"When a decomposing girlfriend is better than no girlfriend at all."--IMDB.A surprisingly suspenseful & well-done film. It comes off 70's-ish & slightly funny, but has some genuinely horrifying moments. Can't say its really a horror/zombie film either even with a reanimated corpse as one of the lead characters lol. Great acting by Cody DeVos, one of the twins & writer, held the film together (kinda reminded me of a young Oliver Reed.) Soundtrack wasn't so bad either (& yes, I heard the music this time, Pamela dear.)

Crisp, smart, and a surpisingly excellent debut by the Deagol Brothers, an interesting Tennessee film collective. The premise -- a weirdly sweet, indie-tinged, coming-of-age love story -- may been a little hard to take on its own. But with a whole euphony of other, batshit-crazier elements on top of it -- a loser kid + hip older brothers, a melancholy early death, a crushing zombie story -- it becomes a very promising, very lovely little film.

A quirky coming of age meets zombie love story. Not only did I really enjoy the movie on its own merits, but the original musical score is awesome! It's not for everyone... But for its intended audience I think it is really, really good.

This is not a typical zombie movie and there is little to no violence here. The lighting techniques during the day scenes and the colored lights, make pieces of it look like an art house film.

The synopsis of this quirky flick is right on. If I had to, I'd call it a coming-of-age film centering around twin brothers who are trying to figure out their direction. One of their friends, and the object of one's infatuation, disappears only to turn up tied between a couple f trees. She's a zombie. She's not particularly dangerous, but she's not particularly alive, either. The film plays out over the course of a summer as one twin tries to win over the dead girl's best friend and the other hides the zombie in the bathroom of an absent friend's house."Make-Out With Violence" takes a little while to get going, but it's effective and poignant once it does. While there are a couple of tense, mildly scary scenes, it's not about the gore and there's not much violence, either. The violence seems to be more about that done to oneself through dishonesty to oneself and others. The zombie is a device, something to do with lingering too long when it's time to move on.Considering it's the directors' first outing, this is a particularly interesting and oddball flick. Think "Stand By Me" meets "Dead Girl." The pacing drags at points, but very worthwhile in the end.

Not a good movie, but I liked it anyway.

A baffling film, at points equally frustrating and brilliant, this zombie film with almost no zombies just so happens to have the best title of the year.Just when it starts to lose you with its horrendously deadpan acting, inane dialogue and insistence on being oh-so-indie, a scene pops up that's pretty much genius and it sucks you right back in.Deeply flawed yet worth checking out.

great alternative zombie movie with a touch of virgin suicides about it. recommended

Just saw this at SXSW. It was amazing. If it comes your way, don't miss it.

Kind of like a softer Stand By Me by way of Deadgirl. Really beautifully executed. Completely immerses you in its little universe, with a top-notch cast (an especially brilliant lead trio with wonderful chemistry and multi-dimensional performances). Leaves you in a constant state of cringe as you wait to see where the story goes; steers clear of the dark and depraved path it so easily could've taken.

One of the best truly independent films ever. It's like if John Hughes directed Deadgirl. It's perfect.

Make-Out With Violence should have been awesome. Instead it was just good. The mood of the film was constantly somber and muted and never seemed to make up its mind whether it wanted to focus more on the lives of a small group of teenagers coping with the death of a friend or on the friend, herself, who is reincarnated as a zombie. Obviously, they should've focused mostly on the zombie or else write it out of the damn script. That said, the split of two different focuses works as well as it could have, but I just yearn for what could've been if the filmmakers had chosen one of the situations as the primary story and relegated the other to a background or secondary story.

[W]hile the film tackles the subject of personal morality and ethics, it works more as a vehicle for twinkling nostalgia memories of youth.

Builds a real air of mystery around the captive girl, what she is, what she is or isn't capable of doing, and what we're invited to feel about her or her caretaker-captors... Made with real filmmaking flair.

Outrageous, disturbing and wickedly funny. It's a stylish, bizarre and refreshingly subversive amalgamation of horror, romance and comedy.