Undead or Alive
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Wanted: Undead or Alive is a 2007
comedy-horror
Western film
directed by Glasgow Phillips, it was written by Phillips and Scott Pourroy. The film stars Navi Rawat
, Chris Kattan
and James Denton
.
had cursed white men causing people to become zombie
s. At a house a man named Ben Goodman (Brian Posehn
) acts suspiciously and attacks and eats his wife and daughter's brains.
In a town Luke (Chris Kattan
) wants to marry a woman at a saloon (Elizabeth Slagsvol). On arriving he encounters Elmer (James Denton
) and discovers that his "princess" is a hooker and he fights with Elmer until Sheriff Claypool (Matt Besser
) takes them to jail and they are kept there. They find Ben there and when they escape he bites the Sheriff's assistant Cletus (Chris Coppola
) after he is gagged.
Luke and Elmer find the Sheriff and the hooker at the dry gulch saloon making out. They take money and make a getaway. The Sheriff finds Cletus on the ground bleeding and he bites Claypool. They hang Ben and unknowing that he will not die of that they cut his corpse from the rope and he chases a priest into the dry gulch saloon where he bites the hooker and the bar owner, while the priest hides in a closet.
Luke and Elmer are found by Sue (Navi Rawat
) and they meet and bond. Meanwhile the priest tries to get water and he accidentally locked himself out of the closet and is bitten by the hooker. On the way to the Colorado River they are captured by soldiers who are killed by the Sheriff and Cletus. They discover they can kill the zombies by decapitation
.
During the night, while hiding out in the fort, Sue reveals that the only way to be cured of the zombie curse is to eat the living flesh of the medicine man that created the curse. They shoot several cookware object's out of a homemade blunderbuss at the sheriff and the zombies to no avail. On the way to a hut Elmer tries to punch Kermit in the mouth (but) gets bitten by Kermit (exclaiming "see you in hell Winslow"). Elmer becomes a zombie and knocks Cletus off a cliff and throws his gun down afterwards, then he bites Luke and they go to eat Sue.
Sue finds Sheriff Claypool and she cuts his head down the middle and chops his head off. The duo catch up to and surround Sue. You see her charging and whooping Native American
style as she attacks them. The next scene is of Elmer and Luke looking normal again. Apparently, Sue was a descendant of the medicine man that created the curse. Elmer has figured that out when Sue told them how to cure the curse and figured as a backup plan he would eat Sue. Apparently, Sue tasted like gingerbread. The duo ride off into the sunset as Cletus stands up and chases them down the field.
An epilogue shows Ben digging up his family and the three of them (with their dog) skip into town.
for Odd Lot Entertainment. Gary Jones created the Make-up and masks for the film.
Festival and was released on 11 December 2007 over Image Entertainment on DVD.
2007 in film
This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...
comedy-horror
Comedy horror
Comedy horror, also known as horror comedy, is a literary and film genre, combining elements of comedy and horror fiction. The comedy horror genre almost always inevitably crosses over with the black comedy genre; and in some respects could be considered a subset of it.The short story "The Legend...
Western film
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
directed by Glasgow Phillips, it was written by Phillips and Scott Pourroy. The film stars Navi Rawat
Navi Rawat
Navi Rawat is an American television actress, known for her roles as Theresa Diaz on the drama series The O.C. and math prodigy Amita Ramanujan on the drama series Numb3rs. She is the niece of Prem Rawat....
, Chris Kattan
Chris Kattan
Christopher Lee "Chris" Kattan is an American actor/comedian, best known for his work on Saturday Night Live.-Early life:Kattan was born in Sherman Oaks, California. His father, Kip King, was an actor and voice actor who appeared on the series Reno 911! as Larrie Plum. His mother, Hajnalka E....
and James Denton
James Denton
James "Jamie" Thomas Denton, Jr. is an American film and television actor, best known for playing Mike Delfino in the television series Desperate Housewives.-Early life:...
.
Plot
Before his capture, GeronimoGeronimo
Geronimo was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion into Apache tribal lands for several decades during the Apache Wars. Allegedly, "Geronimo" was the name given to him during a Mexican incident...
had cursed white men causing people to become zombie
Zombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
s. At a house a man named Ben Goodman (Brian Posehn
Brian Posehn
Brian Edmund Posehn is an American actor, voice actor, musician and comedian, known for his roles as mail clerk Kevin Liotta on NBC's Just Shoot Me!, a cast member and writer on HBO's Mr. Show, and most recently as Brian Spukowski on Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program.-Early life:Posehn...
) acts suspiciously and attacks and eats his wife and daughter's brains.
In a town Luke (Chris Kattan
Chris Kattan
Christopher Lee "Chris" Kattan is an American actor/comedian, best known for his work on Saturday Night Live.-Early life:Kattan was born in Sherman Oaks, California. His father, Kip King, was an actor and voice actor who appeared on the series Reno 911! as Larrie Plum. His mother, Hajnalka E....
) wants to marry a woman at a saloon (Elizabeth Slagsvol). On arriving he encounters Elmer (James Denton
James Denton
James "Jamie" Thomas Denton, Jr. is an American film and television actor, best known for playing Mike Delfino in the television series Desperate Housewives.-Early life:...
) and discovers that his "princess" is a hooker and he fights with Elmer until Sheriff Claypool (Matt Besser
Matt Besser
Matthew Gregory "Matt" Besser is an American actor and comedian best known as one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe who also had their own show on Comedy Central from 1998-2000....
) takes them to jail and they are kept there. They find Ben there and when they escape he bites the Sheriff's assistant Cletus (Chris Coppola
Chris Coppola
Chris Coppola is an American actor.Coppola is best known for such films as Friday the 13th, Far Cry, Postal, Loveless in Los Angeles, The Polar Express and Beowulf.-External links:...
) after he is gagged.
Luke and Elmer find the Sheriff and the hooker at the dry gulch saloon making out. They take money and make a getaway. The Sheriff finds Cletus on the ground bleeding and he bites Claypool. They hang Ben and unknowing that he will not die of that they cut his corpse from the rope and he chases a priest into the dry gulch saloon where he bites the hooker and the bar owner, while the priest hides in a closet.
Luke and Elmer are found by Sue (Navi Rawat
Navi Rawat
Navi Rawat is an American television actress, known for her roles as Theresa Diaz on the drama series The O.C. and math prodigy Amita Ramanujan on the drama series Numb3rs. She is the niece of Prem Rawat....
) and they meet and bond. Meanwhile the priest tries to get water and he accidentally locked himself out of the closet and is bitten by the hooker. On the way to the Colorado River they are captured by soldiers who are killed by the Sheriff and Cletus. They discover they can kill the zombies by decapitation
Decapitation
Decapitation is the separation of the head from the body. Beheading typically refers to the act of intentional decapitation, e.g., as a means of murder or execution; it may be accomplished, for example, with an axe, sword, knife, wire, or by other more sophisticated means such as a guillotine...
.
During the night, while hiding out in the fort, Sue reveals that the only way to be cured of the zombie curse is to eat the living flesh of the medicine man that created the curse. They shoot several cookware object's out of a homemade blunderbuss at the sheriff and the zombies to no avail. On the way to a hut Elmer tries to punch Kermit in the mouth (but) gets bitten by Kermit (exclaiming "see you in hell Winslow"). Elmer becomes a zombie and knocks Cletus off a cliff and throws his gun down afterwards, then he bites Luke and they go to eat Sue.
Sue finds Sheriff Claypool and she cuts his head down the middle and chops his head off. The duo catch up to and surround Sue. You see her charging and whooping Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
style as she attacks them. The next scene is of Elmer and Luke looking normal again. Apparently, Sue was a descendant of the medicine man that created the curse. Elmer has figured that out when Sue told them how to cure the curse and figured as a backup plan he would eat Sue. Apparently, Sue tasted like gingerbread. The duo ride off into the sunset as Cletus stands up and chases them down the field.
An epilogue shows Ben digging up his family and the three of them (with their dog) skip into town.
Cast
- Chris KattanChris KattanChristopher Lee "Chris" Kattan is an American actor/comedian, best known for his work on Saturday Night Live.-Early life:Kattan was born in Sherman Oaks, California. His father, Kip King, was an actor and voice actor who appeared on the series Reno 911! as Larrie Plum. His mother, Hajnalka E....
as Luke - James DentonJames DentonJames "Jamie" Thomas Denton, Jr. is an American film and television actor, best known for playing Mike Delfino in the television series Desperate Housewives.-Early life:...
as Elmer - Lew Alexander as Geronimo
- Todd Anderson as Kermit
- Richard Barela as Drunk Zombie
- Matt BesserMatt BesserMatthew Gregory "Matt" Besser is an American actor and comedian best known as one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe who also had their own show on Comedy Central from 1998-2000....
as Sheriff Claypool - Brett Brock as Townsman 1
- Richard Bucher as Townsman
- Jeff ChaseJeff ChaseJeff Chase is an American film and television actor.Chase was born Jeffrey L. Sniffen in Paterson, New Jersey. He married Kimberly Chase on January 5, 1991, and now lives in Clermont, Florida. Chase has one son, Cory Chase, born in 1998...
as Zombie - Chris Coppola as Cletus
- Gino Crognale as General Store Owner
- Jeffrey J. Dashnaw as Townsman
- Scott Flick as Zombie Soldier
- Michelle Greathouse as Schoolmarm
- Patricia Greer as Saloon Girl
- Leslie JordanLeslie JordanLeslie Allen Jordan is an American actor and playwright.- Early life and career :Hailing from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and at a height of 4 ft 11 in , Jordan has made numerous appearances in both film and television...
as Padre - Geoffrey C. Martin as Trap door zombie
- Keola Melhorn as Zombie
- Tracy Melhorn as Zombie
- Michael Patrick Metzdorff as Gunfighter Zombie / Union Soldier Zombie
- Cristin Michele as Kate
- Christopher Allen Nelson as The Captain
- T. Jay O'Brien as Farlow
- Brian PosehnBrian PosehnBrian Edmund Posehn is an American actor, voice actor, musician and comedian, known for his roles as mail clerk Kevin Liotta on NBC's Just Shoot Me!, a cast member and writer on HBO's Mr. Show, and most recently as Brian Spukowski on Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program.-Early life:Posehn...
as Ben - Navi RawatNavi RawatNavi Rawat is an American television actress, known for her roles as Theresa Diaz on the drama series The O.C. and math prodigy Amita Ramanujan on the drama series Numb3rs. She is the niece of Prem Rawat....
as Sue - Chloe Russell as Ruby
- Elizabeth Slagsvol as Saloon Girl
- Russell Solberg as Townsman
- Mia Stallard as Anna
- Ben Zeller as Ebeneezer
- James Blackburn as Zombie soldier
- Brent Lambert as Zombie
Production
The film was shot in Santa Fe, New MexicoSanta Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...
for Odd Lot Entertainment. Gary Jones created the Make-up and masks for the film.
Release
The film premiered on 15 March 2007 as part of the South by SouthwestSouth by Southwest
South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...
Festival and was released on 11 December 2007 over Image Entertainment on DVD.
Tracklist
- Hal OzsanHal OzsanHalil Özşan, better known as Hal Ozsan , is a British actor and singer-songwriter of Turkish Cypriot descent. He is best known for his roles as Michael Cassidy in the hit ABC Family series Kyle XY, Todd Carr in the WB's Dawson's Creek, and Miles Cannon in 90210.-Life:Ozsan was born to Turkish...
and Poets and Pornstars - Monkey - Poets and Pornstars - Get your Kicks
- David Baker - Twists and Turns
- Three Bad Jacks - Crazy in the Head
- Slick Pelt - Cowboy Song
- Colin Blades - Best Friend
- Three Bad Jacks - Hellbound Train
- Terence JayTerence JayTerence Jay is an American actor and musician. He is best known for costarring as Jeremy Van Holden in the 2005 film Green Street, playing alongside Elijah Wood, and for writing and performing several songs on the film's soundtrack, including the one played during the film's final sequence, "One...
- Undead or Alive - Slick Pelt - Danger
- Chris GerolmoChris GerolmoChris Gerolmo is an American writer, director, and singer best known for writing the screenplay for the film Mississippi Burning and co-creating the FX Networks military drama series Over There. He also wrote and directed the acclaimed made-for-TV movie Citizen X, about the Ukrainian serial killer...
- I'm your Danger