Dead & Deader (TV 2006)

After he's bitten by a scorpion carrying a zombie virus, a tough soldier survives the infection, becoming only half zombie. Once back in the US, he finds himself fighting his former comrades in arms, all of whom are turning into zombies!

Director:

Patrick Dinhut

Writers:

Mark A. Altman, Steven Kriozere

Stars:

John Billingsley, Dean Cain, Colleen Camp

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Billingsley	...	Langdon
Dean Cain	...	Lt. Bobby Quinn
Colleen Camp	...	Mrs. Wisteria
Greg Collins	...	Captain Niles
Ellie Cornell	...	Dr. Adams
Affion Crockett	...	Private Connery
Esteban Cueto	...	Sgt. Cruz
Peter Greene	...	Dr. Scott
Dean Haglund	...	Funeral Home Director
Brent Huff	...	Officer Raimi
Jamie Kaler	...	Private Lazenby
Steven Kriozere	...	Officer Campbell (as Steve Kriozere)
Natassia Malthe	...	Dr. Boyce
Mark McGraw	...	MP
Ho-Sung Pak	...	Superstar Merc

Storyline

After he's bitten by a scorpion carrying a zombie virus, a tough soldier survives the infection, becoming only half zombie. Once back in the US, he finds himself fighting his former comrades in arms, all of whom are turning into zombies!

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Plot Keywords:

zombie | scorpion | infection | virus | female nudity | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 December 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dead and Deader

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mindfire Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Several characters were named for various famous people: Pvt. Connery and Pvt. Lazenby, the two soldiers in the truck transporting one of the infected, were named after Sean Connery and George Lazenby, who both played James Bond ("The best James Bond" was the topic of conversation between the two). Officer Raimi is named for Sam Raimi, director of the "Evil Dead" series of movies. Officer Campbell is named for Bruce Campbell, star of the "Evil Dead" series. Additionally, the character Armin Shimerman, plays is named Coroner Flutie. Previously, Shimerman had a recurring role on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as Principal Snyder. The character he replaced on that show (after he was murdered by students) was Principal Flutie.

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Goofs

As the zombie enters the kitchen where Hieronymous Judson is working, the shot cuts between a view from the doorway and a view from the other side of the room looking back to the door. As it does, the heavy-duty meat cleaver alternates between the blade being horizontal to the cutting board and up at a 45-degree angle. The entire time, Judson's hands are busy with a dead chicken he has already cut.

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Quotes

Holly: Dead or alive, men are all the same.

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Connections

References Dawn of the Dead (2004)

User Reviews

funny zombie action

This movie was much much better than what I was expecting. The action was exciting, the acting decent, and the writing very funny. It had a ton of "in jokes" for horror movie fans, and movie buffs in general. Although it was mostly a comedy, it wasn't light on horror, action or gore. The main villain was very creepy in a soft-spoken way. Susan Ward's character was awesome! Tough and sexy, yet a movie geek at heart. Where can I find a woman like that? haha The zombies in the film were great! They had the zombie-walk down, but were a bit quicker than the average Romero ghoul. My only complaint is the bitten victims became zombies a little too quickly. The whole scorpion thing was an interesting twist also. All in all, an excellent movie. I can't wait to own it when it comes out on DVD.