The Alien Dead (1980)

I remember reading about this in the old fangoria magazine,at the time it looked good,well many years passed and finally got a chance to watch it.and really what a piece of i dare not say,poor Buster Crabbe being the star of this really terrible bomb.they basically use the plot of night of the living dead.and i usually like Fred Olen Ray movies but this early work is very crude.the special effects are bargain basement.well i know Buster Crabbe has done bad movies but this was his worst ever.i think he did a better job on an episode of buck rogers with gil gerard as a fighter pilot.there's some nude scenes thrown in,zombies coming out of the swamp,ripping of the 1977 film shockwaves.if you see this one in the $1.00 store.take my word for it and don't bother,its about 77 minutes of your life you'll never get back.instead watch the more superior night of the living dead,its better and it most likely had a lower budget than alien dead.

The premise of "Alien Dead" is that a space-born disease infected a bunch of bayou rednecks and after they finished up all the alligators they start eating the locals.Fred Olen Ray's "Alien Dead" is so bad that it quickly becomes hilarious.The acting is utterly terrible,only veteran actor Buster Crabbe can act.The makeup consists of Halloween masks for the male zombies and the women are mostly leggy hot blonds with white and black face paint.There is also a decent amount of gore including some cannibalistic feasts.I have seen plenty of awful zombie flicks including "The Chilling","Zombie Lake" or "Zombie Brigade" and I must say that "Alien Dead" is at least watchable,if you are in the right mood.That's why I give it 5 out of 10.

if you like crappy zombie movies like "zombie lake" or "zombie death house" or "revenge of the dead" then you're an idiot because those movies suck. this movie is one of those movies, but much much better. there's a good amount off zombies and gore, and it doesn't stay boring for very long. oh, and there's nudity. which is always good. now i'm not saying this movie is on par with "dawn of the dead" or "zombi 2" or any zombie movies of that caliber, but it's a fun watch and good if you love zombies. so if you want a crappy zombie movie with lots of gore and some boobies, don't get "zombie lake" or the other movies i mentioned at the top, get this one. worth the watch.

I often assume that given enough booze and die hard awful movies watchers like myself, anything can be enjoyed. I'll tell you a tale of a time long ago (last summer actually) when i was a young naive fool who was still grabbing up terrible movies by random hoping for a gem or at least to have a good laugh with the friends. And then i found alien dead, Karma, divine retribution, whatever the cause we rented this terrible film. It was the first time we had to repeatedly fast forward through a movie praying for a quick end and with no hope in sight. The movie had very little to do with aliens and less to do with the dead. It was so poorly done and taken so seriously. It hurt me, in my heart, my soul even. I'm less of a human being now and i wish to be that innocent young man again who believed anything could be good. Damn you Alien dead, damn you.