yeodawg The Boyz are part of a Zombie Eradication Squad cleans and sweeps houses for survivors of the Zombie Apocalypse, which is in full swing. Adorned in Top Gun Flight suits aviator glasses they are based in a front line surgical hospital where they crack sardonic jokes with the doctors there. The doctors and their orderlies are there to look for a cure to the Zombie Apocalypse. We get a glimpse of their daily grind as a Z.E.S. when they are called out to save survivors who showed up to protest the outright shooting of Zombies are attacked by said Zombies. In one of their patrols they run into a Cult of Survivors that Worship the Zombies and consider them the next step in the evolution of man.The hardest part of the movie is suspending all tactical and Zombie knowledge you have to date. This movie came out before "COPS" where we could see more tactful proficiency in middle-aged balding beer bellied cop clearing out a basement for a teen-age runaway than this squad clearing out a house. I was tearing my hair out as they're shuffling around with 3-4 cross-slung long barreled guns instead of a 45 and a Katana.

Ted Brown In The Dead Next Door the world has become over ran with zombies, in response the government has created a elite squad with one mission and one mission only to eliminate the zombie menace.And at the same time defending themselves against a cult of zombie sympathizers that believe that its god's will that zombies take over the earth. When one of their own are bitten it becomes a race to find a cure and ride Akron Ohio of the horde of walking dead.First off one of my favorite things about this movie when I was a kid and still today was all the horror references and trivia involved with it. In the early beginning of the film be on the lookout for a quick shot of Dawn of the dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Evil Dead, and Creepshow. Also some interesting facts about The Dead Next Door the great Bruce Campbell does unaccredited voice work and was also a audio post-production supervisor. Also producing under the name The Master Cylinder, Sam Raimi was also involved and also the namesake of one of the main characters. There's also characters with the last names Savini and Carpenter.This movie is not filled with top notch acting or big budget special effects. But what it is filled with is beautiful make up effects and mind blowing zombie gore. This is a true zombie classic that any hardcore horror fan should take the time to experience. It's very Evil Dead like in the respect it's loaded with humorous one liners and a over the top silly plot mixed in with graphic gore. This is no where near a serious movie but it is loads of campy classic 80's horror fun. And once again for you readers with Netflix memberships this film is currently available via instaview so you have nothing to lose and a ton of enjoyment to gain.8/10 - Ritualistic The Liberal Dead http://liberaldead.blogspot.com

zombizombizombi Love this movie cheesy as hell gory as hell and I like the direction a lot the bad dub job Bruce Campbell voice in the movie lots of zombies and just great camp I think a lot of people just don't get it glade I did tho!Story well there is a zombie apocalypse and there is a crazy Jim Jones like cult that want to save the zombies rev Jones ha ha the character names are great to commander carpenter ramie Romero etc.For a super 8 movie its very impressive zombies look great and gore effects work very well also love the opening credits and soundtrack I need to find it if its available.If I was J.R Bookwalter I be proud its entertaining and the replay value is way high the movie runs only 78 minutes.The DVD by anchor bay is must buy!!!!

gavin6942 Zombies are everywhere. So who are you going to call? The Zombie Squad! These lucky paramilitary units track down and kill zombies so we can live safely. Unfortunately, the biggest hazard of the job isn't death -- it's undeath.The creation of the film is just as interesting as the film itself. For example, producer and casting director Jolie Jackunas came on board early because she and Bookwalter had a mutual friend in Sam Raimi. Exactly how Bookwalter knew Raimi remains unclear, as Bookwalter is from Ohio and had no prior film experience. Jackunas had been involved with "Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except" (1985), a Raimi-Spiegel-Campbell adventure, so that makes sense. (Also in this Raimi mix, though lesser-known, was Josh Becker, the director on "Thou Shalt" who was also connected to "Xena" and other projects.)The movie was produced and shot over nearly four years, in Akron, Ohio. Although unsure of the exact figure, in an interview director J. R. Bookwalter estimated that the film cost $125,000 to produce. The low budget is evident, particularly because the cameras used were Super-8. But honestly, Bookwalter did more with $125,000 than others have done with 100 times as much.Perhaps this film is an acquired taste. Gregg Dumont at Killer Reviews is not a fan, saying that only a tiny percentage of people will enjoy it. Maybe he is right. Maybe not. If it helps, you can view it as a Sam Raimi peripheral project. Raimi produced it, Scott Spiegel appears in it and Bruce Campbell does voiceovers for two of the characters. So while this is the child of J. R. Bookwalter, Raimi and friends had their fingers all over this one.The plot is nothing we have not seen before and the acting merely average. However, the characters are great and really funny (particularly the doctor with the hat that says "Once I thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken"). Some people might get turned off by the voiceovers, but sometimes that is necessary (and they have since been fixed on the Blu-ray). This is independent film-making at its finest.If you like "Return of the Living Dead", you will probably like this movie. It is not a very serious take on zombies, but they are completely serious with the makeup and special effects -- some of the best you will ever see in a low-budget film. The creatures, the blood and everything are amazing. In one scene, they behead a zombie -- not only is the headless corpse awesome, but then they top that by showing the head chew on and swallow a finger, having it slide out through the neck! You do not find effects of this quality even on the best horror films.Do not listen to Gregg Dumont -- give this one a chance. Not all zombie films can be big-budget George A. Romero blockbusters (although this film does pay homage to them in the opening scene). Some have to be low budget, and some have to be funny, and some have to take zombies less seriously. This is that film, and if you like things like "Cemetery Man", you might really enjoy the mood of this one.As far as the Blu-ray goes, the 2K scan seems somewhat silly because the original film was not a format that can be cleaned up all that well. (Again, it is the Super-8 home video format.) Still blurry even with the touch-ups, it has that grainy quality that made watching horror on VHS fun. The original voices are back, rather than the dubs from Bruce Campbell and Ted Raimi. This is a bit odd for those used to the dub, but it is a definite improvement to the film's purity.There is an all-new audio commentary with three of the producers. They are very careful to only say "Master Cylinder" rather than the financier's real name. There is a second new commentary with makeup artist David Lange. A new tour of Akron. A new interview with Scott Spiegel. And many, many other features. All told, it would be hard to count how many hours of bonus material is on this 2-disc set from Tempe Entertainment.