SGM Month of Halloween Horror Movie for October 23

"Dead Next Door" (1988)

From the back of the box: "Writer/Producer/Director J.R. Bookwalter spent nearly 4 years - with the help of an uncredited, now-legendary Hollywood Director¹ - creating this low-budget yet ultra-violent epic about a nationwide attack by hungry hordes of the living dead. From the the spectacle of zombies on the White House lawn to its relentless scenes of flesh-ripping carnage, this is the splatter sensation that Dark Star calls 'a no-holds-barred, laugh-a-minute gorefest.' True independent filmmaking doesn't come from bloated celebrities in Sundance; it lives - and screams - in the heart, soul and blood-drenched guts of the cult classic 'The Dead Next Door!'"

The haiku review
J.R. Bookwalter
Four years he'll never see back
Romero, he ain't

What rocked: Mercer the zombie supercop; he's half-man, half-zombie, ALL COP!

What sucked: Yet another film that takes the cheeky "homage" route of naming characters after horror film directors.

¹Sam Raimi