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Otto; or, Up with Dead People

2008 ·1h 34m · ★ 5.3 (51)

A young zombie named Otto appears on a remote highway. He has no idea where he came from or where he is going. After hitching a ride to Berlin and nesting in an abandoned amusement park, he begins to explore the city. Soon he is discovered by underground filmmaker Medea Yarn, who begins to make a documentary about him with the support of her girlfriend, Hella Bent, and her brother Adolf, who operates the camera. Meanwhile, Medea is still trying to finish Up with Dead People, the epic political-porno-zombie movie that she has been working on for years. She convinces its star, Fritz Fritze, to allow the vulnerable Otto to stay in his guest bedroom. When Otto discovers that he has a wallet that contains information about his past, before he was dead, he begins to remember details about his ex-boyfriend, Rudolf. He arranges to meet him at the schoolyard where they met, with devastating results.

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Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
28
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
66
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
29
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
18
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
83
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
50
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
99
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
17
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Content Warnings

Taboo ContentBody HorrorDehumanization
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TMDB Keywords

berlin, germanygay themehomophobia

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