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Severed: Forest of the Dead
Directed byCarl Bessai
Written byCarl Bessai
Travis McDonald
Julian Clarke
Produced byAndrew Boutilier
Cynthia Chapman
StarringPaul Campbell
Sarah Lind
JR Bourne
CinematographyJames Liston
Edited byJulian Clarke
Music byClinton Shorter
Production
companies
Forest of the Dead Productions Inc.
Brightlight Pictures
Distributed byForest of the Dead Productions Inc.
Release date
October 20, 2005 (2005-10-20)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Severed: Forest of the Dead is a 2005 zombie suspense horror film directed by Carl Bessai and set in a remote logging community following an incident where a genetic experiment goes wrong.[1][2][3][4]

Premise

Zombies are on the loose somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, and our heroes must survive them.

The zombies in the film Severed are similar to the standard zombie in movement, however there is a slight difference in their appearance; as opposed to having a pale and bloodless skin tone, many of the zombies have a yellow discoloration, and sport dark veins on the side of their head.[5]

As with most zombie movies, in order to be killed, one must remove the zombie's head or destroy its brain, to quote the movie, “you have to sever the head; it’s the only way to kill them", although wounding a zombie appears to be easier than in other zombie movies.[2][6]

Plot

In a remote wilderness loggers and environmental activists must join together to survive against zombies resulting from a logging company's genetic experiments in an attempt to increase lumber production which will in theory lead to a 15% increase in profit. A lumberjack is injured when cutting a tree which has been spiked by environmentalists. He is infected by genetically modified tree sap, causing him to turn into a zombie.[2][4][5][6]

Cast

References

  1. ^ whistlerfilmfestival.com, PDF document "Carl Bessai biography", Retrieved 10-01-2008
  2. ^ a b c by Lee Roberts, best-horror-movies.com, September 21, 2006 review: "Severed: Forest of the Dead is a good movie with lots of zombie-like activity.", Retrieved 10-01-2008
  3. ^ findarticles.com, from archive of June 2006 Video Business, "Severed: forest of the dead.(Brief article)(Video recording review)", Retrieved 10-01-2008
  4. ^ a b esplatter.com, Horror Movie review of "Severed - Forest of the Dead (2005)", Retrieved 10-01-2008
  5. ^ a b by David Greenberg, tlavideo.com, review of Severed: Forest of the Dead, Retrieved 10-01-2008
  6. ^ a b by Gravefigger, buried.com, review "Severed: Forest of the Dead (2006)", Retrieved 10-01-2008
  7. ^ fimmovement.com, PDF document "A Simple Curve", Sarah Lind biography on page 8, Retrieved 10-02-2008