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Otto; or, Up with Dead People
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Metascore
34 out of 100

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7.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

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  • 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 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

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 2 out of 4
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Nathan Lee
    70
    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.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    50
    LaBruce devotees will be tickled pink; others will be perplexed and/or disgusted.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Justin Chang
    20
    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.

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  3. Negative: 1 out of 1
  1. EricM.
    2
    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.… Expand
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