The Video Dead
| The Video Dead | |
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| Directed by | Robert Scott |
| Written by | Robert Scott |
| Produced by | Robert Scott |
| Starring | Michael St. Michaels Thaddeus A. Golas Al Millan Roxanna Augesen Lory-Michael Ringuette Rocky Duvall |
| Edited by | Bob Sarles |
| Music by | Leonard Marcel |
| Distributed by | MGM Home Entertainment |
Release date | November 1987 |
Running time | 90 min |
| Country |  USA |
| Language | English |
The Video Dead is a 1987 direct-to-video horror film written and directed by Robert Scott and starring Roxanna Augesen.[1]
Synopsis
A writer finds that a television has been delivered to his house without him ever ordering one. Not about to look a gift horse in the mouth, the writer accepts the television, only to find that it does not work properly and continuously plays a gory zombie movie titled "Zombie Blood Nightmare".[2]
The television allows murderous undead through, leaving the writer to be found the next day. Three months later, a new family moves into the "murder house". With their parents having not yet returned from years abroad, the teenagers, Jeff and Zoe, begin to unpack. Jeff finds the television in the attic and turns it on, and the undead begin to murder families in the neighborhood.[3]
In popular culture
- The hardcore punk band, The Video Dead, took their name from this movie.
- The hardcore/noise punk band Saul Turteltaub has a song called "The Video Dead" off of their split CD with Agathocles, Night Train To Terror (2007).
- Episode 6 of "Doc Mock's Movie Mausoleum" reviews this movie.
The Pittsburgh band This Wicked recorded a song titled The Video Dead inspired by the movie. The band made a music video for the song but the lead singer Jamie Ricker AKA WANDA was killed by a drunk driver before the video's release. The music video, staring Sam Nicotero, was featured on the local hosted movie show, Castle Blood's Midnight Monster Hop, and was created by Midian Crosby and Specter Studios. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddXKE5mIzsw
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