Smartorhypo
Highly Overrated But Still Good
ShangLuda
Admirable film.
Maleeha Vincent
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
lordzedd-3
I got to admit, I'm a big of Fred Olen Ray, love him to death and most of his movies. So I don't blame him for the train wreck of the Alien Dead, I blame the co-writer Martin Nicholas who must have saved his life in 'Nam or something for Fred to keep working with him. He's a terrible writer and not a great actor. Anyway, I think I know Buster Crabbe died, he died of shame after watching ALIEN DEAD. That's right shame, this isn't grade Z, it's ZZ--. Here's why, one, they never showed the meteor that caused all this. Two, some of the zombies looked more like aliens rather then rotting humans and the one that did look human didn't look like they were under water for very long which means the Sheriff isn't doing his job right. The girls are pretty but that's not enough. It all ends up in a very weak climax that doesn't make any sense to me or any one with half of brain. THE BLACK HOLE
Steve Van Kooten
Not much blood or boobs. The Florida swamps are becoming infested by zombies that have, apparently, come from some sort of extraterrestrial shenanigans. It's up to the locals to stop or at least escape the terror. - - - Pretty much a reworking of "Attack of the Giant Leeches" that doesn't quite get over the hump from backyard production to amateur film. Fred Olen Ray, always liked him, tries hard and delivers some amusing scenes (the opening conversation is very Ed Wood-ian)and manages to keep the action going for the short running time. Still, the movie is too full of boring exposition and the action gets repetitive very quickly. There's entertainment to be had, I suppose, but it has the most value as a curious piece of Fred Olen Ray history. Not recommended.* out of 4
doom-of-our-time
I often assume that given enough booze and die hard awful movies watchers like myself, anything can be enjoyed. I'll tell you a tale of a time long ago (last summer actually) when i was a young naive fool who was still grabbing up terrible movies by random hoping for a gem or at least to have a good laugh with the friends. And then i found alien dead, Karma, divine retribution, whatever the cause we rented this terrible film. It was the first time we had to repeatedly fast forward through a movie praying for a quick end and with no hope in sight. The movie had very little to do with aliens and less to do with the dead. It was so poorly done and taken so seriously. It hurt me, in my heart, my soul even. I'm less of a human being now and i wish to be that innocent young man again who believed anything could be good. Damn you Alien dead, damn you.
polysicsarebest
I always heard that this was the absolute worst zombie movie of all time, but I'd much rather watch this than Zombie Nightmare, Revenge of the Dead, or Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things... definitely. You could do a lot worse than watching this movie, which actually has some pretty fun moments. I mean, people that this film was made for will probably find it appealing no matter what anyone says about it; anyone that is looking for a serious horror movie in here probably doesn't realize that the title of the movie is "ALIEN DEAD", which makes ME laugh quite a bit. Eh.This film, which was made for $12,000 (and they used every penny of it), is about a meteor crashing and turning rednecks into zombies. The film suffers from a really grainy look and features horrible sound (which may have been cleaned up for the recent DVD release.. whoopty doo). The editing is quite awful; there are a few times when they cut to another scene while someone is talking (kind of like near the end of Invasion of the Blood Farmers when the cop is talking and picks up the phone and says "F..." and then it cuts to a scene of a guy driving -- what?!).The story is terrible, the "effects" are terrible. A person will get killed, but the camera cuts away really quickly and then shows the aftermath of blood being in a big hole in a woman's chest. Or another woman will get stabbed with a pitchfork, but you won't see it actually enter the woman -- you'll just see the pitchfork sticking out of her back. It's quite laughably bad, but at least they tried to give some gore, with some of the zombies chomping on entrails. The musical score is cheesy but good; however, they actually use real country songs to add "ambience" to the redneck surroundings, which is hilariously awful. When it was over, I can safely say I wasn't bored and I distinctly remember enjoying myself throughout the whole thing. However, it's kind of hard to write a really detailed review for this, as this flick is pretty much unmemorable when it's all said and done.
