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I Sell the Dead (2008) -- 18th century justice catches up with a pair of grave robbers. With only a few hours to go before his date with the guillotine, Arthur Blake (Monaghan) tells his life story to Father Francis Duffy (Ron Perlman). Before long, Arthur spills the beans on how he got started in the grim corpse peddling business with seasoned ghoul Willie Grimes (Fessenden).
I Sell the Dead (2008) -- A grave robber reflects upon his life of crime in this trailer.
I Sell the Dead (2008) -- 18th century justice has finally caught up with grave robbers Arthur Blake and Willie Grimes. With the specter of the guillotine looming over him, young Blake confesses to a priest, Father Duffy, his fifteen years of adventure in the resurrection tra
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Overview

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Director:
Glenn McQuaid
Writer:
Glenn McQuaid (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
7 August 2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Horror more
Tagline:
Never Trust A Corpse
Plot:
A grave robber reflects on his life of crime. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(130 articles)
DVD releases for Oct. 27 - Nov.3, 2009
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User Comments:
Fantastic Horror Comedy! DO NOT MISS THIS ONE! more (13 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

Dominic Monaghan ... Arthur Blake

Ron Perlman ... Father Duffy

Larry Fessenden ... Willie Grimes
Angus Scrimm ... Dr. Vernon Quint

John Speredakos ... Cornelius Murphy
Eileen Colgan ... Maisey O'Connell

Brenda Cooney ... Fanny Bryers
Daniel Manche ... Young Arthur Blake
Joel Garland ... Ronnie
James Godwin ... Mark 1
Alisdair Stewart ... Bulger
Heather Robb ... Myrtle Murphy

Aidan Redmond ... Jack Flood
Heather Bullock ... Valentine Kelly
Patrick Bucklew ... Creature #2

Jackie Arnold ... Young Cornelius
Jim Noonan ... Bram Thatcher
Chris Shaw ... Executioner
Charlie Simpson ... Jippo Kelly

Haidyn Harvey ... Dancing girl
Conor Simpson ... Modger Kelly

Jennifer Stackpole ... Prostitute #1
Ken Robertson ... Tommy Burke
Martin Pfefferkorn ... Howling Man

Meagan Hooper ... Town Girl

Todd Ryan Jones ... Villager

Eddie Lentol ... Towns Folk #3
Tom Loggins ... Towns Folk #2

Jonathan M. Parisen ... Towns folk #1

Amber Baldinelli ... Town girl #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Aryn Cole ... Peasant

Michael Kelberg ... Fortune of War Patron
Sean Reid ... Hugo Fortune

Marilyn Salisbury ... Prostitute #3

Michael Vincent ... Zombie Hand

Sherie Melby ... Wake Corpse (uncredited)
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Directed by
Glenn McQuaid 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Glenn McQuaid  writer

Produced by
Larry Fessenden .... producer
Brent Kunkle .... line producer
James Felix McKenney .... associate producer
John Norris .... associate producer
Peter Phok .... producer
 
Original Music by
Jeff Grace 
 
Cinematography by
Richard Lopez 
 
Film Editing by
Glenn McQuaid 
 
Production Design by
David Bell 
 
Art Direction by
Beck Underwood 
 
Set Decoration by
Devin Febbroriello 
 
Costume Design by
David Tabbert 
 
Makeup Department
Pete Gerner .... special makeup effects artist
Ingrid Okola .... key makeup artist
Brian Spears .... special makeup effects artist
Nikos Tzortzinakis .... assistant makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matt Corrado .... second second assistant director
Zeke Dunn .... first assistant director
Stephenie Galvan .... second assistant director
Jeremiah Kipp .... first assistant director
Nicole Real .... second assistant director
R. Zachary Shildwachter .... second second assistant director
Denise Violante .... second second assistant director
 
Art Department
Fulvio Brembilla .... set dresser
Candice Cardasis .... art assistant
David Fazzio .... property master
Brahm Revel .... storyboard artist
 
Sound Department
Tom Efinger .... sound re-recording mixer
Tom Efinger .... supervising sound editor
David Ellinwood .... dialogue editor
Eric Gitelson .... adr engineer
Amanda Jacques .... boom operator
Martin Kittappa .... sound mixer: additional unit
Graham Reznick .... sound designer
Jeff Seelye .... assistant sound editor
Neal Seidman .... additional boom operator
Andrew Sterling .... sound mixer
Ben Whitver .... adr mixer
 
Special Effects by
Pete Gerner .... special effects makeup
Brian Spears .... special effects makeup
 
Visual Effects by
Mario Caserta .... Flame artist
Matt Connolly .... visual effects supervisor
David Dam .... CG artist: Spontaneous
Brandi Dimino .... CG artist
Gonzalo Escudero .... CG artist
Jeff Ferguson .... Flame artist
John Hager .... additional visual effects photography
John Leamy .... creative director: Spontaneous
Hae-Yeon Lee .... CG artist
John C. Loughlin .... lead compositor
Nick Martinelli .... CG artist
Andy Milkis .... director of visual effects
Tammy Sutton .... additional visual effects
 
Stunts
Anthony Vincent .... stunt coordinator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Nat Aguilar .... gaffer
Rik Andino .... additional electrician
Michael Arisohn .... electrician
Frank Ayala .... additional grip
Christian Baird .... additional grip
Chad Battinelli .... grip
Walter Chang .... grip
Larry Chan .... electrician
Radium Cheung .... gaffer
Matthew Cryan .... best boy grip
Katie Dainson .... first assistant camera
Jason De Jesus .... electrician
Anton Delfino .... grip intern
Michael Drucker .... additional assistant camera
David Dutkus .... additional electrician
David George Ellis .... Steadicam operator
Alex Engel .... additional electrician
Alexander Engel .... additional best boy electric
Robert Fattorini .... additional electrician
Bart Grieb .... electrician
Bruce Jones .... additional electrician
Jonathan Kohnken .... additional grip
Daniel Lipski .... additional grip
James Madrid .... additional first assistant camera
Timothy M. Mather .... additional electric
Steve McNally .... best boy electric
Toby Miller .... best boy electric
Ryan Minelli .... electrician
Ryan Minelli .... grip
Arttist Mouthapong .... additional electrician
Saade Mustafa .... steadicam operator
Lee Nussbaum .... still photographer
Robbin Park .... additional grip
Andrew Roddewig .... additional electric
Samuel Rudykoff .... electrical intern
Jay Sgroi .... additional electric
John Shim .... additional electrician
Nate Slevin .... camera loader
Jae Song .... camera operator
Jae Song .... director of photography: second unit
Brandon Taylor .... key grip
Brooks Toran .... electrician
Michael Vincent .... video playback operator
Christopher Wedding .... unit cinematographer: Los Angeles
G.T. Womack .... film loader
Nu Zhang .... additional electric
Louis Zlotowicz .... camera loader
Greta Zozula .... grip
James Benedetto .... generator operator (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lily Hetzler .... assistant costume designer
Liz Vastola .... costume supervisor
Amanda Williams .... wardrobe assistant
 
Editorial Department
Yaniv Dabach .... assistant editor
Neal Jonas .... additional editor
Michael Vincent .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Jim Bruening .... musician
Joshua Tidsbury .... score mixer
 
Other crew
Dustin Bricker .... script supervisor
Adrienne Dine .... set production assistant
Mike Funk .... production assistant
Alex Gavin .... production assistant
Lauren Hanson .... production assistant
Jacob Jaffke .... production coordinator
Dan Majkut .... key set production assistant
Peter Matsoukas .... electronic press kit
John F. Perez Jr. .... production assistant
Mario Pignard Jr. .... balloon operator
Adam S. Poswolsky .... location scout
Brian Raider .... producer apprentice
Brad Reichel .... production assistant
Kevin R. Shields .... production assistant
Michael Vincent .... script supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:85 min | Argentina:85 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Argentina:16 | Australia:MA (2009)
Filming Locations:
New York, USA
Company:
Glass Eye Pix more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
A graphic novel of the film has been released, with Glenn McQuaid writing and illustrations by Brahm Revel (October, 2009). more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Fantastic Horror Comedy! DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!, 17 October 2009
9/10
Author: scottmannen1 from Canada

If you want to see a great little horror comedy with an eerie feel to it this is the one. If you are expecting a blood and guts gore flick thats going to scare your pants off- then this isn't the one for you.

For the budget that this movie was filmed on, the music was particularly amazing! Even though the film was filmed on a bargain budget the music and audio was definitely better than most movies with a huge budget!

The story was truly well done and the director is to be commended. There is an almost perfect blend of comedy to horror in this movie! The acting is top notch and leaves room to make a sequel which I am definitely holding out for! I have no doubt that this movie will become an instant cult classic.

In a nutshell this movie chronicles the life story of a boy who enters into the career of becoming a grave-robber. It tells the story in flashback of each of the more fantastic experiences that the robber duo encounters. Vampires to Zombies and even aliens! Our stars start out as simple grave-robbers stealing for jewellery but quickly become body snatchers for a mad doctor (Angus Scrim) who requires bodies for his medical practise. When the duo find a way to have a vampire dispatch their cruel employer the grave-robbers discover that trafficking in undead corpses is much more profitable than just stealing regular dead bodies. The only problem is that there is another gang called the house of Murphy that is competing for the same undead corpses- and thats where both grave-robbing gangs clash head to head with dire consequences.

This movie is one of the most refreshing and exciting horror comedies that I have seen in years and reminds me of the Evil Dead. Don't miss this one, you will regret it!

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