The plan was to do a comprehensive summary of the last month, since that's how long
Deadgirl has been out on DVD. But time does not permit a comprehensive summary.
So instead, here's a half-assed one:
We're at 40,000 ratings on Netflix, which really blew away our expectations. As previously noted, since not everyone rates the movies they've watched, it's hard to know exactly how many more people have Netflixed the movie.
And it's been neat seeing the empty
Deadgirl spaces in Blockbuster (at least our local one, where it's rarely been back on the shelf).
For some reason, Best Buy has it in the Sci-Fi section, so that's probably something to be aware of, just in case.
Dave Navarro was a big fan of the movie and invited Jenny Spain on his radio show, where he described the movie as "terrifying" and "compelling" and added "Not only have I seen fucked-up stuff, but I've seen
really fucked-up stuff ... and
this disturbed me more." Then he took Jenny out to dinner.
Universal Studios and the Chiller/Eyegore Awards gave
Deadgirl a prize for "2009 Best Villain of the Year" ... that would be JT (Noah Segan).
The media response has been enormous. Lots of great reviews, from larger newspapers (
Boston Globe, Washington Post), to more local ones (
Tampa Tribune, Kansas City Star) to all types of blogs and websites (DVD Talk, Cinematical) and everything in between. Most of them quoted below, so won't bother re-quoting here.
The Boston Globe even placed the movie high on its list of 20 Best Zombie Movies of All Time (#6).
Because it's October, many people are doing some sort of 31-day horror movie countdown till Halloween, and many of these lists include
Deadgirl. Thanks to everyone who has made it part of the festivities.
Deadgirl continues to split reactions almost right down the middle, as it's done from day one. On IMDB we're at 60% positive. Same with Amazon. On Netflix it's 56%. On Rotten Tomatoes, the T-Meter Critics are at 31%, but the Rotten Tomato Community is at 66%.
And easily the coolest part of the last few weeks is reading real-time reactions on Twitter. Good, bad, confused, angry, surprised, curious, and genuinely thrilled, tweets have covered it all and have come from everywhere.
Needless to say, it's been a really exciting first month for us.
"Deadgirl — From newcomer directors Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel and screenwriter Trent Haaga comes the most original and disturbing take on alienated youth and teenage peer pressure the horror genre has ever produced... The film’s brooding, stylized physical and psychological atmospherics are reminiscent of David Cronenberg’s most nightmarish work, yet it yields some hauntingly poignant moments." — The Oklahoman [OK's "most trusted news"]
