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Overview

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Director:

Bob Clark

Writer:

Alan Ormsby (writer)

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Release Date:

30 August 1974 (USA) more

Genre:

Horror | War more

Tagline:

See the Shattering Suspense From the Start! more

Plot:

A young man killed in Vietnam inexplicably returns home as a zombie. full summary | add synopsis

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Awards:

1 win more

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(6 articles)

Back Catalogue #4: Vci Entertainment
 (From Fangoria. 26 October 2009, 4:34 AM, PDT)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
John Marley ... Charles Brooks
Lynn Carlin ... Christine Brooks
Richard Backus ... Andy Brooks
Henderson Forsythe ... Dr. Philip Allman
Anya Ormsby ... Cathy Brooks
Jane Daly ... Joanne
Michael Mazes ... Bob
Arthur Anderson ... Postman
Arthur Bradley ... George, Army Captain
David Gawlikowski ... Truck Driver
Virginia Cortez ... Rosalie, diner waitress
Bud Hoey ... Ed, diner cook
Robert R. Cannon ... Drunk in diner
Raymond Michel ... Policeman in Diner
Jeff Becker ... Young Boy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Deathdream (USA) (reissue title)
Night Walk
Soif de sang (Canada: French title) (video title)
The Night Andy Came Home
The Veteran
Whispers (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:

88 min | Belgium:98 min (video version)

Country:

USA | Canada | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | France:-12 | Argentina:16 (re-rating) | Argentina:X (original rating) | Australia:R | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:18 | USA:PG | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:M (2005 re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Brooksville, Florida, USA

Company:

Impact Films more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Tom Savini's first film as a make-up artist. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Tom Savini: The Early Years (2004) (V) more


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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Superb horror, 14 January 2004
Author: fertilecelluloid from Mountains of Madness

This is a horror film that expands the boundaries of the genre.

Put simply, it is a film about a dead man walking, but this dead man "died" in Vietnam before he returned home and his unexpected arrival opens many wounds within his family and amongst old flames and acquaintances.

Director Bob Clark is not satisfied depicting returned vet "Andy" as a zombie. Although he does crave human flesh and speaks infrequently, part of the film's charm is the reaction of people to the dead man's less-than-chipper mood.

Shots of Andy rocking like an autistic child are priceless, as is a "conversation" Andy has with the mailman who laments the returned boys "we should have lost". The family pet is not exactly Andy's best friend anymore, either.

John Marley as Charles Brooks, Andy's dad, is really great here. Although he tries hard to accept the new Andy, we really experience his gradual realization and disappointment that Andy is not the same Andy anymore.

Jim Backus is brilliant as the undead vet. He uses his voice to convey Andy's apparent indifference to life back home and adopts a strange, somnambulistic gait.

Technically adequate for a low budgeter, the film's richness of character and situation never shifts our attention to any production deficits.

One of the best horror films ever.

Truly creepy and, ultimately, very sad.



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