Jennifer Is Dead (2002)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Joel Bender

Writer:

Sahag Gureghian (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Short | Thriller

Tagline:

Your mind is a terrible thing to lose

Plot:

After being released from a mental institution, a young girl begins to believe her best friend has come back from the dead...for revenge...

Plot Keywords:

Best Friend | Death | Revenge | Afterlife | Murder

Cast

Patricia Tallman	...	Ms. Peters (as Pat Tallman)
Erinn Koch	...	Molly Peters
Milt Kogan	...	Dr. Schill
Elizabeth Perry	...	Jennifer
Daniel Furlong	...	Young Doctor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Annie Gureghian	...	Old Woman
Raffi Gureghian
Erin Mejia	...	Patient

Also Known As:

J.I.D. (USA) (short title)

Runtime:

24 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Norwalk, California, USA

Company:

Gureghian ASG Films

Trivia:

The script was written in one night (plus later rewrites) when the writer was eighteen years old, based on his own short story.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Molly first comes home, she walks to the desk in the hallway and picks up her baby picture. That night, when she wakes up and goes back downstairs, there is a lamp on the desk, which wasn't there before, and the baby picture is gone.

Quotes:

Molly: Jennifer is Dead. I should know. I killed her. Don't misunderstand me, I'm not an evil person. After all, Jennifer WAS my best friend.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Shining (1980)

Very interesting TV fare

When I first prepared to see this pilot for the proposed "Fatemaster" series, I was expecting to see a story based more on a tale of horror or the supernatural than what was presented. Because it is not, it was a pleasant surprise. So much for expectations.

The story deals with a subject matter that is neither horror nor supernatural, yet is both, and does it in an interesting, almost Kafkaesque way. For that reason, I enjoyed this production and the actors. Although the story is presented in chronological order, it is not really predictable because of the subject matter. The actors portrayed their characters in a very believable manner, with good expression and depth of emotion. The character development is limited to what can be accomplished in a 25-minute short but gives adequate information to support the story.

The only faults that I found were in the opening scene and in the final scene, but these faults may be more what I view as rational and realistic than what the writer wanted to say. In all, though, it is a good story and well worth the time spent viewing it.