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''The Video Dead'' is a 1987 {{American|Films}} {{zombie|Stories}} film
Zoe and Jeff Blair are siblings preparing a new house for their family to move into. However, the house has a secret. There's a TV in the house that can summon zombies from the screen; said zombies killed the previous owner. As the Blairs try to survive, an agent of the Department of Occult Warfare arrives to save the day.
The film has received home video releases from Creator/{{MGM}} and Creator/ShoutFactory.
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''The Video Dead'' is a 1987 {{American|Films}} {{zombie|Stories}} film
Zoe and Jeff Blair are siblings preparing a new house for their family to move into. However, the house has a secret. There's a TV in the house that can summon zombies from the screen; said zombies killed the previous owner. As the Blairs try to survive, an agent of the Department of Occult Warfare arrives to save the day.
The film has received home video releases from Creator/{{MGM}} and Creator/ShoutFactory.
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* MindOverMatter: The zombies are undead because they refuse to believe they died in the first place. The easiest way to kill them is to inflict an injury they believe is fatal.
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[[caption-width-right:182:The living dead are here, and they're lusting for blood - yours!]]
'''''The Video Dead''''' is a 1987 {{American|Films}} {{zombie|Stories}} film
Zoe and Jeff Blair are siblings preparing a new house for their family to move into. However, the house has a secret. There's a TV in the house that can summon zombies from the screen; said zombies killed the previous owner. As the Blairs try to survive, an agent of the Department of Occult Warfare arrives to save the day.
The film has received home video releases from Creator/{{MGM}} and Creator/ShoutFactory.
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!!This film contiains examples of:
* AntagonistTitle
* ADegreeInUseless: Zoe is preparing to major in aerobics.
* ChainsawGood: Daniels dismembers zombies with a chainsaw to convince them that they're dead. Jeff [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cuts one in half]].
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Zoe manages to trick the zombies into destroying each other, but her brother is dead and everybody thinks she's insane. Her parents, who were absent for all the madness, wheel the cursed TV in. Last shot of the film is Zoe screaming as the TV turns on and the zombies prepare to escape once more.]]
* FrightDeathtrap: One of the zombies frightens a poodle to death.
* GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath: The ShowWithinAShow the zombies come from is called ''Zombie Blood Massacre''.
* HunterOfMonsters: There's a brief scene where Jeff is nearly killed by a zombie seductress, but a dude from inside the screen known as the Garbage Man kills her. Meanwhile, there's a much more prominent hunter in Joshua Daniels, whose wife was killed by the zombies and shows up to stop their current rampage.
* MindOverMatter: The zombies are undead because they refuse to believe they died in the first place. The easiest way to kill them is to inflict an injury they believe is fatal.
* MirrorsReflectEverything: On way to stop the zombies from showing up is to tape a mirror to the TV's screen.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: These are shamblers released from a cursed television. They don't speak, but are still sentient and think they're still alive. When they see the actual living, they fly into a homicidal rage at the reminder of what they can never be. They can only be killed by being attacked in such a way that they actually think they're dead, or being locked in a room to tear each other apart. However, they rise again if they're ever buried.
* RefugeeFromTVLand: The main antagonists are zombies spat out of a horror film by a cursed television.
* SawStarWars27Times: Jeff saw ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre1974'' 6 times.
* SummoningArtifact: The TV can turn itself on, even when not plugged in, only plays ''Zombie Blood Massacre'', and regularly spits the undead out to terrorize the real world.
* TomatoInTheMirror: The zombies think they're alive, and are therefore repulsed by their own reflections, which remind them of what they've become.
* TheVamp: Jeff is seduced by a zombie who managed to somehow take a human form. Luckily, a monster hunter cuts her throat.
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[[caption-width-right:182:The living dead are here, and they're lusting for blood - yours!]]
'''''The Video Dead''''' is a 1987 {{American|Films}} {{zombie|Stories}} film
Zoe and Jeff Blair are siblings preparing a new house for their family to move into. However, the house has a secret. There's a TV in the house that can summon zombies from the screen; said zombies killed the previous owner. As the Blairs try to survive, an agent of the Department of Occult Warfare arrives to save the day.
The film has received home video releases from Creator/{{MGM}} and Creator/ShoutFactory.
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!!This film contiains examples of:
* AntagonistTitle
* ADegreeInUseless: Zoe is preparing to major in aerobics.
* ChainsawGood: Daniels dismembers zombies with a chainsaw to convince them that they're dead. Jeff [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cuts one in half]].
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Zoe manages to trick the zombies into destroying each other, but her brother is dead and everybody thinks she's insane. Her parents, who were absent for all the madness, wheel the cursed TV in. Last shot of the film is Zoe screaming as the TV turns on and the zombies prepare to escape once more.]]
* FrightDeathtrap: One of the zombies frightens a poodle to death.
* GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath: The ShowWithinAShow the zombies come from is called ''Zombie Blood Massacre''.
* HunterOfMonsters: There's a brief scene where Jeff is nearly killed by a zombie seductress, but a dude from inside the screen known as the Garbage Man kills her. Meanwhile, there's a much more prominent hunter in Joshua Daniels, whose wife was killed by the zombies and shows up to stop their current rampage.
* MindOverMatter: The zombies are undead because they refuse to believe they died in the first place. The easiest way to kill them is to inflict an injury they believe is fatal.
* MirrorsReflectEverything: On way to stop the zombies from showing up is to tape a mirror to the TV's screen.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: These are shamblers released from a cursed television. They don't speak, but are still sentient and think they're still alive. When they see the actual living, they fly into a homicidal rage at the reminder of what they can never be. They can only be killed by being attacked in such a way that they actually think they're dead, or being locked in a room to tear each other apart. However, they rise again if they're ever buried.
* RefugeeFromTVLand: The main antagonists are zombies spat out of a horror film by a cursed television.
* SawStarWars27Times: Jeff saw ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre1974'' 6 times.
* SummoningArtifact: The TV can turn itself on, even when not plugged in, only plays ''Zombie Blood Massacre'', and regularly spits the undead out to terrorize the real world.
* TomatoInTheMirror: The zombies think they're alive, and are therefore repulsed by their own reflections, which remind them of what they've become.
* TheVamp: Jeff is seduced by a zombie who managed to somehow take a human form. Luckily, a monster hunter cuts her throat.
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