Alicia I love this movie so much

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

MonsterVision99 "The Video Dead" its a very original zombie movie, just when I thought the zombie genre couldn't offer much new to me, I watch this and it amazes me. Too bad it didn't come out in theaters in its original release (but I suppose that being a direct to video movie makes more sense), this movie should have gotten more attention, thank god it became a cult movie over the years.I was somewhat hesitant about watching this, I was expecting something along the lines of "Burial Ground" or "Zombie Holocaust" (and I think those movies are charming in their own way), however, it was better than a cheap Italian zombie flick, don't get me wrong, it was cheap and it had some dull and silly moments but it was mostly a fun time.Overall, a really entertaining movie, it has some good elements and its quite interesting. I think I would have find it a little bit scary if I would have seen this as a child, mainly because of the concept and the ending (endings like that always made me feel uncomfortable and I suppose that's the intention).

timmyross The Video Dead is a film that has always stuck with me. I remember renting it from the video store all the time as a kid, and being completely terrified of the zombies portrayed in the film. I was even scared to venture out into my backyard of a night in fears that The Video Dead zombies would be waiting for me in the dark! Now that I am older, I am nowhere near as terrified, but this movie will always have a strong place in my heart.The story begins with the delivery of an old TV set to famous writer Henry Jordan (Michael St. Michaels , who is puzzled because he has not ordered anything "but pizza in the last six months". However, he accepts it, and that night, he is continually annoyed when the TV keeps automatically turning itself on and showing an old black-and-white horror film called "Zombie Blood Nightmare", which is a seemingly plot less movie about the undead rising from their graves and wandering through fog-covered woods.After turning on a few more times, Henry gets mad and unplugs it. Later that night when he is asleep, the TV again turns on (without being plugged in) and outcome our rotting main villains of the movie......THE VIDEO DEAD! all of whom seem to be their own character like a rotting bride, a James Dean varsity jacket-wearing blue fellow, a curly dark-haired redneck dude dressed in rotting flannels, and the leader of the pack, Jack, who bleeds and drools a lot. During the night, they kill poor old Mr. Jordan while he sleeps.3 months later, two teens move into his old house while their parents are out of the country. They were apparently told nothing of Mr. Jordan's murder. The brother, Jeff (Rocky Duvall)finds the old television set in the attic after being drawn to it by the voice of a mysterious woman (Jennifer Miro) who lives in the TV. Later, he helps his sister Zoe (Roxanna Augesen) get the house in order before Mom and Dad move in. Jeff meets his new neighbor, April(Victoria Bastel) who is walking a poodle for some other neighbors. The dog manages to get away from them and runs off into the woods where he meets Jack! When Jeff and April later find the body of the poodle (who Jeff insists died from a heart attack), Jack follows the couple back to the neighborhood.After a Texan (Sam David McClelland) shows up and warns Jeff about the cursed TV, Jeff meets the mysterious Garbageman (Cliff Watts) after being seduced by The Woman, who turns out to be a zombie in disguise. The Garbageman tells Jeff to put a mirror on the TV to prevent more rotting nasties coming out.Meanwhile, April is leaving for school when Jack arrives in the neighborhood, and has now brought the whole gang along. They enter April's house and begin investigating. April's sleazy father (Garrett Dressler) is in bed upstairs with his much younger maid, Maria (Libby Russler) who awakens to the sounds of the zombies rummaging downstairs. She comes downstairs, only to be confronted and violently strangled by the redneck zombie. During the struggle, she manages to plunge an iron into his head before he breaks her neck, henceforth, he is known as "Ironhead" (and he is my favorite zombie in the film). The zombies then go upstairs to finish off April's Dad, who managed to sleep through all of Maria's desperate cries for help. They quickly kill him and move onto the other neighbors,killing them all in unusual ways, including one victim being thrown upside down inside a washing machine! That night, the news is out about the murders, and the Texas, Joshua, returns to the house. During the night, a zombie kidnaps April, and the following morning, Jeff and Joshua head out into the woods to do battle. However, both are soon killed, and the zombies make their way back to Zoe, who is now the only survivor in the neighborhood. I won't spoil the ending for you, as it is pretty entertaining to watch, and will keep you both amused and scared at the same time.To this day, this is my favorite zombie film. Director and write, Robert Scott, attempted to make the zombie legend a little different that we all know. His zombies don't eat flesh, but rather just kill for the fun of it (which is truly terrifying). I give credit to Mr. Scott for his creative skills, and I think he made a fantastic movie. Some might say that the acting is poor, and in some areas it may well be, but that is half of what makes The Video Dead a classic! It's just a shame Mr. Scott couldn't go on to do a sequel, because I would have loved to have seen another Video Dead film with a bigger budget and follow-up to this original.All-in-all, The Video Dead is a classic to me, and I make sure to watch it AT LEAST a few times a year.

Predrag The acting is abysmal, to the point of unintentional hilarity. The way the male protagonist tried to run away from the female zombie near the end of the film is worthy of its own specialized drinking game. The film was clearly made on a micro-budget, although the settings and the zombie makeup were, for the most part, pretty solid. The rest of the special effects, especially ones involving death scenes, were pretty bad. I believe there were five major zombies depicted in the film, and one of the main male zombies was clearly depicted by a different actor in his first appearance than in the end.Still, if you're a zombie movie junkie, there are some redeeming qualities. While the first act and the denouement are both totally predictable, everything that happened in between was a total surprise to me. That's what happens when you make a movie where zombies kill people by choking them, and they die from taking arrows to the torso. There are even a couple of twists that will make you question your genre savvy. So, don't be afraid to give it a try.Overall rating: 6 out of 10.

David Massey 'The Video Dead' feels much more like a student film, held together with Scotch tape and chocolate-syrup blood and looking more like no-budget-1970 than 1987, the year it was made. A mysterious TV inscribed with a skull and programmed entirely with zombie movies is delivered to a man who lives alone. One night, the unplugged TV becomes a portal for zombies. Yup, that's right, zombies escape from the TV and go on a killing spree. I won't pretend that this isn't the fodder of late-night TV. In fact, I vaguely recall seeing it on 'USA Up All Night with Rhonda Shear' back in the very early 90's, usually the final resting place for all 1980's camp horror. What makes this one stand out is its bizarre logic; these are not Romero's zombies.After some time, new residents move into the house and discover the possessed TV in the attic. The film turns into a teen-horror and the characters are given glimpses of another world beyond the screen in which a vampish seductress taunts and a hero garbage man is in search of the escaping zombies. Little of this is explained beyond a few scenes and that plot seems all but forgotten halfway through. In the second half we're introduced to a mysterious roaming Texan (a poor man's Slim Pickens) hoping to avenge his wife's death which was apparently at the hands of these zombies.As if that wasn't weird enough, the zombies giggle, taunt, and torture their prey. There's no biting here, more likely, these ghouls are apt to strangle and kill in elaborate ways (see washing machine death) usually reserved for the likes of 'Jason Voorhees' or 'Michael Myers'. There's also a number of rules (a la 'Gremlins') that can be used in combating them. There was something to do with mirrors, bells, and having to convince the zombies that they're dead; there was even a scene where claustrophobia seemingly causes one of their heads to explode and the others turn cannibal. I didn't really follow all of it but it didn't really matter. With some schlocky gore and a plot drifting from comedy, to stoner movie, to chainsaw wielding buddy adventure, I suggest just sitting back, turning your logic-cap off, and having a laugh at this one; without being at all good, it's not all bad.