Dance of the Dead

Released Oct 13, 2008

1h 35m

Horror

Comedy

Adventure

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5 Reviews

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On prom night, the losers who could not get dates to the dance are the only people who can stop zombies from eating everyone.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Never forgets its audience's sensibilities and makes for some truly great Halloween festivities...

Rated: 3/4

Oct 13, 2008

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Brian Orndorf

DVDTalk.com

A clunky, low-budget zombie send-up, Dance has heart and a few surprises, but it swallows patience by the pound, reheating screenplay leftovers and trying to disguise the results under the forgiving blanket of the horror genre.

Rated: C

Oct 13, 2008

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Anton Bitel

Projected Figures

while this is not quite Heathers, the high school setting allows for some amiable teen satire to give all those rotting corpses a certain freshness.

Aug 28, 2008

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Scott Weinberg

FEARnet

It's fast and funny, sick and sweet, geeky and gory. Basically, a whole lot of fun.

Rated: 4.5/5

Mar 19, 2008

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Brian Gibson

Film School Rejects

If you love zombie movies, teen comedies or just guilty pleasure films, then Dance of The Dead is a must see.

Rated: B+

Mar 19, 2008

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Stephen C

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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thom g

An entertaining and very watchable mix of teenage prom night and zombies. There are some very good zombie kills, decent makeup, and some funny moments. The various characters are good enough to keep the audience interested along the way.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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christian m

This movie was absolutely amazing from start to finish can't say enough good things about this movie must watch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Despite its low budget, Dance of the Dead is a hugely entertaining movie, more entertaining than every Resident Evil movie, despite having about 1/20th the budget. This is because it's able to milk its high-school zombie setting for all its worth, as well as interjecting a number of interesting nuances of its own, like a garage band holding off zombies for hours (until help arrives) by jamming in front of the zombies, transfixing them. There's a decent sense of humor, and the love story within it of the nerd and the hot-girl falling in love during the zombie apocalypse is surprisingly endearing. It looks great for its budget and the Editing in this movie is near flawless. If you would like an alternate to Shaun of the Dead, I'd strongly recommend checking this one out as it's a very well-crafted movie, made by people low on budget but high in smarts.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

Bad acting, bad writing, unnecessary close ups on the low budget zombie makup. I quickly got bored and stopped watching.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Audience Member

Good fun. Well cast. Tight enough script. More comedy than horror. Had a budget and first zombie sex scene adds 1/2 a star. There were very few spots where I felt the desire to fast forward. Deliberately cliched - it worked.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Jared Kusnitz

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Greyson Chadwick

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Chandler Darby

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Carissa Capobianco

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Synopsis

On prom night, the losers who could not get dates to the dance are the only people who can stop zombies from eating everyone.

Director: Gregg Bishop
Screenwriter: Joe Ballarini
Production Co: Bleiberg Entertainment
Genre: Horror, Comedy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 13, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 35m

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