Gay Zombie Porn for All

January 24th, 2008 by Lee

Otto; or Up with Dead People, seems to be a gay zombie porn premiering at Sundance.

Now, when I read the headline on another blog, I was a little miffed. “Just because it’s got a gay character and there are zombies, does that make it gay zombie porn?” Would you call Cloverfield straight monster porn? Then, I actually looked it up, and there do seem to be some, er, porn elements in the plot. I haven’t seen it (though now I have to), so I can’t really do more than let you know this thing exists.

The website has this synopsis:

“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 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 there is a wallet in his back pocket that contains information about his past, before he was dead, he begins to remember a few details, including memories of his ex-boyfriend, Rudolf. He arranges to meet him at the schoolyard where they met, with devastating results.”

Trailer

This new movie by Bruce LaBruce joins his other credits Super 8 1/2, Hustler White and, reportedly Kurt Cobain’s favorite movie, No Skin off My Ass.