RAIDERS OF THE LIVING DEAD

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Year Released: 1986

Zombie Speed: Slowish

Cause of Zombie Outbreak: Radioactive waste or maybe voodoo? We’re not quite sure.

Best Zombie: They’re all equally unimpressive.

Most Creative Weapon: Laser guns made from laserdisc players!

Best Death: All the zombies who died getting shot with the homemade laser guns. Pew pew!

Sub-Genre: Crime Drama… maybe?

Amanda Jean’s Review: 30 minutes into the movie you finally get some dialogue. One hour into the movie you remember your actually watching a zombie movie. Raiders of the Living Dead was confusing, boring and had nothing to do with Indiana Jones (boo!). Just fast forward to all the parts with the laser made from a laserdisc player and you’ll be fine.

Matt’s Review: Obviously I wanted to watch this movie based purely on the name. I was really hoping for a whip-toting, fedora-wearing zombie hunter but what we got was… well I’m not really sure. I still have no idea what the plot of this movie was. However, there was one highlight: the theme song! This brilliant 80s rock anthem opens the movie and appears throughout the film in different forms. Cheesy, yes, but fun and oddly catchy. Don’t let the trailer fool you (because the trailer is pretty funny), this movie sucks pretty bad… aside from that theme song! 

Up next week(ish) is Aaah! Zombies!, because “zombies are people too”. Correction, we’ll be reviewing Zombies of Mass Destruction next week (because it’s going off of Netflix steaming that week and we really want to watch it)!

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