Saturday, July 13, 2013

Zombie Bloodbath 2: Rage of the Undead (1994)

In 1945 some thugs attack an old farmer and his wife because they supposedly have some gold. The thugs start slicing into the old lady and then zip zoom, some Satanic cult members in hoods pop up and make them pay with their lives. Oddly enough, one gets turned into a scarecrow. Weird.

Back in the present, three prison escapees end up at the farm. One steals a coat off the scarecrow who comes back to life and raises the dead.  So removing a coat from a scarecrow is always a bad idea?

To make matters more complicated, there's a group of college students whose van has broken down and they're hoping to use a phone.  Well, I'm not really sure how old they're supposed to be since they look far too old for college. But since the driver keeps saying his dad is going to kill him,  I pray they aren't supposed to be teenagers.

Meanwhile in town, some losers try to rob a Deli and end up torturing the people inside.  It appears to be filler until all our characters end up together and fight off a town full of zombies.

This is similar to the previous movie in that there is lots of padding. There are fights and running around without any real action or dialogue.  The losers in the Deli are ridiculous and the mentally challenged guy with the fish hat seemed to be turning into a zombie based on his pale complexion and black circles around the eyes. But he doesn't so it's just confusing.

The movie goes from color to black and white, and back within a scene, but there doesn't seem to be a real purpose to it. The Extras has footage from a local premiere (can't remember if it was for the first movie or this one).  So you've got to give credit to someone who manages to finish a film and do a premiere at a theater.  Then again, it's a pretty bad movie, and the acting is about as bad as the first one.

Ridiculous dialogue:

"[He says] I'm living in a so-called pipe dream." 

"All we know is they're out there and we're in her and that's all that matters." - this sounds like something out of Plan 9

"If a fugitive like Slade can learn the meaning of human life, maybe there's still hope." 


1945, a time of baseball hats with plastic fasteners
Get a good glimpse as you'll only see me in 1945. 
He's a one man army.
The worst tied hostages ever
A scene that goes randomly black and white...
...then back to color. And why is there a sheet draped
over the wall?
The kid whose dad is going to kill him for the car troubles?
The guy on the left.

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