Dead Right (film)

Dead Right is an early short film from Spaced and Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright. Filmed in 1992 and 1993 in his hometown of Wells, England when Wright was only 18. He wrote, edited, produced and directed the film as well as shooting and recording the sound. It is a Zucker Brothers style comedy that parodies the action thriller genre, most notably the Dirty Harry series Dead Right was the working title for the original Dirty Harry. The film is shot on SVHS and contains an impressive cast of 70 actors mostly amateur, mainly made up of Wrights school friends and colleagues. Clips from the film were first broadcast on Take Over TV the Channelseries consisting entirely of video clips sent in by viewers that also launched the careers of comedy duo Adam and Joe.

The story begins with a serial killer bumping off the residents of a small Somerset community. Maverick DI Barry Stern is assigned to the case and despite his reluctance is partnered with bythebook fellow DI Mike Tight.On their first time out together Barry shoots a dealer trying to sell him cocaine in a public toilet. Meanwhile, the killer stalks a woman home from the supermarket and kills her by electrocution with a kitchen light. ........

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