Too many fans seem to be blown away

Beautiful, moving film.

Awesome Movie

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

No need to recap the plot. The movie's a highly original, atmospheric gem. Low-budget, to be sure. But director Clark knows how to create mood with low-key visuals without rubbing our nose in it. However, I could have done without so much clunking Moog music. There's some gore, but nothing gratuitous. Plus there's an outstanding performance from a cannily deadpan Backus, and an unusually lively turn from Jane Daly as Andy's girlfriend. Then too, putting the near-mute Andy in a squeaky rocking chair speaks volumes about what's not going on inside him.Of course, the 90-minutes can be enjoyed as simply bone-chilling horror. In that regard, it's among the first rank of the period. Still, Andy's return and the family's slow disintegration are left open enough to allow for interpretation. I take Andy's emotionless zombie as a conjured desire that Mom especially won't let die. She's obsessed with his loss, keeping him alive no matter the harm to others. Finally, it's the figurative Andy who knows he must depart lest his conjured presence destroy all he loved. This suggests a sense in which dreams must not not replace reality, despite our deepest desires. Mine is simply one way to take Alan Ormsby's suggestive screenplay. But however you take it, the film remains a triumph of low-budget production, and a must-see for horror fans especially.

Cult Director Bob Clark can be Forgiven for Porky's (1982), Although the Deserved Profits from that Low-Budget Embarrassment Could be Considered a Late Arrival for Past Excellence. This is an Allegorical Sleeper About Returning Vietnam Vets at a Time When that Debacle was Far From Analysis and a Subject that was Divisive as Well as Deadening at the Box Office.It is an Eerie Movie that is Frequently Undermined by its Low-Budget but the Director Manages to Draw the Attention to the Unsettling Story of a Mother's Unconditional Love for Her Deceased Son, Even when He is Summoned from the Other Side and Returns as the Walking Dead.The Cast Does What it Can with the Chinsy Sound and Some Awkward Arrangements but the Strength is the Creepy Unfolding of a Family Torn Apart and the Detached and Deranged Behavior from a Lost Soul Portrayed by Richard Backus. He is an Addict and a Monster Created by the Evil Evolvement in a War that Should Not Have Been.This is a Well-Received and Touted Cult Film by Many who have Seen it, Although it is Relatively Unknown Outside of Horror Buffs. It Remains a Movie A Head of its Time and is Quite the Underground Classic and Should be Seen by Film Historians and Pop-Culture Archeologists, or Anyone Looking for a Good Cutting-Edge Scare from a Movie with a Message.

I am so angry that I went out of my way to find this movie based on the reviews and it was nothing special. I am literally angry about it.It's not a horrible movie. It's well acted, well shot and has some really scary music. But let's get real. This is just a Movie of the Week type of TV flick.The worst part is how people are trying to pass it off as a 'disintegration of the American family' picture as if there was some deep meaning to a rather simple movie. This isn't even a good Twilight Zone episode.Usually IMDb reviewers are spot on, but ignore anyone who gave this more than a 6.

I know this is from the 80s and it has the typical bad acting and editing like most horror films at that time. But I did really enjoy this film. Richard Backus plays the creepy Andy in this film. He is dead and he needs human blood to stay alive and young, yet he takes it like heroin which is very strange. There isn't much music at all this film except for an ear piercing scratchy violin whenever something bad is going to happen. So once you heard that violin, you knew something good was coming up. Lynn Carlin plays the mother of Andy and she was a favorite in the film because she would not let anyone take Andy away, even when they found out he was a zombie. She at points gets really annoying on how much she loves her son, but they wanted her to act that way and she did a great job. So this is an interesting take on a zombie film and I cannot stress enough how creepy Richard Backus was. So give the film a change and don't let the fact that it has about twenty movie titles fool you.