Video: In Stephen W. Martin’s Dead Hearts, a pint-sized wannabe mortician meets the girl of his dreams: A blind kung fu aficionado who loves taxidermy. There’s also a werewolf biker gang, punk-rock fight scenes, some poignant heartbreak, a return from the grave and some very droll narration.
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There are lot of elements at play in Dead Hearts, but it’s also just the right balance of earnest and extremely weird — which means it all works in the end.