Synopsis

In a typical American suburb filled with middle class morals, a lonely 59-year-old, STAN, contributes to society by offering cremation services from his basement. In fact, Stan murders neighbors he perceives to be social bullies. JAROD, a bullied and fatherless 17-year-old high school outcast, lands an after-school job in Stan’s cremation house and the two develop an unusual working relationship that quickly evolves into a partnership. As middle-aged detective MATT FAIRCHILD, in search of an exciting case, puts the clues of their killings together, Stan must decide if protecting his newfound trainee is worth killing for.

Official Review

I try not to use “It’s ___ meets ___” in reviews, but this one came from the director, and was so perfect, I feel I should repeat it. Following the screening of Death And Cremation, director Justin Steele said “it’s Karate Kid meets “Dexter” “, and I couldn’t agree more – it really is a perfect way to describe not only the plot but also the tone of the film, which is a (darkly) comic tale of a master teaching the student, like Karate Kid, but also of a murderer (like Next Karate Kid. No wait, I mean “Dexter”) who you side with. And since the killer is played by the great Brad Dourif, it works almost flawlessly. …Read More