MOVIE · 1987
The Video Dead
ComedyFantasyHorror90 min
A strange television set does more than play movies: it opens a path for zombies to step out of an endless film and into ordinary life. What starts as an eerie curiosity turns into a spreading threat as the undead leave the screen, wander the neighborhood, and force the people around them to figure out how this TV works before more of them emerge. The danger has a darkly absurd streak, with the everyday setting colliding with a bizarre supernatural rulebook. Written and directed by Robert Scott, the movie turns a single cursed object into the source of both monster attacks and offbeat comedy.
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