The Dead Next Door

Description

The government sets up a Zombie squad after an epidemic has made the world run rampant with living corpses. Raimi, Mercer, Kuller, and others head off to Ohio to try and find a cure to the epidemic but soon run into a crazy cult of zombie lovers who are set on preserving the zombies and letting a new world be born because they believe that it's God's will. When Mercer gets infected with the zombie virus, Raimi and the others must work quickly to find a cure and avoid the cult.

Customer Reviews:

I couldn't tell who were supposed to be the zombies.......2007-09-05

The acting in this was so awful, it was... *really* entertaining.

The effects are surprisingly not as bad as I expected from the reviews, and the plot wasn't without some... meat. But... the acting... egads.

Somebody needs to make a MST3K treatment of this. Just... wow. So much to work with here. This will definitely be shown at a drunken zombie marathon someday for my zombiephile friends.

Good, Mindless Fun..........2007-07-18

When you consider all the mega-budgetted turds that roll out of hollywood, it's refreshing to see a micro-budget movie like THE DEAD NEXT DOOR. No, there aren't any computer graphics, super-stars, or grammy-ready show-tunes to be found. However, this movie is an obvious labor of love and a tribute to all things dead and shambling. Made in Akron, Ohio in 1985 on super 8 film (!!) by a bunch of teenagers, this project could have been infinitely worse (check out the Milpitus Monster sometime). Instead, it's quite watchable, w/ a few actual flashes of brilliance! Backed financially by Sam Raimi himself, TDND is enjoyable throughout, never trying to be anything more than 78 minutes of gruesome, blood-squirting entertainment. The whole Jim Jones-like / living dead worshipping cult idea was original in '85. Sure, the acting is stiff and the dialogue hilarious, yet TDND is a good effort by the wide-eyed kids who created it! I'd choose this movie over most of hollywood's sequels, prequels, and remakes any day...

good but not so good.......2007-06-03

if you want a basic overveiw of this movie then here it is, in the dead next door we see the highest budgeted 8mm movie which there arent very many of. the bad things about this movie seem to be dissapointing to any fan of george romeros films like dawn of the dead and night of the living dead. simply because the dead dont die, because in the begining we see a man shoot a zombie in the head then cut the zombies head clean off his body, but the zombies body was still trying to eat him then the guy bent over to get his gun then the freakin zombies head bit his arm! whats up with that? and another thing is that the zombies just show up in the beginning and some of the zombies can talk. but other than that this movie has a good plot but incredibly stupid ending and is very short but it is still a movie worth watching. i wouldnt say its a must see but its worth sitting down and watching once or twice.**warning** this movie can be a dissapoint to some people but a majority of people like this movie

Only rent if you really must see it........2007-04-22

The plot had some potential, but unfortunately we ended up with this instead. It's not cheesy, it's lame. This is one of those films where characters make really dumb decisions that make no sense, or do really stupid things in the name of trying to create some tension. So much so that the movie is more tedious and boring then anything. However, because the plot wasn't bad and the effects were pretty decent I gave it 2 stars. That said, I would have to say your not missing anything by passing this one over.

dead next door.......2007-03-29