Otto; or Up With Dead People

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Otto; or Up With Dead People

2008

1h 35m

Comedy

Drama

Horror

LGBTQ+

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A gay zombie (Jey Crisfar) manages to be cast in a horror film.

Critics Consensus

Otto, or Up with Dead People plays to writer-director Bruce LaBruce's provocative strengths, but proves frustratingly less than the sum of its parts.

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Andy Campbell

Austin Chronicle

05/29/2020

What is most impressive about Otto, is its potential appeal to a wide range of audiences.

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Brandon Judell

IndieWire

07/29/2011

Its metaphorical examination of the plight of queer zombies in Germany is readymade for former LaBruce fans. Get ready for copulation with a hole in the stomach and such memorable quotes as "I was a zombie with an identity crisis."

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Peter Hartlaub

San Francisco Chronicle

01/16/2009

1/4

Moviegoers with a LaBruce fetish will appreciate another imaginative offering from the filmmaker. Mainstream audiences should stay far, far away.

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

12/29/2020

2/5

Bruce LaBruce's ultra-queer arthouse zombie flick has some novel ideas, but they don't all come together by the time the credits roll.

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Paul Dale

The List

05/29/2020

3/5

Otto is by turns hilarious and jaw-dropping.

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

08/16/2011

Zombies don't ever take bubble baths, not even gay zombies.

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01/21/2013

Per gli amanti dei film indipendenti e fuori dagli schemi, ma solo per veri estimatori. Il film e girato male con scene, talmente grottesche e esilaranti che spesso ti trovi sul punto di chiudere tutto ma non ce la fai! Bruce Labruce è un regista fotografo candese appassionato di pornografia gay.

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01/13/2013

One of the most brilliant, daring, inventive and fresh movie's I've seen a very long time !Visually marvelous, top plot, great actors ... this queer, dramatic, bloody yet touching film has become one of my all time favorites, no matter how stupid or disturbing it may seem !Awesome ! You've never seen anything quite like this !

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01/08/2013

Absolutely horrid. I'm not a fan of Bruce La Bruce.

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11/18/2012

Lol well first read the blurb above. This is a brilliant film. It has a lot of room for improvement. It is excellently done as far as telling the story. It is funny tale. Now granted its not a movie for every. But those of you who enjoy a funny Gay movie then you will enjoy it. Yes I own it. But do I suggest it for you if you are gay and like zombie movies then you'll like this.

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10/19/2012

a strange and defiantly offensive zombie flick that i thoroughly enjoyed.

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02/06/2012

It took me four tries to watch this, and I finally got the hang of it. It is an utter piece of trash film, intentiionally, but at moments lovely to look at. Bruce la Bruce's political agenda is laughable, but only because he is a filmmaker.

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Medea Yarn

Ketih Böhm

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Fritz Fritze

Olivia Barth

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Synopsis

A gay zombie (Jey Crisfar) manages to be cast in a horror film.

Director: Bruce La Bruce
Producer: Jurgen Bruning, Jörn Hartmann, Michael Huber, Jennifer Jonas, Bruce La Bruce
Screenwriter: Bruce La Bruce
Production Co: New Real Films, Jürgen Brüning Filmproduktion
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.9K
Runtime: 1h 35m

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