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Dead Within

Dead Within

Fear is Contagious

20143.81h 31m

Overview

Set six months after a deadly outbreak has all but ended the human race, a man and woman have survived by isolating themselves in a remote cabin and never opening the door. Now they don’t have a choice. Starved for resources, they must confront the horrors that threaten them… but what’s inside may be even more toxic than what remains outside. When it all ends, this is what remains.

Directed by Ben Wagner
Written by Matthew Bradford, Dean Chekvala, Amy Cale Peterson
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Top Cast

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Dean Chekvala

Mike

J. Claude Deering

J. Claude Deering

Ranger Mark Rand

Rick Federman

Rick Federman

Todd

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Sarah McMaster

Erika

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Amy Cale Peterson

Kim

Themes & Keywords

isolationdelusioninfectionoutbreakcabinzombie

About Dead Within

Dead Within is a drama, horror, thriller film released in 2014 exploring themes of isolation, delusion, infection, outbreak, cabin, zombie. Directed by Ben Wagner, it stars Dean Chekvala, J. Claude Deering, Rick Federman. Set six months after a deadly outbreak has all but ended the human race, a man and woman have survived by isolating themselves in a remote cabin and never opening the door. Now they don’t have a choice. Starved for resources, they must confront the horrors that threaten them… but what’s inside may be even more toxic than what remains outside. When it all ends, this is what remains.

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