The Supernaturals (1986)

Nichelle Nichols is an army sergeant who leads her platoon into the woods of the deep south on a training exercise. Unfortunately, it is the site where a bunch of yankee soldiers murdered a... See full summary »

Director:

Armand Mastroianni

Writers:

Joel Soisson, Michael S. Murphey

Stars:

Maxwell Caulfield, Nichelle Nichols, Talia Balsam

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Maxwell Caulfield	...	Pvt. Ray Ellis
Nichelle Nichols	...	Sgt. Leona Hawkins
Talia Balsam	...	Pvt. Angela Lejune
Bradford Bancroft	...	Pvt. Tom Weir
LeVar Burton	...	Pvt. Michael Osgood
Bobby Di Cicco	...	Pvt. Tim Cort
Scott Jacoby	...	Pvt. Chris Mendez
Richard Pachorek	...	Pvt. Ralph Sedgewick
John Zarchen	...	Pvt. Julius Engel
Margaret Shendal	...	Melanie
James Kirkwood Jr.	...	Captain (as James Kirkwood)
Patrick 'Grampy' Davis	...	Old Man (as Patrick Davis)
Robert V. Barron	...	Old Vet (as Robert Barron)
Chad Sheets	...	Jeremy
Mark Schneider	...	Recruit #1

Storyline

Nichelle Nichols is an army sergeant who leads her platoon into the woods of the deep south on a training exercise. Unfortunately, it is the site where a bunch of yankee soldiers murdered a town of confederates. The corpses of the dead soldiers rise up to wreak revenge.

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Plot Keywords:

sergeant | shot between the eyes | death | impalement | minefield | 

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Taglines:

There are strangers in the woods and a century of hatred is about to erupt.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 May 1986 (France)

Also Known As:

Ekdikisi apo to parelthon

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Maurice Gibb, who has a cameo appearance in the movie as a Union Soldier, was originally slated to do the score. A cut of the movie with his score is circulating but the released version features that of Robert O. Ragland instead.

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Quotes

Pvt. Michael Osgood: I've never seen a white boy run like that!

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Connections

References Night of the Living Dead (1968)

User Reviews

Very cheesy...

I am a huge fan of zombie movies, so, when I found this one, I jumped to the chance of renting it. And then I knew I made a bad choice.

The movie is about a group of army recruits being led into the backwoods by their head sergeant, Uhura from Star Trek. And I'll be damned if this wasn't another sequel to those Police Academy movies or something. From that marching band music, to goofy acting, to constant joking, and so on, I was really thinking this was like the 8th sequel, "Assignment in Alabama" or something. And that wasn't a good sign.

Eventually, some "supernatural" stuff starts to happen, relating back to some flashback of a kid walking through a minefield with all these Confederate soldiers, only to have all of them blown away, except for him. A very cheesy scene. There's this woman the group finds, and apparently, they have no questioning as to who she really is, or what she's doing there. She's just with them now.

I was starting to fall asleep until finally some guy got killed by two zombies in an underground bunker. Then there's that, "We've found a body, now let's find the killer" scheme until finally, that night, there is...yes...a shoot-out between zombies--which we barely ever see--and the recruits, who are getting killed left and right. But it's no bloodbath.

There's a lot of scenes with this one guy and the zombies, while Uhura and some other chick hide behind rocks with a few other survivors and shoot at zombies. It was all really lame, until the terrible ending that had nothing resembling a climax. And then it ended. We saw an equivalent of ten zombies in the whole movie, uninteresting deaths, and basically no horror. Skip this one. It's not only a bad zombie movie, it's a bad horror movie in total.