Thursday, August 6, 2020

Another Not So Fine Mess


DEAD NIGHT-2018-In 1961, after a woman's husband?/boyfriend? is killed by a creature, the woman is tied up and gives birth to a baby girl. Many years later a dysfunctional family (mom, dad, stupid daughter and her friend and a loser son) go for a vacation at a cabin build on top of iron oxide. Meanwhile the creature seems to be preparing for their arrival. When they get settled in the story becomes an episode of a fictional TV investigation show "Inside Crime". According to the show's host (Daniel Roebuck) the family was slaughtered by the mother who was dangerous psycho but the friend was never found. It even features a commercial for a woman Leslie Bison (Barbara Crampton) running for governor! It bounces back between the story and the TV show. While the masked creature hangs around, the group find Leslie in the woods acting very weird. People are killed and reanimated and the mother kills her hubby by accident. It seems to be the work of some witches cult. 

Originally titled APPLECART, this movie was re-edited and re-titled DEAD NIGHT. Sorry but some of the plot must have been edited out. It's an incomprehensible mess! Director Brad Baruh later made video shorts for Marvel Studios.

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