Chris Gerolmo - I'm your Danger
