Island of the Dead (TV 2000)Stranded on a deserted island, a group of people struggle to survive against a swarm of supernatural flies. Director:Tim Southam |
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Island of the Dead (TV 2000)Stranded on a deserted island, a group of people struggle to survive against a swarm of supernatural flies. Director:Tim Southam |
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Melissa O'Keefe
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Tony Matos
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Kent McQuaid | ... |
James Neely
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Robbie J
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Rodger Mackloe
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Dwight Truman
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Michel Perron | ... |
Captain Chanon
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Daniel Pilon | ... |
Mayor
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Reporter
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Guard
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City Mortician
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Philip Le Maistre | ... |
Squeegee Man
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Andy Bradshaw | ... |
Inmate #1
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Robert Daviau | ... |
Crewman #1
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The people of New York have been burying their unknown dead on Hart Island since 1869. Now real estate tycoon Rupert King wants to build what he calls "Hope City", supposedly to help the poor and homeless of the city "get a leg up", on this same island, with no thought of the current million or so "residents". Accompanied by a New York cop looking for a missing girl's body and some reluctant employees of the Department of Corrections, King makes his way to the island for the ground-breaking ceremony. But when his personal assistant goes missing, and night falls on the island, dark secrets are revealed, not only about the island itself, but King's "noble" plans for it as well. And the island's residents, with their souls in the form of countless and lethal flies, have no intention of being ignored. Written by EllenRipley112
Just awful. Horrible. No redeeming qualities in this one, which isn't always bad for a b-flick -- as long as it doesn't take itself seriously. This one does, though, and its all the worse for it.
There is no plot. There are flies killing people on an island off NYC used to bury the unclaimed dead (hence the title). Not giant flies or special flies, just flies. Why are flies killing people? No explanation is even attempted. They just are.
This movie proves once and for all that Malcolm McDowell's career is over. Everyone involved with this piece of trash needs to be spanked by the ghost of Ed Wood.
I have my own theory about why there are so many flies in this movie. Flies love feces.