The Video Dead

Video
1987
18
1h 30m

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5.0/10

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Zombie Horror Horror

A family takes delivery of a new television set, unaware that it is the gateway by which killer zombies enter the world.A family takes delivery of a new television set, unaware that it is the gateway by which killer zombies enter the world.A family takes delivery of a new television set, unaware that it is the gateway by which killer zombies enter the world.

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IMDb RATING

5.0/10

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Michael St. Michaels

Henry Jordan

Thaddeus Golas

Deliveryman #1

Douglass Bell

Deliveryman #2
(as Douglas Bell)

Al Millan

Taxi Driver…

Roxanna Augesen

Zoe Blair

Lory-Michael Ringuette

Mover #1
(as Lory Ringuette)
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George Kernan

Mover #2

Rocky Duvall

Jeff Blair

Sam David McClelland

Joshua Daniels

Jennifer Miro

The Woman

Victoria Bastel

April Ellison
(as Vickie Bastel)

Libby Russler

Maria

Garrett Dressler

Mr. Ellison

Melissa Martin

B-Movie Housewife

Cliff Watts

The Garbageman

Muffie Greco

Beverly Turchow

Walter Garret

Abe Turchow
(as Walter Garrett)

Jo Ann Peterson

Mrs. Blair

Director
- Robert Scott
Writer
- Robert Scott
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Featured review

5/10

Amusing schlock

To say The Video Dead is not the best movie is somewhat obvious. But this ultra cheap and ridiculous horror flick is a decent timekiller at the very least. The plot is a television that constantly plays a low budget zombie movie that comes out of the television and attacks the viewer. To contemplate,"who thinks of this crap"? The greater question is who thought this was a good idea to fund and actually make this. Funds are tight here and it shows, I would guess most of the money for this project would go to the special f/x, which are pretty decent actually with some nice gore. The overnight quality of this is quite low and has some awesomely bad acting, that has the bar set even lower for low budget horror. Like I said previously, The Video Dead is not a good movie, but is so blatantly 80's and ultra cheesy and ludicrous, it is hard not to enjoy it a little .

dworldeater
May 12, 2020
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Trivia
A sequel was written for the film, but never materialized. It was to do with a victim instead being pulled into the television set, rather than the zombies coming out, and having to find a way out before the film ended. Director Robert Scott wanted a lot more zombie action, and far more zombies than in his original film but was offered the same budget as the first to make the sequel - he declined and a sequel has yet to come to fruition.

Goofs
When Jeff and April find Chocolate, the dog, dead in the woods, the one short shot of the dog clearly shows that it is breathing.

Quotes
April: You don't understand. He likes to chase skunks in the woods, and if he finds them he tries to mate with them. Only skunks don't like to mate with poodles, and then they spray him, and he really gets turned on!