Children of the Living Dead

Children of the Living Dead
U.S. DVD Cover
Directed by	Tor Ramsey
Produced by	Karen Lee Wolf
Written by	Karen Lee Wolf
Starring	Tom Savini Marty Schiff Damien Luvara Jamie McCoy Sam Nicotero
Music by	Alan Howarth
Cinematography	Bill Hinzman
Edited by	Lewis Schoenbrun Tom Dubensky
Distributed by	Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Release date	October 9, 2001 (2001-10-09)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$500,000^[1]

Children of the Living Dead is a 2001 American direct-to-video zombie film written by Karen L. Wolf, directed by Tor Ramsey, and executive produced by John A. Russo.

Plot

Serial murderer and rapist Abbott Hayes disappears from the morgue and becomes the leader of several waves of zombies that attack his home town. Fourteen years after the last zombie attack, a businessman relocates bodies from a local cemetery to pave the way for progress, but sets in motion Abbott's next undead assault.

Cast

Marty Schiff as Deputy Randolph
Damien Luvara as Matthew Michaels
Jamie McCoy as Laurie Danesi
Sam Nicotero as Dusty
Tom Savini as Deputy Hughes
Heidi Hinzman as Candy Danesi
Philip Bower as Joseph Michaels
Tom Stoviak as Gregg Peters
A. Barrett Worland as Abbott Hayes
Justin Krauss as Steve
Macey Schiff as Young Laurie

Reception

The film received negative reviews from critics.^[2] Russo called it the worst film that he had worked on, and said that he often tempted to resign from the production.^[3] Savini has also been dismissive of the film; in an interview, he said that it was originally meant to be a serious horror film but turned out horrible.^[4] Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2, academic Peter Dendle said, "Wretched and hopeless, this movie manages to be dismal, boring, and unnecessarily complicated, all at once."^[1]

References

1 2 Dendle, Peter (2012). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2: 2000–2010. McFarland & Company. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-0-7864-6163-9.
↑ Savitski, Joseph (2004-11-14). "Children of the Living Dead (2004) Movie Review". Beyond Hollywood. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
↑ Gammon, Dave (2012-05-02). "Interview: John Russo (Night of the Living Dead)". HorrorNews.Net. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
↑ Carr, Kevin (2003-07-29). "Tom Savini: A Real Sex Machine". Film Threat. Retrieved 2015-03-04.

External links

Children of the Living Dead on IMDb
Children of the Living Dead at AllMovie
Children of the Living Dead at Rotten Tomatoes
Apology from the director, Tor Ramsey at Homepage Of The Dead

Living Dead films

Romero's Dead series

Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Day of the Dead (1985)
Land of the Dead (2005)
Diary of the Dead (2007)
Survival of the Dead (2009)
Road of the Dead (TBA)
Night of the Living Dead: Origins (TBA)

Dead series remakes

Return of the Living Dead series

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993)
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005)
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave (2005)

Unofficial sequels

Zombi series	Zombi 2 (1979) Zombi 3 (1988) Zombi 4: After Death (1989) Zombi 5: Killing Birds (1988)
Other unofficial sequels	Children of the Living Dead (2001) Day of the Dead 2: Contagium (2005) Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation (2012) Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn (2015)

Parodies

Night of the Living Bread (1990)
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)
Night of the Living Carrots (2011)

Homages

Flesheater (1988)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Fido (2006)
Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane (2007)
Dance of the Dead (2008)
Zone of the Dead (2009)
Juan of the Dead (2011)
Mimesis: Night of the Living Dead (2011)