Following the 9/11 attacks, the war on terror against Afghanistan continues. With the Taliban insurgents hiding out in the mountains however, they become increasingly difficult for the US military to engage. The solution is to try and flush them out by adding low level chemicals to the water supply. Little do the USA know however that enemy scientists have adapted the chemicals to make their own formula, one that can bring the dead back to life.
Practical Effects
Zombie makeup that looks like Halloween store clearance.
Writing
Dialogue so wooden it could be Taliban bunkers.
Director
John Lyde
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Obama's 2012 re-election, this embodies a specific era of direct-to-video exploitation reacting to post-9/11 anxieties.
Director John Lyde primarily worked in Mormon cinema before this — yes, really — making Osombie his unholy pivot to secular exploitation horror.
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