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DEAD NEXT DOOR

(1989, USA)

DIRECTED BY: J.R. Bookwalter.

Late nineteen eighties attempt to homage George A. Romero's dead flicks especially Dawn and Day Of The Dead. The Evil Dead influences are there as well. This is low budget material with tons of sauce but it has all been done before over and over and over.........Zombie 90: Extreme Pestilence worked a lot better than this due to the hilarious cheesy dubbing job and Redneck Zombies was also another step up in the zombie genre since Troma's humor prevailed over the gore which was good as well but the film offered more.

This has some good moments but it just doesn't work. Its about the world being taken over by zombies and the swat team who fight them while scientists experiment on the corpses and other organizations try to protect the zombies. If you've seen Romero's stuff you'll recognize many scenes. Director Bookwalter wanted it to pay tribute so he accomplished his goal. After the film is over there is loads of footage to watch about the film. Sam Raimi financed the film, Scott Spiegel has a role in it and Bruce Campbell did some music I believe.

Rating: 2 Skulls

Review by: Richard J. Taylor

Email: rtaylor@roadrunner.nf.net

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