Frank Sudol’s “Dead Fury” is inspired by classics such as “John Carpenter’s The Thing,” “Evil Dead” and most likely “Night of the Living Dead” and as such is a clear homage that notifies the audience of its intentions before the credits even roll. I’m a fan of Sudol’s “City of Rott” even in spite of the general problems it had in the final act, and he follows it up with a surreal and unusually constructed monster in the house story about four friends out on a hunting trip who find… demons? I want to say Demons who act like Zombies. Either way, “Dead Fury” is a film that’s been met with a bit of scorn from critics, but I like it.

As for the DVD, Unearthed Films has given Sudol’s flick a pretty good treatment all around. There’s a five minute Behind the Scenes narrated by Sudol who explains his animation process by using Adobe Photoshop. We’re also given a thirty four minute excluded storyboard and dialogue montage, as well as ten minutes of Deleted or Extended Scenes from “Dead Fury.” Finally we get a Two minute slide show of character sketches and storyboards from the movie.

As with "City of Rott," Sudol doesn't quite know when to quit. When it seems like the movie should have long ended, "Dead Fury" just keeps chugging along with a back story in to the demons that would have been best left on the cutting room floor. I never cared about the revenge story, or the freaks arc, or any of the diary entries; sadly writer Sudol just makes it feel like he's padding the movie's running time that would have been better used on back story for the characters.

In spite of being ten minutes too long, "Dead Fury" is a movie you'll either love or hate, and I really loved what it had to offer as a love letter to the horror genre that takes twists and turns you won't expect. And it helps that the DVD has some boss features.