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The Cadaver's Swan Song (7:21)
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This 2013 short film was presented by Crypt TV in 2017.

It's set during an epidemic in 2029. Two friends have been in a hospital's waiting room for a long time, waiting for their number to be called. One of them appears healthy, the other looks like he's already been dead for quite awhile, but apparently he's still alive. Anyway... I dunno what else to say, except the main reason I'm bothering to mention this film is because there's a janitor who has a line at one point which I'm not going to spoil, but it's one of the best descriptions I've ever heard of a horrible situation. (It reminds me of something Spider Jerusalem would say.) I think the film's worth watching just for that one line. (Oh, okay, I'll hide the text here, so you can highlight it if you don't want to spare seven minutes of your time watching the film. "This isn't life. It's a shit storm being gang-raped by a clusterfuck all wrapped up in a FUBAR taquito.")


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