Shinichirou Ueda’s “One Cut of the Dead”

One Cut of the Dead (2017)

A hilarious ode to guerilla filmmaking with an innovative three act structure that pays homage to low-budget horror

As with most movies, it’s best to go in blind. Stop reading and watch this film though I will advise to give it time if the first act doesn’t hook you.

In a nutshell, the premise is that a low-budget horror movie is being made at a remote location which has some shady history which leads to actual zombies entering the mix but… it is so much more than that. Inspired by Ryoichi Wada’s stage play Ghost in the Box, it is like a hybrid of Lawrence Michael Levine’s Black Bear, Fawlty Towers, and George A Romero’s oeuvre.