Where to begin... ? That was 80 excruciating minutes of my life I'll never get back. First off: this is not a "movie", its shot on video. Yes, technology such as iPhones and computers make it relatively easy for just about everyone to make a "movie". But, for the love of God, not everyone SHOULD! Dead Life: Wormwood's End is the perfect such example. This... project... features by far the worst makeup effects I've ever had the misfortune to gaze upon. "Yeah! Yeah! Just rub some black stuff around their eyes! Dude, that ROCKS!"

Then there's the "acting". Amateurish would have been a large step up. But it does keep in line with the abyssmally bad makeup, "script", dialogue, directing, lighting... Need I go on? But director / writer / composer / editor (probably also craft service, driver, carpenter, etc.) Schotten maybe had good intentions, some might say? Good intentions simply cannot mitigate lack of talent.

Back in college, I had an art professor who once explained to class that just because something is yours, and YOU like it, does not mean its good! So toss out the good intentions, and instead work on adding education and experience to your filmmaking toolbox first. THEN go forth and take a shot at making a movie!