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Frankensteins Bloody Nightmare (2006)

Posted on 05.23.07 by Nathan Shumate @ 2:39 pm

Sometimes you can’t see the zombie movies in front of you. That’s because they’re disguised. Pick just about any movie with the word “Frankenstein” in the title, though, and it could be a zombie movie with sutures.

Brilliant young Victor Karlstein finds himself lost in an abyss of personal turmoil and professional stress after the woman he most likely seemed to love dies while under the care of his own mysterious medical facility. Determined to keep her alive, Victor uses his mechanically-enhanced reanimated corpse to murder young women in order to furnish “raw parts” for her new body, among other devious things.

Shot for under $2000 (!) in Super-8mm (!) by writer/producer/director/star (!) John R. Hand. Sounds like a cross between Bride of Re-Animator, twenty Jess Franco films, and half of Bela Lugosi’s filmography. The DVD’s at Amazon.com for $17.99.

(And no, I didn’t forget the apostrophe. That’s the title. Deal.)

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Swamp Zombies (2005)

Posted on 05.17.07 by Nathan Shumate @ 3:22 pm

Just out this month from Brain Damage Films:

A chief physician at a large metropolitan hospital is formulating a serum to resurrect recently deceased patients. When his facility comes under inspection from the Federal Government, the good doctor is forced to dispose of the patients as quickly as possible, even though he doesn’t know if the serum will be a success. Little does he know, the serum works and the test subjects begin to rise from the shallow graves of the swamplands. It will take a select few to try to stop the wrath of the Swamp Zombies, but can they stay alive while doing it?

Stars such notables as Jasmin St. Claire (don’t google her from your work computer!) and Pamela Sutch. The trailer’s available at Brain Damage’s website; the DVD, with commentary and interviews and bloopers and deleted scenes, is at Amazon.com for $12.99.

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Graveyard Alive (2004)

Posted on 05.15.07 by Nathan Shumate @ 10:25 am

Recombinant genre alert! Just out on DVD:

Dowdy nurse Patsy Powers is regularly ridiculed by her colleagues - but when a zombie-infected woodsman checks into Patsy’s hospital, she is transformed into a flesh-eating sex kitten! With newfound powers and bursting sexuality, Patsy adapts to her new, satisfying, undead reality and aims to win back her old flame, the handsome Dr. Dox, from her archrival Goodie Tueschuze.

Who knew that zombie horror and nurseploitation would go so well together? But apparently they do: This little Canadian-made indie won for “Best Cinematography” at Slamdance, “Best Genre Crossover Film” at the Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival*, and “Best of the Fest” at the Boston Underground Film Festival. The DVD from BFS Entertainment includes a commentary track, interviews, and the obligatory trailer. $21.99 at Amazon.com.

*Rhode Island has an “International Horror Film Festival”?

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Gangs of the Dead (2006)

Posted on 05.08.07 by Nathan Shumate @ 8:50 pm

Produced independently under the title Last Rites, this urban horror-thriller looks like it should be another utterly forgettable “living dead in da hood” flick (”Zombiez,” anyone?).

On the verge of a major arms deal, the two toughest gangs in L.A. will find themselves trapped in an abandoned warehouse by a ravenous mob of bloodthirsty zombies. They will have to work together with the cops to avoid being torn limb-from-limb and eaten alive. A one of a kind urban-zombie film, Gangs of the Dead is a gore-filled and action-packed thriller for both the horror fan and the urban audience.

Surprisingly, though, it’s getting plenty of good reviews around the InterWebs, from “hidden gem” to “massively entertaining.” (On the other hand, there’s the guy on Amazon who says, “I want my 90 minutes back!”) At the very least, you’ve got Reggie Bannister co-starring. That’s always a plus.

And no, I can’t see any difference between the two editions, aside from the covers. Both come in at 88 minutes, R-rated, widescreen. Both are $21.99 at Amazon.com; the closeup cover is here, and the “posse” cover is here.

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The Mad (2006)

Posted on 05.01.07 by Nathan Shumate @ 4:02 pm

Hey, remember when Billy Zane was poised to have a major motion picture career, with The Phantom (1996) and Titanic (1997) and stuff? And now, a decade later, he’s headlining indie-produced direct-to-video zombie horror-comedies.

When Jason (Zane), a doctor, takes his teenage daughter Amy on a road trip through the countryside, their lunch turns gruesome and deadly, as they are trapped by truckers who suddenly become flesh-hungry zombies.

Determined to identify the cause of the deadly outbreak before it becomes an epidemic, Jason has to use all his medical training — as well as his survival instincts – as he protects himself and his daughter from the blood-thirsty zombies. Discovering that all the zombies had eaten burgers provided by a local farmer whose chemically-fed cattle have gone mad, Jason and Amy drive out to the farm that night, not realizing that all is not as it seems.

Ha — the title’s a ‘Mad Cow Disease’ reference! I get it!

83 minutes in widescreen, a featurette and a single deleted scene. $13.99 at Amazon.com.

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