Sunday, August 16, 2020

Late '80's Horror



THE VIDEO DEAD-1987-A guy receives a TV set anonymously. He watches a black and white zombie movie that continues to play even after he pulls the plug. Overnight zombies come out of the TV and kill the guy. 3 months later brother and sister Jeff (Rocky Duvall) and Zoe (Roxanna Augesten) are living in the house waiting for their parents to come back from Saudi Arabia. Jeff finds the TV in the attic and helps neighbor April (Vicki Bastel; also in THE BAD LIEUTENANT) look for her lost poodle. The dog dies and there seems to be zombies in the local woods. While Jeff is smoking a joint, a woman comes out of the TV and kisses him. She goes back into the TV and her throat is cut by “The Garbage Man”. When Jeff tries to get rid of the TV a severed hand attacks him. Zombies invade April's home and do dumb things like sitting around a table pretending to eat. One puts on a wig and is scared by a blender. A zombie pops out of a dishwasher and kills a woman. A man has his head twisted around. A guy name Daniels (Sam David McClelland) shows up and says the TV's haunted. After April is killed Jeff, Zoe and Daniels fight the zombies. The guys are killed and Zoe has to fight some zombies by not showing fear. Unfortunately she goes insane. You might too. 

Robert Scott, the writer/director of this nonsense was was actually a second unit director on many TV shows.


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