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and Dustin Fasching as a young couple that must deal with supernatural along with their own personal demons. Betz was inspired to make the film after he and his girlfriend had both been "creatively dead for quite some time" and he'd woken one night to hear her making strange noises while she slept. This prompted him to come up with the idea for ''The Dead Inside'' and he chose to make it a musical after watching Sarah Lassez perform at a

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Synopsis

Fi (

) and Wes (Dustin Fasching) are deeply in love, but they find themselves forced to take unfulfilling jobs in order to make ends meet. Wes would rather take pictures of things that interest him, but has to work as a

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. Fi has been suffering from

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and her steady job as the author of ''The Dead Survive'', a series of zombie-themed books, isn't helping her creative juices flow. Their tenuous existence is further threatened when Fi begins to develop signs of

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that are revealed to be possibly demonic in nature.

Cast

as Fi * Dustin Fasching as Wes

Reception

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'' gave the film three out of four skulls and stated that the movie was "a gratifying, rarely predictable experience that works as a musical, relationship drama and horror film simultaneously." ''

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'' praised the film's acting and music, but stated that the movie had "a few pacing issues towards the end as it feels the angsty lyrical hysterics seem to overstay their welcome".

Awards

*''Best Score Award'' at the Los Angeles United Film Festival (2011, won) *''Shriekfest Award for Best Supernatural Feature Film'' at

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(2011, won) *''Dan Harkins Breakthrough Filmmaker Award'' at the

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(2011, won)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dead Inside, The 2011 films 2011 horror films 2010s musical films 2010s English-language films