Life is tough for us romantics. Finding love often feels like it's always in the wrong places, but at least (I expect) you can at least say it's not at a graveyard, and you're not the resident gravedigger with particularly poor hygiene and people skills. If this description aptly describes your situation, however, you can find solace and community in the eloquently absurdist Dead Lover. Dead Lover follows the aforementioned lovelorn Gravedigger (Grace Glowicki, also the director, co-writer, and producer), on the hunt for her lover within the confines of gravedigging and socializing in her tight-knit community of gossip queens and passing mourners burying their loved ones in her humble graveyard. Just when love seems eternally out of reach for our cockneyed heroine, an oddball Lover (Ben Petrie, also co-writer and producer) catches her eye, and his eye her's. The rest? Well, that's history, folks. What transpires next is a slapstick, horror-infused comedy of witchcraft, reanimation via finger, and revenge. Dead Lover relishes in a tone-perfect absurdity that builds and never lets up until its totally bonkers closing moments. In its plot and tone alone Dead Lover is unique, but what also sets it apart is its practical black box theater aesthetic and recycling four-person ensemble cast (the players: Glowicki, Petrie, Lowen Morrow, and Leah Doz). In many ways, Dead Lover is a heightened play made for the stage, however, using the medium of film to elevate the story in perfectly weird and elevated ways. It's a trip. I absolutely...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 14 March, 2025