DeathBed
DeathBed
R | 24 September 2002 (USA)
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When Karen and her significant other move to a new apartment, they discover an old antique bed. Karen absolutely loves it and she soon allows it to inspire her artwork. However, a series of disturbing dreams begin to haunt Karen. Eventually she starts to become unhinged and her paranoia overtakes every aspect of her life.

Reviews
TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
HomeyTao For having a relatively low budget, the film's style and overall art direction are immensely impressive.
FrogGlace In other words,this film is a surreal ride.
Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
KHayes666 Where do I begin, its one of the most frustrating movies I've seen because it makes a lot of sense in terms of the point but it comes off as seriously stupid. A movie about a ghost inhabited bed?? The first 2 minutes of the movie shows a black and white flashback of a weird looking fat dude going dominatrix on a Fabienne from Pulp Fiction lookalike contest winner and strangles her with his tie. This is supposed to set up how the bed factors into the story. Still though, if you wanted an opening to keep people interested or send them away early, having a strangulation is the way to do it. Fast forward to the present day, a married couple moves into an apartment with a friendly landlord and begins unpacking their things, so far everything's normal. Then one night while doing the hippity dippity on a single mattress, they realize they need a bed frame. This is where things get fishy, why didn't they bring or buy a g*d damn bed frame before they got there? We learn that the door leading to the attic where the first 2 minutes took place doesn't open but then once the couple realizes they need a bed frame, the door magically opens. They go up to the attic and discover the old bed frame and decide to bring it downstairs and their lovemaking days are saved...or so they thought. The rest of the movie centers around the both of them being haunted by the bedframe. The female is an artist so she starts drawing up the ghoulish images she dreams about and the male is a photographer so he starts having his models act as if they're bring tortured or tied up.(one of which has gray hair and appears over 50 years old, yuck) The female grows increasingly scared and she discovers the house she lives in was once a haven for serial killings and murders which bring about the end to the movie. They find the friendly landlord murdered (which makes no sense since ghosts need to take a human form to kill) and decide to get the hell out of dodge. While packing up, the husband moronically goes up into the attic where he is possessed by the crazy fat dude and the female bashes his skull in before the cops show up and take her to a mental ward where she kills some dude trying to hit on her.Well if you've read this far you have to be thinking one thing.......WHY THE HELL DIDN'T THEY JUST THROW THE BEDFRAME OUT THE WINDOW???? Seriously, they never said anything about the actual house being haunted, just the bed....so why not get rid of the damn thing and move on? That's why the movie is so frustrating because it actually is a good plot and the actors follow suit accordingly but there are more holes in it than Sonny Corleone at a toll booth. The couple did try to leave town as upposed to every other movie that has the ol "oh lets give this place a chance honey" scheme going, so props to that. Still though, me and my buddy who watched the movie kept saying every 5 minutes....why didn't they just throw the bed out? Especially once they learned it was haunted would have been a good time to set it on fire or something.All in all its a near-watchable movie with plenty of porno like bed scenes and a believable plot (to an extent) but the solution is so simple you're scratching your head by the end of the movie wondering how stupid can the married couple be? The highlight of the movie is when the husband tells the 50 year old model to spread her legs and his assistant tells him that he can't shoot her like that.4 out of 10 (a low budget porno The Man Show would love)
Dr. Gore *SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT* I bought this video for four bucks. So this couple finds a bed in their attic. They decide to sleep on their new found discovery. It's too bad for them that this is a Deathbed. Seems there was a murder on the mattress back in the 30's and the essence of the murderer still inhabits it. The bad bed helps the couple become more sexually active until pure insanity starts to take hold of them.You know, a big part of me wants to like a movie about a supernatural bed that makes you horny. But I'm afraid "Deathbed" is just so completely ridiculous that I can't get into it. Hey, if the bed is the problem, why not buy a futon? Why not break out the sleeping bags or check into a motel? This movie is cheap and proud of it. All it has is a bed. That's it. A big fluffy, scary bed. Someone saw this bed and decided to base a movie around it. Eeek. I'm scared. There's no action, tension, nudity (!) or scares. There's just a bed. This movie has got me feeling sleepy.
moulinrye This film is what I like to call `The soft-porn ghost story' I will tell you why...*Spoilers*At the start of the film we find Karen an artist (Tanya Dempsey) and Jerry a photographer (Brave Matthews) They are a recently married couple wanted to move into this big LA loft, that over looks the Hollywood sign. Wait i'm getting ahead of myself sorry. The film really starts in black and white. An old bed sit's with this scary pig faced guy chocking a women who looks like Catherine Zeta-Jones in `Chicago" Anyways lets get back to now. The two lovebirds get the loft from a guy who looks just like Martin Sheen, and this all leads up to them finding the same bed old pig guy was on in the 20's.The bed makes them do some crazy things. It turns are poor lead into a whore! But really I have to say, I liked the big orgasims, and hard gasping that the very cute Karen and her stud hubby Jerry did while being under the beds control. I myself had a similar trouble with a bed, but it just made my heart beat faster (Long story)Okay, so every chance they get there's more sex. One funny part is during the 3rd love scene; Jerry is holding Karen's breasts (while being chocked by her) so you couldn't see her nipples. That's what I like, you don't have to show much of anything for the two to be sexy, and that's a hard task. So very good you two!Jerry later on has a dream with the same Chicago gal that has been in Karen's dreams too. This gal goes out and seduces him, and there's another sex scene. This time Chicago gal takes off her top! Hey I thought this was a good old family ghost movie? Why doesn't Jerry hold her nipples to block them from the camera? Anyways lets more on you pervert's. The movie ends on a sad note. Cutie Jerry is possessed by pig face, and ties to kill his wife. But she doesn't go down without a fight.with a hammer! She grab's a hammer, and in the funniest part of the film, wack's Jerry/Pig Face with it. But no not once, but over and over so that his skull sinks into a pool of blood, and guts. And when it comes on contact with his skull the sound effect is like she's hitting a 200-pound metal weight. And watch to see how she swings it, classic!Now it may sound as if I didn't like this movie, but I did. The main leads are sexy, and keep you into the story. It was their first movie, but I hope to see more of them in the future. The film plot is very oringal(ha ha) and it is filmed okay.
Scorpio-15 The plot seemed to be interesting, but this film is a great dissapointment. Bad actors, a camera moving like in the hands of an amateur. If there was C-movies, this would be a perfect example. A plus for a nice DVD cover though and a great looking female actor.