Otto; or, Up with Dead People

Name: Otto; or, Up with Dead People
Genre: Drama, Horror, Comedy, Adult
Released: November 7, 2008
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 34

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: November 7, 2008 | Not Rated

Summary: Otto is a handsome, sensitive, neo-Goth zombie with an identity crisis. He wanders the streets of the city, never sleeping, until one day he auditions for a zombie film. The director, revolutionary Medea Yarn, is convinced that Otto is the personification of the effects of advanced capitalism on individuals. Medea begins making a film aboutOtto is a handsome, sensitive, neo-Goth zombie with an identity crisis. He wanders the streets of the city, never sleeping, until one day he auditions for a zombie film. The director, revolutionary Medea Yarn, is convinced that Otto is the personification of the effects of advanced capitalism on individuals. Medea begins making a film about Otto, while simultaneously shooting a film about a gay zombie revolt against consumerist society. As Medea directs the final, orgiastic scene of her film, Otto struggles to access the human emotions buried beneath his zombie exterior. (Strand Releasing)… Expand

Director: Bruce La Bruce

Genre(s): Drama, Horror, Comedy, Adult

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 94 min

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Nathan Lee

One of the more disciplined entries in the LaBruce oeuvre, Otto is sexy and silly in just the right proportions, a cult item with a real heart. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

LaBruce devotees will be tickled pink; others will be perplexed and/or disgusted. Read full review

Justin Chang

Meandering at the same draggy pace as its titular gay zombie, eroto-horror-satire mixes movie-within-a-movie machinations with graphic sex scenes that will titillate anyone who's ever wanted to see someone shagging an open wound. Read full review

Aaron Hillis

Campy but not comical, reactionary but not very clever, LaBruce's film is best saved for those tickled by the sight of homo-zombie orgies or the hardcore penetration of an open wound. Read full review

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Rcavey92212

Aug 19, 2020

This weird avant garde gay zombie movie is unlike anything you've ever seen for better or worse. It's confusing but I think it's about a crew shooting a gay zombie movie that comes upon a cute emo undead twink named Otto. It follows his adventures as he roams the countryside hooking up withThis weird avant garde gay zombie movie is unlike anything you've ever seen for better or worse. It's confusing but I think it's about a crew shooting a gay zombie movie that comes upon a cute emo undead twink named Otto. It follows his adventures as he roams the countryside hooking up with randos and culminating in a big orgy. Like I said it's really odd. There is however a certain grotesque charm about it all. The film is definitely a metaphor for the aimlessness of youth and sexual hunger. It's not a porn but it is kinda soft core. There are penises but usually they're in undead stomachs. It's overly gory and overtly campy but the film manages to work well enough if only for originality.

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EricM.

Mar 8, 2009

What a tedious piece of trash. SO utterly boring that the kinky zombie sex doesn't even make it exciting. This is the most unclever poorly acted arthouse film I've seen.

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