''The Dead Inside'' (also known internationally as ''Infected'') is a 2013 British independent horror film directed by Andrew Gilbert. It was written and produced by Gilbert in collaboration with Julian Hundy. It was Hundy Gilbert Media's first feature film. In the film, a phenomenon of unidentified origin has caused the reanimation of the dead, who prey on human flesh, which subsequently causes mass hysteria. The large ensemble cast features David Wayman, Simon Nader, and Luke Hobson as survivors of the outbreak who barricade themselves inside a village high school.

Plot

After an unexplained virus causes the reanimation of the dead, a group of civilian and

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survivors barricade themselves inside a village high school.

Cast

* David Wayman as PTE Paul Bradburn * Simon Nader as Wayne Andrews * Luke Hobson as Adam

Production

''The Dead Inside'' was filmed over approximately four months, from late 2010 to early 2011, in the English counties of

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and

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. Its primary filming location was Holywell Middle School,

Cranfield Cranfield is a village and civil parish in the west of Bedfordshire, England, situated between Bedford and Milton Keynes. It had a population of 4,909 in 2001. increasing to 5,369 at the 2011 Census. The parish is in Central Bedfordshire uni ...

. The film was made on a budget estimated at £15,000.

Release

The film was released on 15 October 2013 in the UK, and RLJ Entertainment released it in the U.S. on 1 June 2015.

Reception

Matt Boiselle of

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rated it 2/5 stars and called it a "cookie-cutter retread" despite "glimpses of brilliance". Mark L. Miller of

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described it as "an overlong and overwrought telling of your basic zombie outbreak scenario". ''Influx Magazine'' rated it C− and wrote that the film, while a labor of love, suffers from its low budget. Todd Martin of HorrorNews.Net called it "painfully unoriginal", though he complimented Nader's acting.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dead Inside, The 2013 films 2013 horror films British horror films 2010s English-language films British zombie films 2010s British films English-language horror films