Dr. Louis Creed (Dale Midkiff) along with his wife (Denise Crosby) and two children Gage and Ellie (Miko Hughes and Blaze Berdhal) has just moved from Chicago to a small town in Maine. He befriends a kind and good old man who lives right across the road from their house named Judd Crandall (Fred Gwynne) who gives them a tour of the area especially of the local pet cemetery that has a secret beyond the hills, for it's an old indian burial ground with magic powers to resurrects dead animals and other living beings back to life. One day the family cat gets killed but luckily Louis and Judd resurrect it but it seems harmless but acts different as a zombie and even one day the 3-year old son Gage gets killed by a truck and Louis must try to resurrect him unfortunately there is bad results.
An exciting, gruesome and macabre if not entirely faithful adaptation of Stephen King's novel, this supernatural zombie horror thriller offers good frights, nice acting and shocks abound. Fred Gwynne whom you remember as Herman Munster does a fantastic and perfect performance as the lovable old man and there is a memorable score with some genuine tension, Miko Hughes makes a memorable performance as the three year old zombie murderer with a fetish for scalpals. It's also a gripping tale of supernatural horror you'll never forget and coming in 2008 is a remake that will be more faithful to the novel.
This DVD has great picture and sound with only three extras being three featurettes and no trailer, but this is still a must have for zombie and horror fans.
Also recommended: "Cemetery Man", "The Fog (1980)", "Inferno (1980)", "Demons", "Stephen King's IT", "City of the Living Dead (a.k.a. Gates of Hell)", "House By The Cemetery", "The Curse (1987)", "Re-Animator", "Bride of Re-Animator", "Beyond Re-Animator", "Poltergeist", "Silent Hill", "Hellraiser 1 & 2", "Sleepaway Camp", "Nightmare (a.k.a. Nightmare in a Damaged Brain)", "Versus", "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "Haeckle's Tale (Masters of Horror)", "Homecoming (Masters of Horror)", "Grindhouse", "Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror", "Ju-On The Grudge", "The Ring (Japanese and American)", "It's Alive!", "The Pit", "Creepshow", "The Return of the Living Dead", "Return of the Living Dead 3", "The Children", "Dead Alive (a.k.a. Braindead)", "The Evil Dead", "Evil Dead II", "Suspiria", "High Tension", "Grindhouse", "Night of the Living Dead (1968 and 1990)", "Dawn of the Dead (1978 and 2004)", "Day of the Dead", "Land of the Dead", "Cujo", "Cat's Eye", "Shaun of the Dead", "From Dusk Till Dawn", "Candyman", "Freddy Vs. Jason", and "Demons 2". |