Night of the Dead (film)

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Night of the Dead
Directed by Eric Forsberg
Written byEric Forsberg
Produced byEric Forsberg
Starring
  • Louis Graham
  • Joey Jalalian
  • Gabriel Womack
  • Deirdre V. Lyons
  • Lola Forsberg
  • David Reynolds
Cinematography
  • John Bickford
  • David Frank
Edited byMary Ann Skweres
Music byRobert Bayless
Production
company
Cerebral Experiment
Distributed by The Asylum
Release date
  • June 28, 2006 (2006-06-28)(Los Angeles)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Night of the Dead is a 2006 American horror film written and directed by Eric Forsberg. It stars Louis Graham as Dr. Gabriel Schreklich, a scientist who seeks to resurrect his dead family.

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Plot

Dr. Gabriel Schreklich loses his wife and daughter. Distraught, he finds The Institute for Life Extension, where he tries to find a way to resurrect the dead. Schreklich's nephew, Peter, helps him not knowing that his pregnant wife, Anais, is in danger. Schreklich's experiments are a success, and his family is brought back to a semblance of life, but they are now ghouls, in pain and hungry for the flesh of the living. When they escape their confinement, the whole institute is put at risk.

Cast

Production

Night of the Dead was produced by director Eric Forsberg's own production company, Cerebral Experiment. Forsberg sold his house to finance the film. It was shot in a single location. [1]

Release

The original title for Night of the Dead was Night of the Leben Tod, which later turned into Night of the Dead: Leben Tod. The Asylum simplified the film's title to Night of the Dead when they purchased the movie in 2006. [2]

Reception

In The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2, Peter Dendle wrote that the film is a low budget ripoff of Re-Animator with minimal changes, such as changing the color of the reagent and giving the antagonist an occasional German accent. [3] Steve Anderson of Film Threat rated the film 1/5 stars and called it a low budget knockoff of Re-Animator. [4] Milos Jovanovic of HorrorTalk rated 3/5 stars and wrote, "Night of the Dead: Leben Tod is not quite Bad Taste or Braindead, but it's a step in that direction, and a good one." [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Foy, Scott (11 August 2006). "Forsberg, Eric (Snakes on a Train)". Dread Central . Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2012.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ Dendle, Peter (2012). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2: 2000-2010. McFarland & Company. p. 137. ISBN   9780786461639.
  4. ↑ Anderson, Steve (17 April 2007). "Night of the Dead (Leben Tod) (DVD)". Film Threat . Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Jovanovic, Milos (26 March 2009). "Night of the Dead: Leben Tod". HorrorTalk.com. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
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