No Hope November - Day 22 - "The Video Dead"

No Hope November continues with a movie typical of its time. In 1987 there were so many corny and silly horror movies being released, and "The Video Dead" was one of them. It is not the greatest thing ever, or necessarily even good, but it represents an era and type of film that I have a lot of love for. Light horror with some dark humor. Basic plot is a delivery truck is suppose to deliver a TV set to the Institute for Paranormal Research, but mistakenly take it to a guys house. He plugs it in and finds it only works on one channel and continually plays the same movie over and over, "Zombie Blood Nightmare." A black and white zombie flick. Somehow, zombies escape from the movie and come out of the television and kill the dude. Months later a new family moves into the home and finds the TV in the attic. When the family plugs the TV in more zombie madness and mayhem ensues. The rest of the story is trying to stop the horrors that are happening. It's actually a pretty cool movie and like I said, a real product of its time. As an example, at one point Zoe, the teenage daughter that moved into the house, is asked what she plans to study in college. She responds that she is planning on studying aerobics. It doesn't
get much more 1987 than that. These are the small touches that cause me to feel nostalgic and truly enjoy movies like The Video Dead.