Dylan Dog: Dead of Night is a fun comedy/horror whodunnit with a supernatural twist. Based on an Italian graphic novel about a loner detective for the undead, Dylan Dog has everything from the silly sidekick to cannibal zombies. It also boasts some great old-school practical effects. With a limited release this weekend, this Platinum Studios film delivers plenty of movie fun in the style of those campy 80′s monster flicks.
MediaStinger: "2011 was another good example of Hollywood’s recent trend of upping the quantity of films at the expense of quality. That’s also indicated here by our dirty dozen of nominees for the dubious title of Worst Movie of 2011 and the sizable list of dishonorable mentions."
Dr Chris "Based on a very popular European indie comic, Dylan Dog: Dead of Night follows the adventures of private investigator Dylan Dog who works with monsters and other things that go bump in the night. However, after a pretty bad fallout with the vampire clan of the city as the result of the loss of a loved one, Dylan decided to just handle normal investigative cases like cheating spouses and insurance scams. But when a young woman’s father is murdered by a werewolf, and it leads to a secret that is being hunted by both werewolf and vampires, and several other supernatural monsters, Dylan is forced back into helping these creatures. He is also helping his new partner Marcus, who is killed in battle and resurrected as a zombie against his will and must learn to cope with his new undead existence."
Poor Brandon Routh, I was hoping he'd find another film that he could really shine in. I guess Scott Pilgrim will have to remain his best performance for a while.
My daughter and her boyfriend went to see it and they said that if you just want to see something fun with friends that will make you laugh....it's a good movie. She said they had fun watching it because it was stupid and funny.
A horror comedy that's cliché and predictable, with a lack of coherency and cheap monster effects that are blurred by shadows and choppy editing. Full review by Chris Pandolfi.
So sad that this movie sucks. I mean the trailers and everything made it seem real cheesy before, but sometimes that works for a film. These reviews are all bad though, so I'm probably going to be staying away.
Good review, you definitely saw the film in a much brighter light than I did. But I can definitely see where you are coming from on it. Most of all I am happy that somebody out there actually got something out of it which means it does have it's audience.
I'll be going to see it.
Here that: it's the sound of Brandon Routh's career dying.
Hopefully we will not bee seeing Dylan Dog 2 in our near future
Brandon Routh was on the TV series Chuck for a few weeks as a CIA spy and that didn't go too well for him either. They killed him off after a few episodes.