The whole movie is set in and around an apartment, with only three actors. They made a practical effect to attach to a wall, and had some make-up to make people look dead. With that they made a movie which is adequate, but has no frills.

The actors do a good job, but the plot doesn't have much for them to work with. The pacing makes the film feel less boring that it should, but there's only so much you can do with no resources and a moderately fleshed out idea.

And If that doesnt sound good enough for you i canthelp you because this smallcast lowbudget psychohollistic recreational funfare of explosive originality of a horror psychoslashergory comedy sci-fi has it all, all except special effects and romance. the score are rude and grafts your skin into kingdom come of hells condemoniun, making this young unhealthy mans flat into his oyster of love ,hell and rebirth. i shall not cut the tree sap of plot information totally, just say its engaging, interesting pure total madness.

and the best part of it is the acting. the male and female mains are pretty novel on my calendar, but they act as if they where heavy weighters in the business and born for the roles. they are siblings and they act, yes , just like siblings do. if they are not in for some hollywood castline in the near future, well then hollywood should hide in the hole in the wall, because these actors does make sense.

i know that i, the grumpy old man gets totally overexhagerated when watching real originality and really good acting, there are just a small wish from me to the makers, they should pay respect to all the viewers that felt utterly gobsmacked by the introvert ending by making a sequel to fill the still unused and empty ganglions thats left over in the human mind. . its a surprising recommend

So I'm gonna say it and start directly with it: I believe the reason behind the movie's failure was mostly attributed to the small budget.

Well, I choose to believe that, even tho I've seen plenty of other such indie productions executed far better... Anyway, Dead Dicks was an unexpected surprise, it has a genuinely fresh plot, but unlike, say, The Visit, this one did not manage to balance the humor with horror quite well. A lot of scenes did make me chuckle but immediately I asked myself, if it is alright to do so. Is it in theme with the movie, does it do it on purpose, because it always felt a tad bit off.

The acting is sort of ok, there was room for improvement but I can take what I get in this case, I also appreciate how we do get some explanations here and there about the situation and believe it or not, they do come as natural. I managed to agree with them and take them for granted, as I wanted to see where does this little move take me to. The conclusion was another interesting idea thrown there, one that worked, so overall, I really can't tell you, beside the budget..maybe a different directorial vision was needed. Because the script itself came out as original, if you can believe that, it stretched the story a little and wasn't all locked in, the pacing was mostly ok, and yet, unbelievably, somehow it feels like it didn't deliver properly.

As a horror it is sort of impossible to recommend, but as a sci fi production, well that one hits the spot doesn't it. Anyway I do hope more people see it, because this and The Wave (2019) managed to keep me intrigued and left me in a pleasant state of mind. Dead Dicks, a lot of potential, and at least half of it got a decent representation.

Cheers!