Review – Garden of the Dead

My dad took me to a drive-in showing of this “masterpiece” when it was first released or thereabouts, making it the first zombie movie I ever saw. Inmates escape from a prison camp only to be gunned down by the ruthless warden and his staff. Little do the forces of law and order know that these guys have secretly been getting high on formaldehyde fumes, pre-pickling them into the walking dead. I remembered it as being both longer and scarier than it turned out to be, but then I was only six or so when I saw it the first time. Also note: this viewing was via a DVD released by Troma, which included a long introduction that couldn’t be skipped or even fast-forwarded. The disc also included two other movies I didn’t have the stomach to even try watching. See if desperate