The Alien Dead

1980

Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 12%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 12% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 2.8/10 10 1393 1.4K

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Plot summary

A meteor strikes a houseboat in the swamps near a southern town populated by Yankees with fake accents. The people on the houseboat become zombies who feed on the alligators in the swamp. Once they run out of alligators, they start going for the citizens. A local scientist tries to figure out what's happening to people once they start disappearing.

Director

Fred Olen Ray Photo
Fred Olen Ray

Top cast

Buster Crabbe Photo
Buster Crabbe as Sheriff Kowalski
Fred Olen Ray Photo
Fred Olen Ray as Pool Player
Mike Bonavia Photo
Mike Bonavia as Miller Haze
Michael Smith Photo
Michael Smith
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684.44 MB
1280*696
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 14 min
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1.24 GB
1908*1036
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 14 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Boba_Fett1138 4 / 10

Far from the worst thing I have ever seen.

Of course this is quite a bad movie but it also was far from the worst thing I have ever seen. The movie was at least entertaining to watch throughout.You have simply some bad movies and then you have some bad movies that are so bad to watch that they actually become good and fun to watch. This is foremost the case with this movie. It basically has a non-existent story and the movie has a very amateur like look and feeling to it. The acting is horrible, the dialogs are laughable but the movie does never bore and is actually quite fun to watch. And let me tell you, this really isn't the case with all the movies within this genre.Don't pay too much attention to this movie its title, it's really a zombie-flick in essence. There is nothing too original about this movie or its concept and it's obvious that Fred Olen Ray watched a lot of other well known genre movies to use as a source for his 'inspiration'. But it has basically everything in that that a zombie-movie lover wants from the genre. There is some blood and gore, though it's nothing too impressive looking but how could it really with the budget these guys had to work with.It was quite fun to still see Buster Crabbe in this. He once played Tarzan, Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers, so back in his days he was quite the star. A lot of actors from those old days however ended up in movies like this, no matter how talented or big they were once.This is basically what a movie would look like if a bunch of friends who had a couple of beers say, why don't we go and make a zombie-flick? Nothing about this movie truly impresses and it's a weak movie in basically every aspect but you'll nevertheless have fun watching it. 4/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
Reviewed by Aaron1375 2 / 10

Swamp zombies!

Warning, if you watch this film, be prepared for an ending so abrupt that the deceleration may cause whiplash! If ye is brave enough to watch this film, be prepared for a totally unsatisfying ending where absolutely nothing is resolved other than the sheriff still has no clue what is going on and the deputy for reasons that are lost on me, still is alive swinging his club around like a goof. Also, the makeup on the zombies makes the makeup in Hell of the Living Dead look Oscar worthy, but at the same time, the makeup on the zombies in Zombie Lake make the ones in this one look Oscar worthy, so while not good, not that bad either. There are some good kills and you get to witness the most realistic response ever put to film of what your dog would do if you were to be mortally wounded!The story, gators have become missing in the swamp and it takes nearly to the end for things to come together as we finally witness the most redneck houseboat party ever. A party where the interior was clearly not that of a houseboat, but rather a living room! A meteorite strikes and we get zombies in the swamp, not so much alien dead though. I would think something with alien in the title would do a bit more than stumble around like zombies and just eat people. It is up to a reporter, the female Shawn Michaels, her dad and the game warden to stop the alien undead and they fail, only taking out maybe two of the things...The makeup as I said is not top notch at all, but nor is it bottom of the barrel. Italian low budget zombie films tend to do better, but French ones do worse! Good gore here and there, but an overall cheap look to the film which is not surprising considering the 12,000 budget. No actors of note with the exception of Buster Krabbe who is not well known, but was in a lot of serials and such.So, not that good of a film, but kind of a fun watch as it is just so unintentionally funny. I was not laughing at the deputy's lame attempts at adding humor, but was laughing at that dog and when Shawn's dad died with the lamest death scream ever! The zombies are on the very inconsistent side as they take hails of bullets and other things, but one of them is taking with a wire pick comb. The ending is the absolute worst thing about this film though as in a zombie movie it is okay to depict the zombies triumphing, but you do not leave the heroes floating down the stream while the sheriff and his deputy who have been no use make a joke!
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