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Dusty Meier

Jayme Schmitt

When a group of thrill seekers venture into supposedly haunted woods, they must fight to survive against a maniac with a mallet and a taste for blood.

Are You Dead Yet?

Blood and Gore to the max

The intro sequence is a great hook, and it&apos;s a lovely setting of Hell&apos;s Forest. However, a woman named Lola (played by Arsenic Nic) is running for her life from a maniac wearing a mask as he chases her through the woods. During the intro credits we see snippets of this monster&apos;s lair, with tools of doom, torture devices, dismembered body parts, and the tension is growing greatly when he makes a mask out of human skin. The evil villain in this film is the character of Mache who is an absolutely brutal man, with superhuman strength, and is played by the director himself, Jayme Schmitt.

Then we dive into the film to two months later, whereby a man named Fred Moseley (played by Jeremy Madlock) calls his friend Blair (played by Mary Beecher) to discuss Hell&apos;s Forest and whether she should go back to the area to relook for Lola. After doing some research on the location, Blair discovers that dozens, if not more, people have ventured into these dense woodlands have vanished without a trace. So, Blair enlists her friends Maya (played by Sasha Benton) and David (played by Dusty Meier) to help her on her mission to find Lola. Later their other friend Skye (played by Kati Tori) who was best friends with Lola have to devise a plan to investigate this themselves as the police are not interested in the missing cases from Hell&apos;s Forest, for some unknown reason.

Finally, they arrive at their destination and set up camp for the night. At the forest in front of the roaring fire, their conversation reveals good backstory and revelations. Unbeknown to the group someone is watching them. In the morning the intensity level is heightened when it is discovered that one of the members of the group has vanished through the night. They split up to search for their missing friend, putting their lives in jeopardy. Maya finds something in the grass to confirm that Lola was there in the woods at some stage, prompting her to continue looking, but what she stumbles upon later is atrocious. What the group doesn&apos;t realise is that as they are calling out the names of their missing friends, it is actually making them moving targets and easy prey. Meanwhile Skye finds a rundown building and enters it to investigate. What she discovers is terrifying! The further she moves deeper into the labyrinth of a building, the more horrors are revealed.

Then we cut to a scene with Chuck (played by Jonathan Stone) and his friends having a party. The party scene is a good relief to counteract the terror of what is occurring in the woods. David&apos;s girlfriend Madison (played by Kyrstin Duve) is worried because she can&apos;t get in touch with him, as he&apos;s not answering his phone, so she tracks Blair&apos;s cell phone and gets a hit on her location. This encourages paranoid Maddie, her friend Maggie (played by Meggi Davis,) and Jimmy (played by Stephen Harrison) who is the comic relief, and Chuck to find out what is going on. When they finally arrive at night, Jimmy ventures off to do his own search, and if he were a little less cocky and more observant then possibly, he would have come out of it in one piece. If only Maddie, Maggie and Chuck had of known better than to split up, maybe they would have stood a chance too.

The ending at first had me disappointed, that was until the epic twist had me changing my mind very quickly. It&apos;s a satisfying way to end the film. But wait, for there is more to come after the credits, when the full truth is revealed, and it will blow your mind, like it did mine. The question here is who will survive the forest and come out unscathed? Will the group find Lola, or are they all doomed? I think the lesson here is that they should never have separated from one another. And if you are going to kill the bad guy, make sure he is dead for good.

Overall, the beautiful scenery is juxtaposed with the horrors that is happening around the characters. The SOV filming is perfect for a more intimate perspective. The DOP did a fantastic job with the missing posters and the evidence in Mache&apos;s lair. The pacing is perfect, and I didn&apos;t see any room for filling up time with unintentional purpose. This is a riveting and nail-biting film that had me sitting on the edge of my seat in some of the scenes. The scenes of horror and gore are excellently executed. Thanks to the special effects team, the scenes of murder and bloodied body parts look realistic. There is a special appearance from filmmaker and actor James Rolfe who plays the voice of the emergency dispatcher. I highly recommend this one if you like films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre or other films of that type.

Reviewed by Del Gibson from HORROR CENTRAL.

Home Media Release Trailer for Are You Dead Yet

Are You Dead Yet? - Trailer

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The intro sequence is a great hook, and it's a lovely setting of Hell's Forest. However, a woman named Lola (played by Arsenic Nic) is running for her life from a maniac wearing a mask as he chases her through the woods. During the intro credits we see snippets of this monster's lair, with tools of doom, torture devices, dismembered body parts, and the tension is growing greatly when he makes a mask out of human skin. The evil villain in this film is the character of Mache who is an absolutely brutal man, with superhuman strength, and is played by the director himself, Jayme Schmitt.

Then we dive into the film to two months later, whereby a man named Fred Moseley (played by Jeremy Madlock) calls his friend Blair (played by Mary Beecher) to discuss Hell's Forest and whether she should go back to the area to relook for Lola. After doing some research on the location, Blair discovers that dozens, if not more, people have ventured into these dense woodlands have vanished without a trace. So, Blair enlists her friends Maya (played by Sasha Benton) and David (played by Dusty Meier) to help her on her mission to find Lola. Later their other friend Skye (played by Kati Tori) who was best friends with Lola have to devise a plan to investigate this themselves as the police are not interested in the missing cases from Hell's Forest, for some unknown reason.

Finally, they arrive at their destination and set up camp for the night. At the forest in front of the roaring fire, their conversation reveals good backstory and revelations. Unbeknown to the group someone is watching them. In the morning the intensity level is heightened when it is discovered that one of the members of the group has vanished through the night. They split up to search for their missing friend, putting their lives in jeopardy. Maya finds something in the grass to confirm that Lola was there in the woods at some stage, prompting her to continue looking, but what she stumbles upon later is atrocious. What the group doesn't realise is that as they are calling out the names of their missing friends, it is actually making them moving targets and easy prey. Meanwhile Skye finds a rundown building and enters it to investigate. What she discovers is terrifying! The further she moves deeper into the labyrinth of a building, the more horrors are revealed.

Then we cut to a scene with Chuck (played by Jonathan Stone) and his friends having a party. The party scene is a good relief to counteract the terror of what is occurring in the woods. David's girlfriend Madison (played by Kyrstin Duve) is worried because she can't get in touch with him, as he's not answering his phone, so she tracks Blair's cell phone and gets a hit on her location. This encourages paranoid Maddie, her friend Maggie (played by Meggi Davis,) and Jimmy (played by Stephen Harrison) who is the comic relief, and Chuck to find out what is going on. When they finally arrive at night, Jimmy ventures off to do his own search, and if he were a little less cocky and more observant then possibly, he would have come out of it in one piece. If only Maddie, Maggie and Chuck had of known better than to split up, maybe they would have stood a chance too.

The ending at first had me disappointed, that was until the epic twist had me changing my mind very quickly. It's a satisfying way to end the film. But wait, for there is more to come after the credits, when the full truth is revealed, and it will blow your mind, like it did mine. The question here is who will survive the forest and come out unscathed? Will the group find Lola, or are they all doomed? I think the lesson here is that they should never have separated from one another. And if you are going to kill the bad guy, make sure he is dead for good.

Overall, the beautiful scenery is juxtaposed with the horrors that is happening around the characters. The SOV filming is perfect for a more intimate perspective. The DOP did a fantastic job with the missing posters and the evidence in Mache's lair. The pacing is perfect, and I didn't see any room for filling up time with unintentional purpose. This is a riveting and nail-biting film that had me sitting on the edge of my seat in some of the scenes. The scenes of horror and gore are excellently executed. Thanks to the special effects team, the scenes of murder and bloodied body parts look realistic. There is a special appearance from filmmaker and actor James Rolfe who plays the voice of the emergency dispatcher. I highly recommend this one if you like films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre or other films of that type.

Reviewed by Del Gibson from HORROR CENTRAL.

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