Movie Review: Dead Mary

Dead Mary is a movie based on the urban legend of Bloody Mary. It seemed cool enough, I even remember myself playing this game as a teen. However we used the term "I believe in Mary Worth," repeat three times, then count down from 100 to 0. I guess everyone does it differently.

My sister would say 'I believe in Mary Worth 100...I believe in Mary Worth 99... all the way down to 1. After the one, supposedly you'd see her face in the mirror! Ahhhhhhh!
 
I bought Dead Mary as a used copy at blockbuster for $5. It looked like a pretty good deal, and the cover looked pretty promising.

The Plot:
 
There is a group of 6 friends all taking a mini getaway in a cabin in the woods. There will be nothing but boring dialog for the first 40 minutes of the flick between the 6 friends.

He cheated on her, she cheated on him, he dumped her, and she loves him. It's really a strange plot to add into a horror story, but you would think it fit somewhere later on in the story (it does, and its just pathetic really). Not only was the storyline boring, but they really didn't need to keep repeating the fact. I got the point the first time. There are a lot of cheaters up in this cabin. Lets move on! Gez!
 
So after watching 40 minutes of the most boring relationship drama, one of the girls discusses Dead Mary. FINALLY!

You get a brief understanding of whom Dead Mary is, (which in this movie is close to nothing at all) and then they take turns going into the bathroom to perform the Dead Mary ritual in the mirror by lighting a candle and saying Dead Mary 3 times.

This would be the part where you would think something creepy is about to happen. Someone is going to see Dead Mary in the mirror, and then all the fun and horror is going to occur. Right? Wrong.
 
Nothing happens to any of them. Oh but a window in the bathroom is left open. Hmm could it be Dead Mary? Or was the window open to being with? You never really know.

I guess the open window was the best thing going for this flick. However, unsolved mysteries like that are just pointless to be added into a movie if there is no real rhyme or reason to it. Every movie no matter what type, has a point, and answers questions. Dead Mary sort of leaves you scratching you head wondering why.

Moving On:
 
After the boring dialog, and the stupid mirror ritual is preformed by each of them, the movie twists into horror way to fast. It went from all seriousness to full-blown scare mode. That's because they wasted 40 minutes talking around the fire.

So they had to quickly throw in the scary stuff before the crappy movie ended... Only, none of it was scary, as a matter of fact the acting was so bad, you are left laughing at how pathetic the whole thing is.

So where is Dead Mary? What's going on?
 
Before you know it, the plot is thrown into, 'which one of you are Dead Mary?' over and over again.

It quickly becomes way to obvious who Dead Mary has possessed. Now why can't the other characters see that? They're all to busy running around in circles trying to protect themselves with shovels.

The movie just sucked for me because there were a lot of unanswered questions as to why what was happening was happening. Why those who died didn't die, and why they came back as drama queen zombies who did nothing but whine and complain? What exactly does all of this have to do with Dead Mary?
 
I wish I could answer these questions, but honestly the movie leaves you wondering, and then you stop wondering and get angry that you just sat through 103 minutes of the most pathetic drama queen horror flick you have ever seen.

Ah the ending, I will not spoil. However Dead Mary ends just like an awful horror flick from the 70's. It's like 'oh my God! - That was so lame'
Don't bother wasting any money on this one; as a matter of fact don't even pick it up if you see it at a yard sale in the free bin.

This disc makes for a good Frisbee. Other than that it's pointless.

Overall Feelings:
 
Terrible plot, horrible acting, zombies that are not scary AT ALL, obvious ending. I give it a half a star out of 5 stars.