Dead Heat (1988)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Mark Goldblatt

Writer:

Terry Black (written by)

Release Date:

6 May 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

These cops are on the biggest murder case of their lives... their own.

Plot:

Roger Mortis and Doug Bigelow are cops that are chasing crooks that are dead serious about crime. Or...

Plot Keywords:

Zombie | Police | Reanimation | Human Experiment | Voodoo

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Treat Williams	...	Det. Roger Mortis
Joe Piscopo	...	Det. Doug Bigelow
Lindsay Frost	...	Randi James
Darren McGavin	...	Dr. Ernest McNab
Vincent Price	...	Arthur P. Loudermilk
Clare Kirkconnell	...	Dr. Rebecca Smythers
Keye Luke	...	Mr. Thule
Robert Picardo	...	Lieutenant Herzog
Mel Stewart	...	Captain Mayberry
Professor Toru Tanaka	...	Butcher
Martha Quinn	...	Newscaster
Ben Mittleman	...	Bob
Peter Kent	...	Smitty
Cate Caplin	...	Saleswoman
Monica Lewis	...	Mrs. Von Heisenberg

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Australia:M | France:-12 | Norway:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Helpern / Meltzer

Trivia:

The lead character is called Roger Mortis. Mortis is the Latin word for "death".

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Bigelow throws the zombie chicken into the grinder in the Chinese restaurant, it is clearly visible that he misses. In the very next shot the chicken is in the grinder.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Doug Bigelow: Roger, I think this is the end of a beautiful friendship.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Zombie Cop (1991)

Soundtrack:

Dead Heat

The greatest zombie cop, buddy movie ever!

I'll warn you, this is a very cheesy film. It's full of bad jokes and bad acting, but it's a guilty pleasure of mine. It's hailed, primarily by me, as the single greatest zombie-cop, buddy movie ever made. It is hailed by a fair number of those I have subjected to it as the worst movie they've ever seen. I can admit it, it's not Shakespeare, but if you like cheesy 80's horror and watered down pseudo-Lovecraft or even, *shudder* Joe Piscopo, then I encourage you to give it a try.