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As crowds of people swarm in to attend a Sunday night eviction at the Big Brother
house in England, Producer Patrick (Andy Nyman) and his assistant Claire (Shelley
Conn), are worried that they will be knocked off air due to the reports of riots and
violent attacks all over the country. As the former contestants are gathered together
into the Green Room, runner up contestant Kelly (Jaime Winstone) who is avoiding all
her calls from her long-term boyfriend Riq (Riz Ahmed), because she recently had a
affair with a co-worker named Danny (Elyes Gabel). Just shortly after housemate Pippa
(Kathleen McDermott) is evicted from the Big Brother house, a wounded security guard
stumbles through the crowded fans and dies, seconds later he returns as a flesh-eating
zombie. In a matter of minutes all hell breaks loose as the crowds cheers slowly turn
into agonyising screams and cries of pain; while one by one the crowd becomes
infected left to wander the confided office walls of the Big Brother house. As the
current housemates Marky (Warren Brown), Veronica (Beth Cordingly), Grayson (Raj
Ghatak), Joplin (Kevin Eldon), Angel (Chizzy Akudolu) and Space (Adam Deacon) who
haven't got a clue what is occurring on the outside of the walls of the Big Brother
house, sit around bitching and moaning about each other. Kelly who manages to take
shelter in a near by office, locks herself in while her boyfriend Riq, finds every which
way to get back to his true love. Soon the housemates realise that Big Brother is no
longer watching them as housemates forget to put there microphones on one morning,
curious whats going on Space climbs the outside walls, only to find swarms of the
undead shuffling through bloody limbs and intestines trying to find their way into the
compounds of the Big Brother house.
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All the episodes are presented in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen, that's similar to the
original airing on SBS. The picture quality is every clean and clear, with hardly no
compression issues that were noticeable. The colours look very bright and bold, and
vivid, while contrast performs well and is always consistent. Anyone who views this
film will definitely be satisfied with the picture quality. The only thing I really have to
say that honestly got on my nerves was the whole shakey camera thing when getting
chased down, as it puts me off a tad and makes me a little light headed.
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Dead Set is presented in a English with a 5.1 surround sound without any subtitles. At
times I did find the audio more of a 2.0 than 5.1, only at times when the housemates
or remaining survivors where being chased by zombies only then did rear channels
kicked in. The audio is very crisp and clean, and most of all I had no problems
understanding the dialogue when though the actors had a British accent.
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Madman Entertainment have done another awesome job in filling this DVD with about,
a hour of interesting extras. You have a 'SFX: You've Got to Get Them in the Head'
where special effects artist Mathew Smith and Waldo Mason test all the props out on
each other before using them on set. Interviews with director Yann Demange and
another one with producer/writer Charlie Brooker talk about the film, cast and what
inspired them to make a Big Brother zombie film, 'On set with Dead Set' which are
small interviews with the actors behind Dead Set who enjoy talking a little bit about
their characters. 'House of the Dead' which shows a quick walk through the Big
Brother house. 'Army of the Dead' is footage of the extras who played as a zombie,
which swarm the Big Brother house gates. 'I Am Patrick' shows actor Andy Nyman
talking about his character and what he truly thinks of his character (very funny down
to earth kind of guy). That is just a little taste of what is installed if you purchase this
awesome film, as there are far more other extras listed on the DVD. Unfortunately
there is no audio commentaries by the director or the cast are listed or perhaps
hidden away on Dead Set.
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Dead Set is a 5 episode low-budget British horror-comedy, that was recently aired on
Australian television on SBS which personally thought to be one of the most effective
television mini-series ever created and aired on Australian TV. In 2009, many
Australian's were in a up raw as Big Brother didn’t go to air on Channel 10, due to the
large drop in ratings when compared to previous years and most importantly a
housemate being pressured into having sex with two guys which was broadcast by a
live feed on the Internet. Which dampened the Big Brother series in returning in 2009
and totally sucked because I had to listen to my wife, bitch and moan every friggin
night for 3 months that she had nothing else to watch. That’s until Madman
Entertainment released Dead Set, I had a smile from ear to ear and my wife was in for
a royal treat, as I simply put it 141 minutes of the Big Romero House.
I was quite amazed by the way this film was shot, it actually felt at times like I was
actually watching a live feed of Big Brother with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage.
For years I had been hoping for one day a filmmaker to combine the zombie genre into
one of the hottest television watch show in the world Big Brother, finally filmmaker
Charlie Brooker made it happened.
Dead Set is highly recommended for all you Romero fans who even hate Big Brother as
you will also find a lot of enjoyment from this series as it has a Dawn of the Dead
meets 28 Days Later feel to it. Don't hold off waiting for any re-runs on appear on SBS,
just pull out your credit card and purchase this bad boy today, it is definitely a keeper.
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