Alien Dead (1980)

Director:

Fred Olen Ray

Writers:

Fred Olen Ray (screenplay) &
Martin Nicholas (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 June 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

They're consuming every living creature in sight!

Plot:

A meteor strikes a houseboat in the swamps near a southern town populated by Yankees with fake accents...

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Zombie | Meteor | Teen | Alien

Cast

Buster Crabbe	...	Sheriff Kowalski
Ray Roberts	...	Tom Corman
Linda Lewis	...	Shawn Michaels
George Kelsey	...	Emmet Michaels
Mike Bonavia	...	Miller Haze
Dennis Underwood	...	Deputy Campbell
John Leirier	...	Paisley
Rich Vogan	...	Krelboin
Martin Nicholas	...	Doc Ellerbe (as Martin Alan Nicholas)
Norman Riggins	...	Mr. Griffith
Nancy Kranz	...	Mrs. Griffith (as Nancy Karnz)
Ellena Contello	...	Mae Hawkins (closing credits) (as Ellena Contella)
Shelley Youngren	...	Angry Wife
Fred Olen Ray	...	Pool Player
Chuck Sumner	...	Gordon

Also Known As:

It Fell from the Sky
Swamp of the Blood Leeches
The Alien Dead (UK) (video title)

Runtime:

USA:74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R | Iceland:(Banned)

Filming Locations:

Florida, USA

Company:

Firebird Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: Towards the end of the film a woman gets attacked after running away from hers and her boyfriend's broken down car. You see a zombie eating what is supposed to be her severed right hand but in one of the following shots you can see her right hand still attached to the body

Movie Connections:

References The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

Unfortunately this movie is not rare enough

Here's another 80's gem from the king of cheese director Fred Olen Ray, in which one suspects the most costly item in its production was having the artwork made for its rental box. A meteor strikes a house boat deep in the swamp killing everyone aboard, but soon thereafter they come back to "life" as poorly made-up living corpses to munch on the living, whom for the most part just stand there and let them do it.

The script, editing, acting and makeup effects are breath taking in how awful they are, yet its way too long and tedious to be unintentionally funny, life is too short to waste it watching a film like this. Only note worthy thing is that former "Flash Gordon" Buster Crabbe almost ended his career like a dying scream doing this one, fortunately it can at least be said that this wasn't his last film.

1 out of 10, even fans of movies like "Plan 9 from Outer Space" will be appalled by this one, avoid it at all costs.