‘The beginning of the end’
Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation is a 2012 horror film prequel to Night of the Living Dead 3D. (2006). The movie stars Andrew Divoff, Jeffrey Combs, Sarah Lieving (The Amityville Terror; Big Bad Bugs) and Denice Duff.
Plot:
Pyrophobic mortician Gerald Tovar, Jr. inherits the family mortuary and accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste.
As the corpses reanimate, Gerald’s inheritance-seeking younger brother, Harold, unexpectedly shows up and stumbles upon Gerald trying to keep the zombie outbreak under control.
Sibling rivalry gives way to madness as Harold discovers Gerald’s dark secret–the freshly exhumed and zombified corpse of their father…
Reviews:
” …don’t really feel that it’s either creepy enough or funny enough, although still enjoyable… it almost feels like a TV show… I don’t really know what they want with the movie, and I would have given the digital effects a second spin.” Cinezilla
“I suppose NOTLD3D:R-A holds a curiosity factor among those wishing to see Divoff act alongside Re-Animator‘s Jeffrey Combs, who plays Gerald’s no-good, conspiracy-prone teabagger brother. To horror-con geeks, this sounds akin to Pacino and De Niro’s diner scene in Heat. It’s not; it’s the gum under the table at that diner. And I like both actors.” Flick Attack
“Both Divoff & Combs are great to see but only Divoff has anything really meaty to sink his teeth in. Combs feels really under-used in the end & it’s a pity we didn’t get to see a bit more from him. Thankfully the duo’s interaction & conversations keep the movie afloat.” Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life
“When it comes to the zombies, they will finally make an appearance, I promise. It’s just that you have to sit through so much to get to them. Even then, it’s a wonder that they bothered. The zombies do just as little as Combs and Divoff did, stumbling around the mortuary polishing off minor characters and not even threatening a mass break-out.” Popcorn Pictures
“The gore is shiny and doesn’t merge well with the picture. It makes zombie-slaying boring and takes you out of the film altogether. The performances are the major reason to watch it. The two leads, perfect in their respective roles, do miracles when the dialogue doesn’t.” Tales of Terror
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Choice dialogue:
Harold Tovar: “Are they slow? Are they shamblers or sprinters?”
Gerald Tovar, Jr: “I want no part of disrespecting the dead!”
Cast and characters:
Andrew Divoff … Gerald Tovar, Jr.
Jeffrey Combs … Harold Tovar
Sarah Lieving … Cristie Forrest
Robin Sydney … DyeAnne
Adam Chambers … Russell
Scott Thomson … Werner Gottshok
Melissa Jo Bailey … Aunt Lou
Denice Duff … Sister Sara
Rhonda Aldrich … Honey Del Amo
Mark Sikes … Francis Del Amo
Andra Kokott … Mrs Block
Ray Zone … Dead Man in Casket/Peter Block
Kyle Morris … Eric Hadley
Luis Accinelli … Gerald Tovar Sr/Zombie
Max Taylor … Young Gerald Jr
Tyler Moore … WHNZ Radio Announcer (voice)
Graham Hart … Van Driver
Walter Phelan … Worm-eye zombie/Jaw zombie
Neil D’Monte … Bobby Kimball zombie
Brad S. Clayton … Cemetery Zombie
Graham Denman … Aunt Lou Killer Zombie
Dennis Hayden … Tall Zombie
Lizelle Brandt … Scary Cute Asian Zombie
Paris Duff … Teenager Zombie
Brittani McNeal … Goth Zombie
Lisa Lowry … TeaBagger Hat Lady zombie
Kendra James … Angry Soccer Mom zombie
Chad Ambrose … Biker zombie
Justin Apone … Faceless Zombie
Notes:
The film mocks ignorant right-wing politician Sarah Palin in the character of ‘Sister Sara’ (who works for a news outlet called ‘Fixed News’, a spoof of ‘Fox News’) and makes references to the original 1968 Night of the Living Dead film with comments such as “They’re Romero zombies” and “Pittsburgh is the zombie capital.” It also includes jokes about tea-baggers, Dick Cheney and the Republican party.
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