Dorm of the Dead

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Dorm of the Dead
Directed byDonald Farmer
Written byDonald Farmer
Produced byJackie Napoli
StarringJackey Hall
Andrea Brooke Ownbey
Tiffany Shepis
Ciara Richards
Adrianna Eder
CinematographyDonald Farmer
Chris Watson
Edited byAllan McCall
Distributed byUnder the Bed Films
Release date
  • September 18, 2007 (2007-09-18) [1]
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Dorm of the Dead is a 2007 American horror film directed and written by Donald Farmer. It stars Jackey Hall, Ciara Richards and Adrianna Eder as college students who must survive a zombie attack.

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Plot

A professor returns to Arkham University with the blood of a zombie. As he tests it on the students, Amy accidentally initiates a zombie attack. During the confusion, bully Clare targets goths Sarah and Allison for involuntary conversion into zombies.

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Release

Dorm of the Dead was released on home video September 18, 2007. [1]

Reception

Melissa Bostaph of Dread Central rated the film 1.5/5 stars and called it a "bullshit film" that had no effort put into it. [2] Brandon Ciampaglia of IGN rated the film 0/10 stars and wrote, "It is in our professional opinion that this catastrophe never be watched by anyone – ever." [3] Nick Lyons of DVD Talk rated the film 0.5/5 and called it an insult to the word film. [4] Mac McEntire of DVD Verdict described the film as "amateur hour" and technically incompetent. [5] Peter Dendle called it a "boring, amateurish production". [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Condit, Jon (2007-09-17). "DVD Releases: Sounds Like Death". Dread Central . Retrieved 2013-12-12.
  2. ↑ Bostaph, Melissa (2007-10-28). "Dorm of the Dead (DVD)". Dread Central . Retrieved 2013-12-12.
  3. ↑ Ciampaglia, Brandon (2007-11-01). "Dorm of the Dead DVD Review". IGN . Retrieved 2013-12-12.
  4. ↑ Lyons, Nick (2007-09-25). "Dorm of the Dead". DVD Talk . Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  5. ↑ McEntire, Mac (2008-01-03). "Dorm Of The Dead". DVD Verdict . Retrieved 2013-12-12.
  6. ↑ Dendle, Peter (2012). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia: 2000-2010. McFarland Publishing. pp. 86–87. ISBN   9780786492886.


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