During a drug raid, a narcotics officer confronts a strange Voodoo priest named Dr. Death, who is chanting. The officer and the priest shoot it out and they both wind up dead. Later, the two rise from their graves and return to the land of the living as zombies. Dr. Death is resurrected with a new mission in mind, to take over the world. The "zombie" cop enlists the aid of his old police buddies to stop the mad priest.
Practical Effects
Gloriously cheap zombie makeup that flakes off mid-scene.
Direction
Bookwalter's ambitious shot-on-video resourcefulness.
Director
J.R. Bookwalter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
J.R. Bookwalter shot this on Super-8 and 16mm for roughly $3,000, then blew it up to 35mm for distribution. The grain is practically a cast member.
This emerged from Ohio's 1980s-90s SOV horror underground, where filmmakers like Bookwalter proved you didn't need Hollywood to make 'Dead Next Door' and launch a micro-empire.
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