Dance of the Dead (11 Nov. 2005)

In a post-apocalypse society, 17-year-old Peggy lives with her over-protective mother and works in her restaurant. She misses her sister Anna, who died some time ago. When two couples of ... See full summary »

Director:

Tobe Hooper

Writers:

Mick Garris (creator), Richard Christian Matheson (teleplay),

Stars:

Emily Anne Graham, Genevieve Buechner, Margot Berner

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Emily Anne Graham	...	Young Peggy (as Emily Graham)
Genevieve Buechner	...	Young Anna
Margot Berner	...	Marie
Marilyn Norry	...	Kate
Sharon Heath	...	Gerri
Jessica Lowndes	...	Peggy
Robert Englund	...	The MC
Ryan McDonald	...	Boxx
Jonathan Tucker	...	Jak
Don MacKay	...	Steven
Karen Austin	...	Quinn
Lucie Guest	...	Celia
Erica Carroll	...	Mia
Fraser Aitcheson	...	Giant Door Guy (as Darren Aitcheson)
Julia Barrick Taffe	...	Loopy Girl #1 (as Julia Taffe)

Storyline

In a post-apocalypse society, 17-year-old Peggy lives with her over-protective mother and works in her restaurant. She misses her sister Anna, who died some time ago. When two couples of punks come to the place to eat some hamburgers, Peggy feels attracted to Jak, who invites her to go out on date with him later. Peggy goes out with Jak without telling her mother, and they go across town to a dark place, the Doom Room, where the master of ceremony is the ringmaster of a freak show with dead. The MC injects blood in the dead, and they dance on a ring for the exalted audience. When Peggy sees her undead sister Anna dancing in the show, the MC discloses the truth about her presence in the circus.

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Plot Keywords:

corpse | overprotective mother | post apocalypse | coffee | person on fire | 

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 November 2005 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Columbia Production Tax Credit, IDT Entertainment, Industry Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

59 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

M.C.: You're funny. That'll destroy you some day.

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Soundtracks

"At Least You Bought Her Flowers"
performed by Fall River

User Reviews

Dystopian

Tobe Hooper's Dance of the Dead is never going to win over the usual horror crowd. Why's that? Well because it focuses on meaning, message and character as opposed to jumps, gore and kills. For those who watch a horror film just for the kills and gore, give up and go back to The Horror Channel.

"Dance of the Dead". Tells a story of a angst ridden youth of America, brought on by a total disregard for human safety by those in power. A theme that's becoming more popular in the horror genre with Alexandre Aja's "The Hills Have Eyes" remake. There are no monsters here, save for the corrupted and corroded humanity of the characters.

A true Masters of Horror episode in that it's directed by Hooper (Whose "Poltergeist" would go on to inspire "Ringu") and based on the short story by Richard Matheson ("I am Legend" and "The Incredible Shrinking Man" are widely considered some of the best sci-fi, and in the case of the former, sci-fi/horror novels around). Hooper captured some of that foreboding, and pessimistic view of that master write Matheson, although hardly to the standard that the novel "I am Legend" did.