Raiders of the Living Dead

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Raiders of the Living Dead is a 1986 motion picture, a zombie horror film directed by Samuel M. Sherman from a script he co-wrote with Brett Piper.

1 Synopsis
2 Cast
3 DVD
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Synopsis

In an abandoned prison, a doctor has revived executed convicts as the living dead. Teenager Scott Schwartz (A Christmas Story, The Toy) creates a weapon from a laserdisc player's laser and pursues the walking dead, aided by his girlfriend and grandfather (western star Bob Allen). A reporter (Robert Deveau) on the trail of the story is helped by the town librarian, played in her final film role by Zita Johann (Boris Karloff's "The Mummy," "The Sin of Nora Moran"). On the prison island, the zombies attack a security guard and tear him apart as the reporter and teenager venture into the prison caverns for a final showdown.

[edit] Cast

Robert Allen - Dr. Corstairs
Donna Asali - Shelly Godwin
Corri Burt - Michelle
Robert Deveau - Morgan Randall
Zita Johann - Librarian
Bob Sacchetti - Man in Black
Scott Schwartz - Jonathan

[edit] DVD

The NTSC/Region 1 (United States and Canada) DVD comes with three versions of the film: The first cut called Dying Day, the second cut called Dark Night, and the third and final cut called Raiders of the Living Dead. The first disc has the first and final Raiders cut as well as Dying Day, and the second disc has the second cut (Dark Night) and bonus features, which consist of a bunch of trailers and a commentary by Sam Sherman on Raiders of the Living Dead.

The PAL/Region 2 (U.K. and Europe) DVD comes solely with Raiders of the Living Dead and it's commentary.