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Garden of the Dead
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Wikipedia article
'Garden of the Dead' (also known as 'Tomb of the Undead') is a 1972 horror film directed by low-budget film director John Hayes and stars Phil Kenneally, Duncan McLeod, Lee Frost and Susan Charney.
Plot
A group of prison inmates in a chain gang obtain some experimental formaldehyde, and get high off of it. They later try to escape and are shot dead. They are buried, and rise again to kill everyone in their path, and to find more formaldehyde from which to get high.
Cast
* Phil Kenneally as Warden
* Duncan McLeod as Dr. Saunders
* John Dullaghan as Sgt. Burns
* John Dennis as Jablonski
* Susan Charney as Carol Johnson
* Marland Proctor as Paul Johnson
* Tony Vorno as Mitchell
* Lee Frost as McGee
* Virgil Frye as Braddock
* Jerome Guardino as Gravedigger
Release
The film premiered in August 1972, and was later distributed on VHS by Troma Entertainment. In 2004, it was featured on a 3-in-1 Troma DVD. In 2006, Troma released it as part of a 15-in-1 pack.
Reception
Writing in 'The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia', academic Peter Dendle said, "This scruffy low-budget production anticipates the pointless and depressing amateur zombie movies of the early '90s by almost twenty years." Glenn Kay, who wrote 'Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide', said, "It's all incredibly silly, campy stuff." On Evil Dread, the website rated 'Garden of the Dead' 2/10 stars.
Bloody Disgusting included the film's poster in their list of the best posters for bad films.
See also
* List of American films of 1972
References
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