The story has been told in other movies too. But the way it is handled here (with the humor) seems far superior to other movies (even a recent one, made by Landis). The story is more or less told in a reverse way, which makes you wonder a few things (or maybe you will guess where it is heading quite early on).

The acting is really great and even the small role by Mr. Pearlman is just great. You couldn't imagine anyone else playing that role. He really is on par with Dominic M., who just is great in this one. There is life after "LotR" and "Lost" after all. And he is one of the guys who can say he made the most of it (not to mention his engagement with the wonderful Evangeline Lilly)!

Nothing worse than an unfunny comedy, that's always been my opinion, and unfortunately I SELL THE DEAD is such a beast. It's an American film masquerading as a British one, but of course the broad strokes of US humour are a far cry from the more subtle and cynical ones of a truly British production. Thus the film sits oddly, looking more like a little homemade movie than a proper film.

This is a blackly comic twist on graverobbing, although the low budget just isn't up to the task of making the period setting remotely believable. Graverobbing comedies are surprisingly popular - there was BURKE & HARE in the 1970s, alongside the more recent version with Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis - but they're hard to get right. I SELL THE DEAD goes for the over the top approach, throwing the undead and even aliens into the mix, and the result is nothing more than a mess.

It takes a special kind of actor to bring a lacklustre script to life, and the weak Dominic Monaghan certainly isn't the guy. Larry Fessenden is better as the stoic partner, but he doesn't breathe much life into the movie. Ron Perlman appears for all of five minutes, although it was fun to see an almost unrecogniably aged Angus Scrimm in a cameo appearance. In the end, though, I SELL THE DEAD is all about the jokes and for this viewer they fell flat throughout.

This one is an easy-going story. It's a tale, told first hand, of two friends in England who make their, ahem, living, by Grave-Robbing.

As it is with British-type humor, the funny is in the dialogue and the setting without the usual blunt-nosed set-up that Hollywood sets you up for. Laid back, because the humor is the type that makes you smile afterward as opposed to guffawing out loud -- but funny just the same.

And here and there, throughout, the touches of the Macabre are incidental set pieces that are just 'A funny thing happened on the way to the Graveyard the other night. . .' rather than the central horror of the movie. All in all, very well done, and ALL the characters are engaging and likable.

Give this one a try if you and your friends are in the mood for some light horror with a side of funny. Pick this one for a slow Saturday Night with some good beer & chips.