AKA The Mutilator



1979, Directed by John Cardos

I always thought that zombies shooting laser beams from their eyes would be the coolest thing in the world.  Seems I was wrong.

You won’t be surprised to discover that this nonsense was originally a straightforward zombie movie.  Apparently early audiences hated it so much that the studio removed most of the zombies, added laser beams and tried to pass it off as science fiction.  Doesn’t look like the changes helped the quality much.

Did you recognise Casey Kasem, who provides the voice of Shaggy from Scooby Doo, as the Police expert?   I can only hope that in the full movie he sees the zombie, shouts “Zoiks!”, escapes by disguising himself as a French chef, then eats a giant sandwich in one bite.

Favourite bit:  The nonsensical voice-over at the start.

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