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THE DEAD NEXT DOOR
Tempe Video

review by Terry Wickham

The world is being overrun with zombies. A swat team goes into a large house to wipe out all the zombies in it. A scientist is desperately trying to find a serum to change zombies back into human beings. If you think you've seen this before, you have. If you take all three of George Romero's DEAD films and throw in a pinch of THE EVIL DEAD, then you have the ingredients that make up J.R. Bookwalter's inauspicious debut. Though lacking originality, the film does carry quite a bit of enthusiasm for gore. The make-up effects are passable for the most part and we get to see quite of few of them. The film is also pretty resourceful; there is overhead shots filmed from an airplane, a scene filmed in front of the White House and a few scenes involving lots of extras roaming around as zombies. Not a scary or suspenseful film, but this is a blood drenched treat for fans of George Romero.

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RATING 1-10
OVERALL 8

 

CREDITS:

STARRING: Peter Ferry, Bogdan Pecic, Jolie Jackunas, Robert Kokai CREW: Written, Produced and Directed by: J.R. Bookwalter, Line Producer: Jolie Jackunas, Associate Producers: Scott P. Plummer & Michael Todd, Production Designer: Jon Killough, Director of Photography: Michael Tolochko Jr., Music: J.R. Bookwalter