Review of DeathBed (2002) by Jason D — 27 Aug 2009

Deathbed is the story of loving couple Karen and Jerry who find the perfect apartment that's been renovated from an old warehouse. We realize there's some sexual issues between the two until Karen unlocks a secret door that reveals a room with an old fashion brass bed.

At this point, the viewer already knows that some murdering has been going on in there in the past, but our unknowing couple pull the bed out and make good use of it by engaging in a lot of highly sexual conduct before seeing ghosts and visions that start to drive the two mad.

Can they escape the apartment before it destroys them both? Probably not, but by that point, you may be bored to tears. Those 80 long minutes sure couldn't go fast enough. First of all, someone saw talent in the filmmakers as the movie was presented by the great Stuart Gordon (From Beyond, Re-Animator, etc) and Charles Band (Puppetmaster movies, Demonic Toys movie, etc) and while I can see how this film draws inspiration from these two fellas, they should have kept their names from it, or at least given the filmmaker some helpful points to better this movie.

There's strong sexual content throughout the film, but sadly, someone does a fabulous job of keeping everything hidden (amidst all of the sex) as there isn't a single tit, bush, or even asscrack until about the 56 minute mark where we get very brief titty shots from someone else.

To add to that, the film is dreadfully boring as is the acting, save for Joe Estevez (Martin Sheen's brother) who livens things up a bit in all of his scenes. Overall, this film was kinda disappointing, despite picking up in the last 10 minutes.