The Dead Hate the Living! (Video 2000)

When a renegade band of young filmmakers break into an abandoned hospital to make their horror epic, they stumble upon a real dead body and decide to use it in their movie. They ... See full summary »

Director:

Dave Parker

Writer:

Dave Parker

Stars:

Eric Clawson, Jamie Donahue, Brett Beardslee

Cast

Credited cast:
Eric Clawson	...	David Poe
Jamie Donahue	...	Topaz
Brett Beardslee	...	Paul
Wendy Speake	...	Shelly Poe
Benjamin P. Morris	...	Eric
Rick Irwin	...	Marcus
David Douglas	...	Chas
Matt Stephens	...	Dr. Eibon
Kimberly Pullis	...	Nina Poe
Andre 'Doc' Newman	...	Maggot
Matthew McGrory	...	Gaunt
Ariauna Albright	...	Ellie Eibon
Anthony C. Ferrante	...	Store Customer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brooke Bund	...	Zombie Corps (as Jeff and Brooke Bond)
Jeff Bund	...	Zombie Corps (as Jeff and Brooke Bond)

Storyline

When a renegade band of young filmmakers break into an abandoned hospital to make their horror epic, they stumble upon a real dead body and decide to use it in their movie. They accidentally bring it back to life, open a portal to a dead world that releases dozens of other zombies, then struggle for their lives in a desperate attempt to flee from the creatures who apparently have them hopelessly trapped in the hospital.

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Plot Keywords:

brother sister relationship | b movie | scientific experiment | blood | movie director | 

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Genres:

Horror | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence/gore, language and some sexual content

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

October 2001 (France)

Also Known As:

Les morts haïssent les vivants

Box Office

Budget:

$150,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dave Parker wrote the role of Eibon with Tom Savini, Alice Cooper, Blackie Lawless, and Dee Snider in mind as possible actors for the role.

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Quotes

[as zombies are about to break in]
David Poe: What would Bruce Campbell do?

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Connections

References Titanic (1997)

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Soundtracks

"Dead Hate the Living"
Written by Dinah Cancers, Lucifer Fulci, Elvorian Von Spivey and Hal Satan
Performed by Penis Flytrap

User Reviews

More of a bad trend.

I'm so tired of supposedly clever, overly self-conscious horror films. I know there are generational differences and a lot of people find this type of thing humorous and hip. In the early 90's, there was a film called "There's Nothing Out There" which was about a slimy green monster from outer space killing vacationing teens at a house in the woods over Spring Break. There was a horror movie nut who bothered everybody by making references to other horror films. At the time, that seemed funny and the movie itself is a ragged, messy charmer. I believe this is the film Kevin Williamson used to help him along in writing the script for "Scream", which while I did enjoy it, has hurt the horror genre through it's lazy deconstruction of modern horror. "The Dead Hate The Living" is a bandwagon film that only goes to show that even with a larger than usual budget and good intentions (but obviously pandering to the "Scream" demographic), a horror movie you cannot make.

I do have a theory that maybe people who like horror a little too much and are too eager to please cannot make a decent, serious horror picture. I do have a problem with people who like references to Warbeck and Campbell and Fulci. Do you like being patronized? I don't think you do. Why do you make special concessions for filmmakers who obviously take the easy way out by making you feel superior because you can pick up on what are basically pop-culture references? All the horror films of the past we champion have none of these obvious references. Are we so devoid of creativity or original thought (or filmmaking prowess) that we cannot make(or get to see) a good horror film anymore? I think they got us in a box and we can't get out.