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Roxanna Augesen, Rocky Duvall, Vickie Bastel, Sam David McClelland, Michael St. Michaels ... see more see more... , Jennifer Miro , Cliff Watts , Melissa Martin , W.O. Garrett , Stephanie Bachelor , Douglas Bell , Stephen Bianchi , Don Clelland , Maurice Diller , Garrett Dressler , Anthony C. Ferrante , Cliff Gardener , Thaddeus Gogas , Muffie Greco , Diane Hadley , Joanne Jarvis , George Kernan , Al Millan , Jo Ann Peterson , Lory Ringuette , Mark Rosseau , Libby Russler , Carl Solomon , Jack Stellman , Patrick Treadway , Lory-Michael Ringuette , Thaddeus Golas

A television holds within its box a terrifying secret in this horror movie that is laced with dark humor and chills. Late at night, the people who appear on the screen come to life as cannibalistic zo... read more read more...mbies. Two teens, Zoe and Jeff Blair are the first to discover this when they arrive to a new house before their parents and find the demonic idiot box in the attic. They take it downstairs, plug it in, and later end up fighting for their lives with the hungry apparitions. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Robert Scott

Release Date: June 1, 1987

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DVD Release Date: May 17, 1987

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  • TheDudeLebowski65
    September 13, 2011
    TheDudeLebowski65
    The Video Dead is a forgotten gem of the horror genre. I believe that this one of the few cult films that really does hold up. Sure the film is not that great, but the idea is so unique that you can't really hate it. This is film is an enjoyable take on zombies and manages to be ... read morelots of fun, if you can forgive the bad acting and dialogue. The Video Dead is one of those films that it's so bad it's good. The premise like I said is fairly unique. Zombies live inside a TV set and start eating people with their grasp. For what it is, The Video Dead is an entertaining, barely heard of cult classic. The film has been relatively been obscured and forgotten about. Only the most die hard of horror fans know about this little gem. The film does look cheap, but in the end, you don't care because this film is so much fun to watch. I thoroughly enjoyed this different style of zombie film. Horror fans should try to seek this one out and they'll be surprised at how good this film really is. The film isn't perfect of course, but it's definitely an entertaining film to watch with friends. I think it's too bad that The Video Dead has nearly been forgotten by the horror community and this is a gem waiting to be rediscovered. The film is cheesy and lots of fun. The Video Dead will probably appeal to fans of B movies as well as the traditional horror fan. This is a very original film for what it is, and it's a very underrated film for what it is. A fun and amusing zombie flick.
  • silentbob66
    October 26, 2008
    silentbob66
    When a delivery van pulls up outside a house it can only mean trouble for what there about to leave inside the owner of the house is woken out of his sleep takes a package from them that isnt even his inside is a tv set once plugged in he ends up dead 9 months later new people ar... read moree moving in a brother and sister the brother finds the tv and turns it on what he didnt know was by doing so he just let a bunch of zombies loose onto the world now him, his sister and the former owner of the tv must put a end to the zombies before more people die. Really cool concept for a movie done in total 80's cheese fashion worth checking out for zombie fans
  • chelano
    October 2, 2011
    chelano
    I love the box art for this, but it was not enough to make it a good movie. The zombies in the film were pretty good, except they were kind of smart and liked to play jokes. The story line was pretty bad. Basically you have a TV that brings a zombie film to life. Only a choic... read moree few zombies get to come out of the TV though. But they are not like real zombies. They kill people, but don't really eat them. Yes, you have murdering zombies. Sound scary? The acting was pretty bad and the movie was basically an advertisement for certain stupid 80s bands. You can tell this because they blast the music pretty loud at parts. I will give them credit for good make up and some pretty good gore scenes. But that is about it. I can't really go anymore into the film because there is really nothing more to talk about.
  • kingmob6
    September 5, 2011
    kingmob6
    Things this movie taught me: If a decrepit looking television is delivered to your home, don't just happily accept it and plug it in, because zombies will come out of it and fucking eat you.

    I mean seriously, this television looks awful, like someone drug it out of a dump and th... read moreese idiot suburbanites just happily take it into their home and set it up like it's fresh from the local electronics store?

    Low budget zombie fun from the VHS era, this was a decent watch on Netfux Instant Watch, so give it a peep if you have the chance.
  • seanattle74
    October 25, 2010
    seanattle74
    This was so bad. The acting from the lead was fricking terrible. Creepy in some places, but a waste of time for me.
  • LivingDeadMedia
    June 24, 2009
    LivingDeadMedia
    I remember watching this movie on late night creature feature films and though to myself, "Wow how scary would that be for zombies to come out of my television set!?!" After watching this movie I was hoping they would, and be more exciting than the movie. The concept was truly or... read moreiginal but no real gore scenes made it feel like a made for TV Halloween special.
  • AmbySick
    January 1, 2009
    AmbySick
    I thought this was amusing. It gets reeeeally slow. I'm not sure what happens through part of the movie but it picks back up again. Definitely give it a watch if you're into the old school b-movies.

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