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The Dead Matter

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The Dead Matter	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })The Dead Matter is a horror movie originally made by Edward Douglas of Midnight Syndicate in 1995. But at that time, it was filmed with a few friends, one camera, and $2000. Fast forward twelve years, and while Syndicate were writing the soundtrack for Robert Kurtzman's The Rage, Douglas proposed the script for the movie to Kurtzman. Soon, an all new Dead Matter was coming to life.The movie starts off in Germany, where a horde of zombies flock toward a man holding an ancient Egyptian scarab, which appears to be controlling them. The man (vampire Vellich, played by Andrew Divoff) is stopped when hunter Ian McAllister (Jason Carter) steals the scarab away. After a chase ending with Vellich killing Ian's assistant Mark, the story moves to Gretchen Bennington (Sean Serino), a young woman still in mourning over her brother Sean's death. She leads her friends into the woods to conduct a seance in an attempt to bring Sean back, where she finds the scarab. As they happened not to notice Mark's corpse lying close by, all hell breaks loose when Gretchen finds herself in complete control of any dead matter. Several other important subplots are woven throughout - Vellich's vampiric rival Sebed (Tom Savini) also wants the scarab, and is running an underground drug-dealing business. Gretchen's friend Frank's diet pill business has just launched.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })Reminiscent of many old-school zombie and vampire films, the movie's visual effects are the result of being shot completely on film instead of digitally. The soundtrack is, naturally, all by Midnight Syndicate. Even though the movie went straight to DVD, it received incredible reception from horror magazines and websites everywhere.One important detail - the title, while it is referring to 'matter that is dead', is also a statement - those who are dead matter. And in this movie, they definitely do.
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The Dead Matter / int_141a6acb	comment	Madness Mantra: Theanswerisdeaththeanswerisdeaththeanswerisdeaththeanswer...
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The Dead Matter / int_1e8f4221	comment	Fingore: Involving the nails - Gretchen rips off every single one of Mark's fingernails at once.
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The Dead Matter / int_22071825	type	I'm a Humanitarian
The Dead Matter / int_22071825	comment	I'm a Humanitarian: The children in Gretchen's first dream.
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The Dead Matter / int_2c1f1138	type	He Who Fights Monsters
The Dead Matter / int_2c1f1138	comment	He Who Fights Monsters: Ian McAllister.
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The Dead Matter / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
The Dead Matter / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: Tom Savini as a vampire.
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The Dead Matter / int_3b5fcbb7	type	Artifact of Doom
The Dead Matter / int_3b5fcbb7	comment	Artifact of Doom: The scarab. Supposedly it was made by Osiris, which would explain a few things.
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The Dead Matter / int_5b351f0d	type	IntercontinuityCrossover
The Dead Matter / int_5b351f0d	comment	Intercontinuity Crossover: The film appears to have a slight continuity cross with the worlds in Syndicate's Concept Albums, given that there's mentions of a "Haverghast Asylum".
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The Dead Matter / int_5c0fc07b	type	Nightmare Sequence
The Dead Matter / int_5c0fc07b	comment	Nightmare Sequence: Gretchen has two, and Frank has one.
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The Dead Matter / int_72d31973	type	Surreal Horror
The Dead Matter / int_72d31973	comment	Surreal Horror
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The Dead Matter / int_8ba9512b	type	Our Zombies Are Different
The Dead Matter / int_8ba9512b	comment	Our Zombies Are Different: They have a few traits of Type V, given that they're completely at the will of anyone who holds the scarab, but there's also some completely new elements.
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The Dead Matter / int_8c4bafff	type	Holy Burns Evil
The Dead Matter / int_8c4bafff	comment	Holy Burns Evil: Vellich gets a particularly nasty taste of this when he dies by shoving a cross down his throat.
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The Dead Matter / int_9578bb87	type	Canis Latinicus
The Dead Matter / int_9578bb87	comment	Canis Latinicus: Gretchen's recitation during the seance is technically actual Latin - but her pronunciation is nothing short of abominable.
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The Dead Matter / int_99c36bb5	type	Ironic Nursery Tune
The Dead Matter / int_99c36bb5	comment	Ironic Nursery Tune: "Sean is in the ground, Sean is in the ground..." Sung to the classic "na-na na-na naa na!" tune.
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The Dead Matter / int_9f63d4f1	type	Our Vampires Are Different
The Dead Matter / int_9f63d4f1	comment	Our Vampires Are Different: Vellich, for the most part, is an old-fashioned vamp - burned by sunlight, hurt by crosses and holy symbols, doesn't appear in mirrors. However, the vampires that have been taking the drug are immune to all of those things, and can appear completely human.
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The Dead Matter / int_9fb2452d	type	Evil Is Not a Toy
The Dead Matter / int_9fb2452d	comment	Evil Is Not a Toy: Gretchen will not understand this, even when Jill is doing her best to convince her.
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The Dead Matter / int_a036d3df	type	Sarcastic Confession
The Dead Matter / int_a036d3df	comment	Sarcastic Confession:
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The Dead Matter / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
The Dead Matter / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: The hilarity of the meat and eggs in Gretchen's fridge coming to life is ruined by images of actual, human zombies rising from the morgue.
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The Dead Matter / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
The Dead Matter / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: "Luxnul isn't a diet pill, is it?"
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The Dead Matter / int_bdd4c302	type	Perky Goth
The Dead Matter / int_bdd4c302	comment	Perky Goth: Jill.
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The Dead Matter / int_bef696dd	type	Mind Screw
The Dead Matter / int_bef696dd	comment	Mind Screw: The second Nightmare Sequence is Gretchen's own personal Mind Screw. And for the viewers, Vellich's visions at the beginning - they're obviously supposed to hint at something in his past, but we never get to learn about said past.
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The Dead Matter / int_c04b1231	type	JumpScare
The Dead Matter / int_c04b1231	comment	Jump Scare: Mark's appearance in Gretchen's room.
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The Dead Matter / int_c1b2c63f	type	Dull Surprise
The Dead Matter / int_c1b2c63f	comment	Dull Surprise: Although in Serino's case it's more like "dull unhappiness".
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The Dead Matter / int_c81e2bba	type	Necromancer
The Dead Matter / int_c81e2bba	comment	Necromancer: Whoever holds the scarab instantly becomes a Necromancer.
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The Dead Matter / int_c93a6560	type	Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
The Dead Matter / int_c93a6560	comment	Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Mark, by Vellich. Sort of a turn-around of the usual roles of vampire and human, isn't it?
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The Dead Matter / int_d01cffbc	type	Badass Longcoat
The Dead Matter / int_d01cffbc	comment	Badass Longcoat: Vellich is wearing one at a few points in the movie.
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The Dead Matter / int_e18a3c59	type	Hilarious Outtakes
The Dead Matter / int_e18a3c59	comment	Hilarious Outtakes: Fun With Mark The Zombie.
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The Dead Matter / int_e542d889	type	Gorn
The Dead Matter / int_e542d889	comment	Gorn: Averted for the most part, as there's surprisingly little gore for a zombie movie, but there are a couple times - most obviously when Vellich rips off the entire bottom half of a guard's face and hands it to him.
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The Dead Matter / int_ea85d6ea	type	All Just a Dream
The Dead Matter / int_ea85d6ea	comment	All Just a Dream...Or Was It a Dream?: After the seance, it initially appears that Mark's rising from the dead was just a dream, but that's quickly disproved.
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The Dead Matter / int_f3d5d15f	type	Creepy Child
The Dead Matter / int_f3d5d15f	comment	Creepy Child: All the children in Gretchen's first Nightmare Sequence.
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The Dead Matter / int_f511ea9b	comment	Product Placement: Product placement for Midnight Syndicate itself, with T-shirts, CDs, and actually saying the band title out loud at times.
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The Dead Matter / int_f788b2c5	type	Love Makes You Evil
The Dead Matter / int_f788b2c5	comment	Love Makes You Evil: None of this would have happened if Gretchen wasn't so desperate to bring back her brother. This is played with in the second-to-last scene, where Sean begins to rise up as a zombie, but Gretchen can't handle seeing what she's done anymore.
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The Dead Matter / int_f909b185	type	Lesbian Vampire
The Dead Matter / int_f909b185	comment	Lesbian Vampire: Rebecca and Angie.
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