The Garland Theater in Spokane WA has had a few movies I've gone to. I'm too lazy right now to look and see if I have reviewed any I've seen there. I don't think so.
The Video Dead is a cult horror movie, one that is perhaps a bit overlooked and a bit under the radar. Only a little bit after than the Evil Dead, one has to assume this was made partially because of that. Not going to compare because the Evil Dead is a great film, is The Video Dead?
Early on, a mystery television is delivered to a dude. It keeps turning on randomly, showing a zombie movie, the guy unplugs it and goes to bed. It turns back on, and the zombies notice the house through the television, crawl through the TV and come into the real world! They kill the man and escape into the woods and a new family then buys the house and are going to have to face the zombies. A random dude from Texas also shows up to help with the zombies.
The Video Dead rivals Troll 2 in terms of campy awful actors with ridiculous dialogue and exactly one tone. The plot moves okay, I will say it's not the most well oiled machine. I checked the time about 45 minutes in thinking like, okay guys how much longer of this is left...
Effects wise, it looks quite good and the 80's practical effects don't look like real but they do look fun. There's lots of blood and gore, there's some good kills and fun logic to them. This movie lives in Dawn of the Dead zone where the zombies are slightly smarter with slightly more personality. There are maybe like 5 main zombies, and truly they all have their own little "deal" and are memorable.
It's not on the same level as some others, but it was great to see in a theater with like 9 other people. 3.5 stars.
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