Dead (film)

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Directed byHayden J. Weal
Written by
Produced byHayden J. Weal
Starring
  • Tom Sainsbury
  • Hayden J. Weal
Dead
Directed byHayden J. Weal
Written by
Produced byHayden J. Weal
Starring
  • Tom Sainsbury
  • Hayden J. Weal
CinematographyTammy Williams
Edited byKerri Roggio
Music by
Release date
  • 2020 (2020)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish

Dead is a 2020 New Zealand comedy horror film, starring Tom Sainsbury and Hayden J. Weal.[1]

Dane 'Marbles' Marbeck can see ghosts with the help of a homemade drug. While out on his day job of connecting people with their deceased loved ones, he's confronted by a freshly dead cop, Officer Jayson Tagg, who wants help hunting his killer.[2][3]

Cast

  • Tom Sainsbury as Dane 'Marbles' Marbeck
  • Hayden J. Weal as Officer Jayson Tagg
  • Tōmairangi Ihaia as Tana Tagg (Officer Tagg's sister)
  • Jennifer Ward-Lealand as Janine Marbeck (Marbles' mother)
  • Michael Hurst as Ross Marbeck (Marbles' father)

Production

The script was co-written by Sainsbury and Weal, with both also performing the two lead roles. Weal also directed and produced the film.[1]

Release

The film was released in New Zealand in August 2020, and internationally on 6 October 2020.[4]

The film was later released as an eight-part web series.[1][5] In New Zealand, the series is available to view on TVNZ's free-to-air streaming service TVNZ+.[3]

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