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Wings Hauser, Bo Hopkins, Lee Montgomery, Jennifer Warren, Jody Medford ... see more see more... , Marc Clement , Cary Guffey , Danny Nelson , Mary Nell Santacroce , Joseph Long , Ralph Pace , Johnny Popwell Sr. , Ralph Redpath , Jerry Rushing , Wallace Wilkinson , Lit Connah , Charles Franzen , Tina Kincaid , Joshua Patton , Stuart Culpepper , Larry Quackenbush , Earl Ramsey , Dale Echols , Lavon Lacey , Pat Moss

A muscular pair of Yankee brothers visit a backwater Georgia town and end up involved with rednecked mutant zombies. The campy horror begins when brother Mike suddenly disappears. Puzzled brother Josh... read more read more..., with the help of Sheriff Will Stewart and schoolmarm Holly begin a desperate search. Unfortunately more trouble ensues when they find that toxic waste has transformed their normally peaceable neighbors into scary monsters. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: John 'Bud' Cardos

Release Date: August 1, 1984

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  • January 26, 2011
    A little known and quite underrated zombie/infection movie. It builds up quite slowly which helped develop up the characters with Wings Hauser and Bo Hopkins being very watchable. As the film moves on it develops an eerie atmosphere and some genuinely creepy moments. Has a simila... read morer feel to Arachnaphobia but without the spiders. This was remade in 1988 as "Nightmare at Noon" but I didn't find this one bad at all. Give it a look.
  • October 29, 2008
    A fun 80s style zombie flick. Slow to start, but the zombie outbreak is worth the wait.
  • January 5, 2010
    Entertaining zombie movie. Could use more gore and better pacing but it does great for it's low budget.

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James Kendrick
July 24, 2001
James Kendrick, Q Network Film Desk

a cross-bred horror film that is moderately successful in mixing some of the most overworked genres of the '70s and '80s

September 4, 2008
Variety

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Emanuel Levy
August 13, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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