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The Dead Next Door is a 1989 zombie horror film written, produced and directed by J. R. Bookwalter.
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Directed by | J. R. Bookwalter |
Written by | J. R. Bookwalter |
Produced by | J. R. Bookwalter |
Starring | Bruce Campbell Pete Ferry Bogdan Pecic Michael Grossi Phil Critchfield |
Cinematography | Michael Tolochko Jr. |
Edited by | J. R. Bookwalter |
Music by | J. R. Bookwalter |
Production companies | Amsco Studios Suburban Tempe Company |
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Running time | 84 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
In the near future, the world falls victim to a plague of violent carnivorous undead humans, and a black-ops elite team of soldiers, nicknamed the "Zombie Squad", has been enlisted by the government as exterminators to control the growing epidemic. While on a series of routine containment missions, the soldiers stumble upon a mysterious religious cult which wishes to protect and enable the zombies, believing them to be a punishment ordained by God. Within their compound may be a cure to the virus causing the plague.
Sam Raimi served as executive producer on the film under the pseudonym 'The Master Cylinder' using a portion of his payment from Evil Dead II.[1] Bruce Campbell supervised post-production sound and dubbed the voices of two characters, Raimi and Cmdr. Carpenter.[2] The movie was produced over nearly four years, in Akron, Ohio. Although unsure of the exact figure, in an interview director J. R. Bookwalter estimated that the film cost $125,000 to produce.[3]
The film was shot on Super-8, which is an amateur grade film generally only used for making home movies. Everyone involved worked on the film for a deferred salary.[3] The film is notable for highly graphic gore effects.
AllMovie wrote, "very stylish for what is essentially an epic-scale home movie [...], this remains Bookwalter's best effort", comparing the film's fast pace to that of a "live-action video game".[4]
The score for the film was composed by director J. R. Bookwalter. The soundtrack has been released on CD and in MP3 format by Tempesound.[5]
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