FleshEater (1988)

A group of college students on an overnite hayride come across a group of maneating zombies. They must fight for their lives while trying to escape and warn the authorities.

Director:

S. William Hinzman

Writers:

S. William Hinzman (story), S. William Hinzman (screenplay),

Stars:

S. William Hinzman, John Mowod, Leslie Ann Wick

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
S. William Hinzman	...	FleshEater (as Bill Hinzman)
John Mowod	...	Bob
Leslie Ann Wick	...	Sally
Kevin Kindlin	...	Ralph
Charis Kirkpatrik Acuff	...	Lisa
James J. Rutan	...	Eddie
Lisa Smith	...	Kim
Denise Morrone	...	Carrie
Mark Strycula	...	Bill
Kathleen Marie Rupnik	...	Julie
Matthew C. Danilko	...	Tony
David A. Sodergren	...	Farmer Dave
Tom Madden	...	Tractor Driver (as Tom 'Where R.U.' Madden)
David Ashby	...	Harv
Terrie Godfrey	...	Dispatcher (as Theresa Marie)

Storyline

A group of teenagers, taking a nocturnal hayride come across the grave of a man. Little did they know that this deceased man is a zombie. One by one, the actual living are falling victim and becoming zombies. Eventually there are zombies everywhere, and someone needs to stop them, but who?

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Plot Keywords:

hayride | zombie | axe in the head | splatter | impalement | 

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Taglines:

He lived, he died, he's back, and he's hungry!

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 August 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Flesh Eater

Filming Locations:

Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

H&G Films Ltd., Hinzman

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Together with S. William Hinzman more or less reprising his role from Night of the Living Dead, Vincent D. Survinski reprises his role as Vince, the posse gunman.

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Goofs

When the tractor driver is pulled away from the flesheater's coffin, the wire that pulls him back is clearly visible.

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Quotes

Eddie: Well excuse me boss, I must've come up here with the wrong impression, I thought we were here to have fun!

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Connections

References Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)

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Soundtracks

"Starting Over"
Written by Danny Fehl
Performed by HEDGG

User Reviews

Predictable but still not bad

As other reviewers have mentioned, Flesheater stars Bill Hinzman of Night of the Living Dead fame as the title zombie in an all out attack in the undead. The film by no means gets close to the entertainment level of the movie it draws inspiration from, Night of the Living Dead, but is still entertaining to a degree despite being highly predictable. As stated before, a farmer uncovers a wooden box with a bizarre warning on it that had obviously been buried for decades, and upon opening it releases the zombie Hinzman who starts his rampage of undead terror. The acting is not the greatest and the story drags at times, but some scenes are pretty spooky, such as when Hinzman and some other zombies wander into town and attack a family in a suburban house. The ending, which I won't reveal here, is highly predictable and you can see it coming a long time off. All in all, Flesheater may not be the greatest horror film ever made, or even a great zombie movie, but it's not totally awful, either.