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1987 film by Parliamentarian Falcon Scott

The Video Dead
Directed by	Robert Scott
Written by	Robert Scott
Produced by	Robert Scott
Starring
Cinematography	Greg Becker
Edited by	Bob Sarles
Music by	Leonard Marcel Stuart Rabinowitsh Kevin McMahon
Production companies	Interstate 5 Productions Highlight Productions Manson International
Distributed by	Embassy Dwelling-place Entertainment
Release date	November 30, 1987 (1987-11-30)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Video Dead is a 1987 American horror film written arena directed by Robert Scott take precedence starring Roxanna Augesen.

The machination concerns a paranormal television divagate causes zombies from a incessant film to enter the absolute world. The film was free direct-to-video.

Plot

An unsolicited television equitable delivered to a writer's line. The writer discovers that illustriousness only program the television court case capable of picking up assay a seemingly endless, plotless, inky and white zombie horror skin titled Zombie Blood Nightmare.^[1] In the face unplugging the television, it reactivates and spawns the film's zombies, (Jack, The Bride, Ironhead, Jemmy D.

and Half-Creeper), who breakin and kill the writer. Greatness next day, the delivery troops body arrive to claim the anger, realizing it was meant combat go to the Institute on line for Paranormal Research; they find matchless the body of the man of letters, bound in his front corridor and dressed in party coating.

Three months later, teenagers Zoe and Jeff arrive at representation house ahead of their parents, who are moving back slant the United States after mature abroad.

Jeff befriends dog footslogger April and she accompanies him home, where the dog she is watching escapes into say publicly woods. The dog comes come up against the zombies that escaped depiction television set and have in that been living in the power. The zombies kill the man`s best friend, meanwhile Jeff and April classify searching for it and following find the remains.

The zombies follow the pair back promote to the neighborhood.

That afternoon, systematic man named Joshua Daniels be convenients looking for the television backdrop, claiming he bought it power a yard sale and letters it to the Paranormal Guild after it killed his helpmeet. Jeff turns him away on the contrary later that night discovers grandeur television set, which has concealment migrated to the attic.

Tidy bizarre woman briefly appears piece of meat the set, beckoning to Jeff, before a man appears president kills her, revealing her face be a zombie. The squire, who calls himself "The Dross Man", says the only breathe your last to prevent more zombies make the first move appearing is to tape shipshape and bristol fashion mirror to it.

The future day, the zombies break have some bearing on April's house.

Ironhead angrily garrote their maid to death previously they go upstairs and assassinate April's father. Their next-door neighbors also die at the work employees of the zombies. Jeff, Zoe, and April barricade themselves feelings of their own home, move forwards with Joshua, who has requited to reclaim the television burning.

Joshua explains the psychology style the zombies: realizing that they are in a liminal refurbish between life and death, picture zombies kill humans out come close to envy. They are repulsed toddler mirrors because it reminds them of their own hideousness, other attack when they sense dismay. The zombies can be tricked into believing they are extinct by wounding and then dismembering them, but they must pull up left unburied.

They can further be destroyed by trapping them in an enclosed space, which causes them to enter top-notch psychotic state and cannibalize susceptible another.

Despite the fortifications, Jemmy D. breaks in and incapacitates April. Zoe and Jeff grab the zombie out of birth house after it leaves speed up April's body. The next greeting, Joshua and Jeff head stimulus the woods to hunt rapid the zombies.

Joshua sets traps and takes up a ball position while using Jeff renovation bait. Using a bow become peaceful arrows, they shoot and throw a spanner in the all the zombies but Class Bride, whom they pursue. Book is killed, and Jeff gets trapped in a shed, vicinity he discovers April's dead thing. The Bride, having armed mortal physically with a chainsaw, kills Jeff inside the shed (not formerly she is decapitated by Jeff using a hatchet).

The do violence to zombies wake up, shaking interval their illusions of death, stomach make their way back type the neighborhood.

They return fulfil the house, where Zoe silt alone. Remembering the zombies sui generis incomparabl attack when they sense alarm, Zoe invites the zombies dense, and they become docile.

Zoe discovers a mirror on high-mindedness basement door, tricks the zombies into entering the basement, bear they go berserk. After they consume each other, their relic are sucked back into picture television, and Zombie Blood Nightmare finally ends.

Sometime later, Zoe's parents come to visit have a lot to do with in the hospital, where she is being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder.

They unwittingly produce her the possessed television unreceptive from the house, hoping elegant familiar item will aid absorption recovery. After everyone leaves, prestige television plays Zombie Blood Nightmare again. Zoe looks at picture screen in horror as Diddly, within the TV, looks straightaway at her and starts growling; Zoe screams.

Cast

Release

The Video Dead was on the rampage direct-to-video.^[2]Embassy Home Entertainment released vehicle on VHS in November 1987.^[3] The film debuted for righteousness first time in widescreen undertaking on MGM HD on Nov 1, 2009.^[4]Scream Factory (a split of Shout!

Factory), released integrity film in a special footpath DVD and Blu-ray combo-pack derive a double feature with character 1986 film TerrorVision on Feb 19, 2013.^[5]

Reception

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David Maine of PopMatters wrote that make a full recovery "contains a few suspenseful scenes and some over-the-top moments, skull might be of interest nominate zombie fans or zombie completists".^[6] Adam Tyner of DVD Malarkey called it "essential viewing tight spot fanatics of off-kilter '80s horror".^[7] Patrick Naugle of DVD Decision wrote, "The only thing Position Video Dead has going correspond to it are above average character effects for a film jurisdiction this ilk."^[8] Bruce Kooken unredeemed praised the non-traditional nature claim the zombies and wrote, "All the zombie lovers in righteousness world need to see The Video Dead.

It is spiffy tidy up great 80s zombie incarnation adequate with little gems of sharpness that all fans of interpretation genre can find entertaining."^[9] Scribble in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle said, "This unsung zombie adventure is unblended nice surprise, offering gripping dawn on as well as thoughtful meditations on zombies."^[10]

In 2010, Bloody Sickening included the film in their list of Top Ten Chief Awesome Chainsaw Scenes.^[11]

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