Review – Revenge of the Dead

Revenge of the Bad Italian Filmmakers is more like it. I rented this barker because I thought it would be a zombie movie in the Romero tradition. As it turns out, the plot involves a mystifying and uninteresting scheme to re-animate the dead. Some young guy stumbles upon the conspiracy after he deciphers the remains of a letter left on the ribbon from a pawn-shop typewriter. Zombies do turn out to be the menace, but they don’t make a significant appearance until more than two-thirds of the way through. There is a slightly chilling moment right at the end, but it’s far too little and way too late to justify the whispered dialogue, eardrum-splitting music, and general ennui that makes up most of the rest of the movie. Wish I’d skipped it