Severed

Infobox_Film
name = Severed, aka Severed: Forest of the Dead


caption =
director = Carl Bessai
producer = Andrew Boutilier Cynthia Chapman
writer = Carl Bessai Travis McDonald Julian Clarke
narrator =
starring = Paul Campbell Sarah Lind Julian Christopher JR Bourne
music = Clinton Shorter
cinematography = James Liston
editing = Julian Clarke
distributor = Forest of the Dead Productions Inc. (USA) Emerald (Argentina) Screen Media Films (USA DVD)
released = United States:
October 20, 2005
Germany:
May 26, 2006
Italy:
January 24, 2007
Argentina:
May 14, 2007
runtime = 93 minutes
country = United States
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:336224
imdb_id = 0428390 |

"Severed" (aka "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. [ [http://www.whistlerfilmfestival.com/07/images/stories/2007site/pdf07/new_board_for_wffs.pdf whistlerfilmfestival.com] , PDF document "Carl Bessai biography", Retrieved 10-01-2008] by Lee Roberts, [http://www.best-horror-movies.com/severed.html 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] [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5057/is_/ai_n18406936 findarticles.com] , from archive of June 2006 Video Business, "Severed: forest of the dead.(Brief article)(Video recording review)", Retrieved 10-01-2008] [http://www.esplatter.com/reviews.php?id=832 esplatter.com] , Horror Movie review of "Severed - Forest of the Dead" (2005)", Retrieved 10-01-2008] by David Greenberg, [http://www.tlavideo.com/product/1-1132-233401_severed-forest-of-the-dead.html?sn=1 tlavideo.com] , review of "Severed: Forest of the Dead", Retrieved 10-01-2008]

Premise

The zombies in the film "Severed" are similar to the standard zombie in the way in which they move and such, however there is a slight difference in their appearance in the way that as opposed to having a pale fleshy tone to their skin, many of the zombies have a yellow discoloration of the flesh, with what seem to be dark veins on the side of their head.

As with most zombie movies in order to kill the zombie one must remove its head or destroy the brain, a quote in the movie is “you have to sever the head; it’s the only way to kill them", although wounding a zombie appears to be more easy than in other zombie movies".by Gravefigger, [http://www.buried.com/moviereviews/horror.php?id=2381 buried.com] , review "Severed: Forest of the Dead (2006)", Retrieved 10-01-2008]

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.

Cast

*Paul Campbell as Tyler
*Sarah Lind as Rita [ [http://www.filmmovement.com/downloads/press/A%20Simple%20Curve%20Press%20Kit.pdf fimmovement.com] , PDF document "A Simple Curve", Sarah Lind biography on page 8, Retrieved 10-02-2008]
*Julian Christopher as Mac
*JR Bourne as Carter
*Michael Teigen as Luke
*Leanne Adachi as Stacey
*Patrick Gallagher as Anderson
*Sage Brocklebank as Mills
*Brad Sihvon as Tom
*Zak Santiago as Ramon
*Alex Zahara as Smith

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0428390|title=Severed (2005)
* [http://www.horrortheatervideo.com/SEVEREDREVIEW.htm horrortheatervideo.com, "Severed" (2005) reviewed by Tony Bernardinni]
* [http://www.horrorreview.com/2006/forestofthedead2006.html horrorreview.com, "Severed: Forest of the Dead" reviewed by Horror Bob]
* [http://www.bloodtypeonline.com/s5.htm bloodtypeonline.com, "Severed - Forest of the Dead" (2005) reviewed by Ed Demko]
* [http://cinemafantastique.be/?page=critiques&id_film=1551 "Severed" at cinemafantastique.be (Belgium)]
* [http://www.new-video.de/film-severed-forest-of-the-dead/ "Severed -Forest of the Dead" at new-video.de (Germany)]
* [http://www.zelluloid.de/filme/index.php3?id=11199 "Severed - Forest of the Dead" at zelluloid.de (Germany)]
* [http://www.endoftheworldfor.us/component/option,com_simple_review/review,29-Severed-Forest-of-the-Dead-2005-Carl-Bessai/Itemid,26/ "Severed - Forest of the Dead" at endoftheworldfor.us]
* [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809429550/details "Severed: Forest of the Dead" (2006) at movies.yahoo.com]