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Otto; or, Up with Dead People
Otto; or, Up with Dead People
6.0
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285 Ratings

OTTO; OR, UP WITH DEAD PEOPLE

Directed by Bruce LaBruce
Canada, Germany, 2008
Comedy, Drama, Horror, LGBTQ+, Cult

Synopsis

An gay teenage zombie falls in with a pretentious experimental filmmaker who casts him in a politically themed porno while documenting his experiences as a walking corpse in this existential film from Canadian provocateur Bruce LaBruce.

Synopsis

An gay teenage zombie falls in with a pretentious experimental filmmaker who casts him in a politically themed porno while documenting his experiences as a walking corpse in this existential film from Canadian provocateur Bruce LaBruce.

Our take

The characteristically vulgar Bruce LaBruce, one of Canada’s most notorious independent filmmakers, again finds a remarkable balance between poetry and provocation in this thoughtful zombie queer-horror-drama-comedy.