The Video Dead

1987

Action / Horror

8
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 32% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.0/10 10 5396 5.4K

zombie

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Plot summary

On a quiet, tree-lined street, an old television set receives a single channel that repeats the same horror film over and over, freeing zombies from the grave to kill.

Director

Robert Scott Photo
Robert Scott

Top cast

Carl Solomon Photo
Carl Solomon as Hospital Attendant
Anthony C. Ferrante Photo
Anthony C. Ferrante as The Undead
Sergio Kato Photo
Sergio Kato as Nestor
Victoria Bastel Photo
Victoria Bastel as April Ellison
720p.BLU
831.26 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
R
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 13

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Sigmund A. 4 / 10

Zero budget zombie flick based on a novel

Zero budget zombie flick based on a novel concept - zombies come, not from the grave, but from a haunted TV set. The first half hour is memorable for its weirdness, but the rest of the film drags.
Reviewed by Bob S 9 / 10

It is what it is, but don't automatically

It is what it is, but don't automatically discount the Video Dead. Its not the Evil Dead but its better than "within the woods" and just as off beat as either. Theres nothing fancy, but occasional scenes of half muted dialog that seems entirely optional, we learn brother and sister have reunited, but brother is none too pleased about his sisters taste in college majors. Convenient shots construct a simple skeleton, to carry the simple and slow movie along. It is cheap, no question, and in 1987, direct to vhs, this ain't Thriller. Yet like many baddies of its era, somehow The Video Dead left enough impression at least on me, I found myself fumbling in my memory banks for it 25 years or more later, which took awhile I might add. I could recommend it as "so bad its good", or as a useful b movie for backup. It might be the utter blandness that draws me to it.. with the sound its da da.. da da.. dum over and over in the simple John carpenter style building soundtrack, with intermittent twinkles of a piano key, which Peter Venkman once told us "drives them crazy" in a much better movie in 1984.. i still like it, maybe the music reminded me of a cheap zombie movie I once made with a simple computer animator in middle school. At best a 4 bit drawing but that mirrored the effect of halloween 1978, with a single plodding note, zombie chasing various victims through badly drawn cemeteries. That amateurish yes.
Reviewed by Sean M 10 / 10

This film blossoms into a full garden of

This film blossoms into a full garden of camp, without knowing it! The proverbial 'so bad it's funny.' Bad Acting, Costume, and Trope; A zombie in a pink night gown running amuck with a chainsaw, hilarious! Topped with a sprinkling of classic 80's special effect moments; like blood coming out from TV knobs, nice! Zombie lovers will appreciate!
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