Clocking in at 5 minutes, Not Even Death is a short zombie film that was written by Phil Clarke Jr. and directed by Monica Winter Virgil (My Wife Is a Zombie). It wasn't the most original of stories, but it told its story well, even if it suffered due to a cheap sounding score.
On an Earth where zombies are a worldwide phenomenon (though hasn't led to the breakdown of law and order), a loving husband (Joseph Will - American Horror Story) is unable to come to terms with his wife's (Treva Tegtmeier - The Shadow Men) zombification. He keeps her chained up in the basement, feeding her a diet of cow brains. He hopes that one day a cure will be found for her condition, and in the meantime tries to search for any signs of her remembering her former life.
The general story of Not Even Death was perfectly fine, and was told well. I thought the prosthetic make-up effects for the zombie were very neat, even if you do have the generic contact lenses to simulate undead eyes. With such a short runtime, not a moment is wasted, but the whole thing is let down by a cheesy score that reminded me of made for TV movies. Not a bad little cliff-hanger to end things on, though again, wasn't something that felt wholly original. Still, I thought the basement setting looked great on camera, and the performances were suitable, making for a nice little zombie based appetiser.
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