Near Death | 
 enlarge | Director: Joe Castro
Actors: Perrine Moore, Scott Lundsford, Ali Willingham, Darlene Tygrett, Joseph Haggerty
Studio: Trinity Home Ent
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 115770
Format: Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Running Time: 85
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.9 x 0.6
UPC: 881273000863
EAN: 0881273000863
ASIN: B00064ADZC
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: October 19, 2004
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Description
A team of ghost hunters travels to the mansion of a famous film director, who 50 years earlier violently murdered his beautiful maid after she rejected his passionate advances, then flung himself off a cliff in despair. The team is there to unravel tales of the director's murderous ghost still haunting the estate and the undead walking its halls.
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 One of the worst films ever made March 29, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
what can one really say about what is probably one of the worst independent horror films ever made?That the"acting",such as it is,is pathetic?This goes without saying on any badly made flick,but with this production the lack of talent in these alledged"actors"has hit rock bottom,and then some...There are no "special effects"which,in any gore film is a really big minus..Some of the scenes contain very obvious bloopers(such as the flesh-eating zombies spitting out the jello that is supposed to be human gore)which even a half-blind film editor would have picked up on,so the inclusion of these mistakes indicates both a very very tight budget and a sloppy director who ought to go back to film school(if he ever attended film school in the first place,which is doubtful)...The dvd artwork is better than the film itself,which says everything about quality here...The film is awful,but the marketing people got a decent artist to give this bomb a nice poster..they should have spent that money on the film itself,but-hey,when you are making a stinkeroo like this it pays to put all of your effort on selling the thing to the public...once you have got thier money it won't matter that the film itself is garbage...
More Like "NEARLY TRASH" September 21, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm not sure where to start on a movie this bad. The acting in this movie is absolutely horrendous. There is next to nothing in the F/X department. It seems that anybody could have thrown together a number of people from the street and produced a better movie.
Please avoid this movie at all costs. ( Hey, I want my money back. )
pure crap September 17, 2005
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
i'd give this movie -10 stars if i could. it's crap. bad acting, bad effects. Nothing in this movie makes up for anything! this is nothing more than a low budget porno flick.
Jello-mania February 23, 2005
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Are you high? the one reviewer says:
"What more can I say ? GOREHOUNDS, don't let the haters fool you, NEAR DEATH is what you're looking for." Please! I am a gorehound, and with that being said: If you like good cheesy-gory horror movies, then stick with Dead Alive, Evil Dead 2, return of the living dead 2, Bad taste, and all movies that would fall into that category. This movie is a joke. Here is the breakdown: Bad acting. Very bad quality (meaning it looks like home video footage, you all know what I mean, porno quality if you will). Bad sound FX, Really bad special FX (we are talking cheap Halloween store gags and props) And let me cover the `gore' the other reviewer is referring to: Your talking about ghouls with black teeth (from food coloring) standing around in a circle, pretending to cannibalize a body. When they dip into the body for food, what your seeing is blood colored Jello in their hands. All they are doing is eating jello (no joke) Some of the actors in one scene can be caught spitting it back out, so they don't even digest any of it. Next gore: the jello affect is used a lot in the movie, and the first kill victim last a good portion of the movie, so their isn't a lot of gore here or victims. Other FX used are cheap blood and some `meal worms' (that you can buy at a pet shop) used to look like maggots.
Summary: ITS BAD, and anyone that would give this 5 stars should be cannibalized themselves. However, I should note, it had an ok story line
 JOE CASTRO RULES !! February 13, 2005
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
In my opinion, if most viewers talk trash about NEAR DEATH, it's because they `re not GOREHOUNDS and B MOVIES lovers in the first place.
I mean, if you know a little about that culture, you know what JOE CASTRO is up to and that's GREAT CHEESE. I've been following that guy's career since TERROR TOONS and so far, he has never disappointed me.
First of all, when it comes to eye-popping GORE FX, he's simply one of the best. Everything he's related to delivers the goodies. From gutting to crushing, you got it all. Flicks like BLEED, ZOMBIE CHRONICLES and even BLOOD FEAST II would not be the same without his contribution. Yeah... He uses mostly mannequins and real meat for his FX. So what ? It's effective at best and funny at worse, so it's alright to me.
I also think he's brilliant as a director. From Comedy ( TERROR TOONS )to Drama ( JACKHAMMER MASSACRE ), he can add anything to his gory formula. He's always creative and daring. He also knows how to use his money : give him the last blockbuster's cappuccino's budget and he shoots a CULT flick in 2 days or less. I'm not kidding, the guy is that good. He got his own touch, naive and wicked at the same time and it's everything but boring. Maybe the production values are not always there but then again : if you can't stand Low budget HORROR flicks, maybe you should stick to Hollywood's major releases. But if you like your stuff bloody, dirty and sleazy, like I do, then JOE CASTRO is a dude you can trust.
Now... About NEAR DEATH itself : it's a story of ghouls and ghosts. To be more precise, the plot is about three students of the paranormal who chase the spirit of a dead director into a big old house where strange and hostile people live. Enough said . You got cannibalism, dead, naked babes and of course : blood and guts. That's not it, since it Deals with ghosts of the 1940's, NEAR DEATH is more classical than previous JOE 's efforts in terms of setting and dressing. The house they use is great, spooky and weird and it adds a lot to the general atmosphere. The cast is almost the same than in BUTCHERED and MANIACAL, other great stuff that JOE CASTRO shot around the same time, and it's cool too.
What more can I say ? GOREHOUNDS, don't let the haters fool you, NEAR DEATH is what you're looking for.
And now a litle message to that sinister fool who pretends to be the master of HORROR... By comparing NEAR DEATH, a quikie shot in two days with no money, to ultimate classics like EVIL DEAD or BAD TASTE, who took years in the making and costed WAY more money than this flick, you only prove one thing : you don't know what you're talking about. If you think I should be cannibalized, ask your mom to eat me ( I'll put some jello on me ).
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