Short, Gory, and Totally Worth It!
The show starts on the night of an Eviction, where a cast member is chosen to leave the show. There is a crowd outside the studio, waiting to see a live interview with the cast member who is evicted. There is a big stage and a dolled-up host. In the meantime, another crew member was sent to get a previous Big Brother contestant's mother because there is also a reunion party going for previous Big Brother participants. Needless to say there are tons of living people at the studio when the first zombie shows up.
Inside the Big Brother house, the screaming doesn't sound unusual. They mistake the screams of agony for the fan frenzy of eviction night. The next morning though, things seem to have changed but they can't figure out why. They just know that the cameras aren't recording, Big Brother isn't reminding them to put on their mics, and things seem a bit quiet. Dead, almost.
Life in the fishbowl changes abruptly when Kelly, one of the behind-the-scenes
From there on, it's a tooth-and-nail battle for the contestants of Big Brother and the few crew members left. They must stay alive against all odds, which includes ravenous, rabid, fast-moving zombies. As if that weren't enough, some of the cast members themselves become obstacles to survival.
I'm not big on Big Brother type shows, but this is phenomenal. The characters vary from funny to downright insipid. The non-zombie protagonists are downright terrifying. Dead Set doesn't hesitate to delve deeply into the horrors that humans are capable of both in times of stress, and in times of relative quiet.
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