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 (as Bill Hinzman)

Writers:

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

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:

extreme violence | gory violence | child murder | eaten alive | graphic violence | 

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Together with S. William Hinzman more or less reprising his role from Night of the Living Dead (1968), Vincent D. Survinski reprises his role as Vince, the posse gunman.

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Goofs

When the guy repairing the tractor is killed by the farmer zombie, there is a hat atop the tractor. When the girl going for cigarettes turns up seconds later and then runs off again, the hat is missing.

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Quotes

Sheriff: Give me your attention, men. I want you to understand we have a dangerous situation here. I've already lost one man. Most of you knew Harv Morgan. I want to get those things that killed him. Now, we are going to split up into groups. No less than two people to a group. We're going to head west until we meet up with the group coming from the east with Deputy Gary.
Posse Member: What are we looking for?
Posse Member: Yeah, Sheriff. What are these things?
Sheriff: They're dead things. They're dead, and they're attacking people.

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Crazy Credits

The characters and events depicted in the motion picture entitled "FLESHEATER" are fictional. Any similarity to actual persons living, dead, or the living dead, or to actual events or places is purely coincidental.

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Alternate Versions

The 1993 UK Vipco video version (released as "Zombie Nosh") was cut by 1 minute 41 secs by the BBFC to remove a disemboweling scene, the flesheater forcing his hand through a topless girl's stomach and shots of a topless female zombie eating a corpse, and to heavily edit a scene where a girl is chased around a bedroom and bitten. The cuts were fully restored for the 2003 DVD release.

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Connections

Featured in FleshEater: Back Into the Woods (2003)

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Soundtracks

Working for the Weekend
Written by Danny Fehl
Performed by HEDGG
Guitar leads by David Haywiser

User Reviews

First there was Romero, than Fulci and Mattei, now Hinzman unleashes more undead spendor

Bill Hinzman's creation is one of so much imagination that even a lesser budget couldn't stifle it. I have not seen a film this inventive from a zombie film making newcomer, since Bruno Mattei's Hell of the Living Dead. Definitely the best horror film made in the 90's. Seeing a stellar effort such as this, gives me hope for the future of horror.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 March 1989 (Japan)

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