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Summary: Laughed my arse off
Review: I saw this in the theater way back when and I thought it was hilarious so I went and saw it again. Treat Williams is a cop who dies and yet he lives on and decomposes throughout the film. Piscipoe is not funny normally - this is the only time you'll ever see him being funny. The film was not well received and I think it has somewhat of a cult following since only a handful of people actually liked it. Haven't seen it in ages so I don't know how well it would hold up. I remember it being really cool though. This is what 80's movies were all about... being really terrible with cheesey special effects, but entertaining as all hell. I won't buy it until it comes to DVD.
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Summary: Weird but OK!
Review: I saw this movie on cable tv back around 1990 or 1991 and kind of liked it. Then it just sort of disappeared. Four or five months ago (early summer 2002) I was looking at some DVDs at a flea market and, lo and behold, there it was ... all brand new and shrink-wrapped. I think I paid a whole [$] for the DVD. It was marketed by some off-the-wall video company, but surprise, surprise, the picture and sound quality are VERY good. I think it looks as good as it did on cable. Well, the movie is still not a classic or anything, but it probably is developing a following of sorts since it is so hard to come by. Sorry, but I can't help you to find a copy of it. The best I can do is to tell you to do what I did ... search carefully at your local flea market and keep your fingers crossed. Good luck.
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Summary: Please release on DVD!
Review: I would love to add this film to my collection on DVD. With Anchor Bay restoring all of our old B-Movie horror classics this can't be skipped. I can't understand why there are so many poor reviews (recent too) of a film that hasn't had an available copy in print for almost ten years.(VHS included) Perhaps if there was a better transfer released and it was restored to the hilt people would reconsider. Remember though.....Amazon doesn't recommend things that are out of stock. If people came to this page to write a review then they where at least interested. They couldn't have happened on this movie by accident, and if they have enough free time on thier hands to just slam random films on Amazon then please go to the new Star Wars prequels and slam away.Widescreen a must, Dolby 5.1 sound and DTS (thinking of my fellow horror fans of the Dolby Theater sound persuasion), deleted scenes, etc. Edit:
I have actually found this film on DVD, poor transfer.........but cheap. Oh well, better than VHS.
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Summary: I want it in Pal
Review: It may be a "TURKEY" but I enjoyed it!! I sit here in London unabel to buy the bloody thing beacuse it's a "TURKEY" When will it come out on PAL????? The reasoning behind this is the Chinese Takeaway!! I still think it's the funniest thing I have ever seen.
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Summary: A very cool movie!
Review: It's one of my favourites, but I missed 30 minutes. I think it's very good acting and a lot of jokes. I laughed a houndred of times. Very funny, very cool, much action, not scary at all (if I can say it myself). I think you should see it. Awsome!!!!!! Treat Williams coolest movie (as far as I can see... haven't seen them all)
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Summary: Definitely A Learning Experience
Review: Not long after seeing "Dead Heat," I went to an alleged comedy titled "Second Sight." Thanks to my previous experience with "Dead Heat," I was quite decisive in determining, in very short order, to walk out of the theater and not waste any more time watching a complete turkey. I only wish to heck I had walked out of "Dead Heat," rather than staying for that entire cinematic torture session and flushing a perfectly good evening down the toilet. Better yet, I sincerely wish I had never spent a single penny to buy a ticket for this rancid film. All through "Dead Heat," I kept thinking about something I'd read in a biography of Franklin Roosevelt. During the times when Franklin went to college at Harvard, fraternities were notorious for the absurd pranks they required pledges to perform. One such stunt was going to a movie and, after it ended, standing in the middle of the theater and shouting, "This film was horrible, I want my money back!" over and over, and not stopping until after being physically ejected from the building. I sincerely wish I had done that, after the end of "Dead Heat." I might not have gotten my money back, but at least the evening would not have been a total entertainment waste.
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Summary: the heat is on...but a few cop's bodies are literally COLD!!
Review: this 1988 gore film (i can't call it anything else since it's not a horror film in the classic sense) features an ensemble of Treat Williams {most notably from the "Substitute" series of movies} and comedian Joe Piscopo, known for his years on Saturday Night Live and stand-up comedy impersonating the likes of Frank Sinatra and David Letterman among others. The two play cops, Williams is Roger and Joe is his partner, Doug. the back of the VHS gives a detailed description of the film, plus two pictures of some of the scenes in the movie. Lindsay Frost plays the stereotypical "innocent" woman caught up in everything that's going on around her...but the corpse of the situation deals with Roger getting shot and coming back to life. he must solve a case within so many hours or he'll turn into ashes...and as the hours progress, naturally we start to see his body fall apart literally. Darren McGavin plays the part of an evil doctor. Vincent Price plays in a scene or two, and he's revealed to be the mastermind behind the Resurrection Room at the Dante Lab {he plays a guy named Loudermilk who everyone thinks is dead}. the movie is gory and off-beat, and it succeeds in being a good parody of the Lethal Weapon 'buddy cop' films even though it probably wasn't intended to be the first time around but that's the way i view it and on that point the movie is great. i give it four stars because of the gore and my personal dislike for gory/slasher films...but those who like that kind of film will LOVE this one. it's not so hard-core gore and so stomach turning it can't be seen several times...like many of the Texas Chainsaw films are...but "Dead Heat" IS gory compared to other action films of this era starring Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, or Mel Gibson. i give it 4 stars for the story, cast, and acting...minus 1 star for the gore factor.
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Summary: the heat is on...but a few cop's bodies are literally COLD!!
Review: this 1988 gore film (i can't call it anything else since it's not a horror film in the classic sense) features an ensemble of Treat Williams {most notably from the "Substitute" series of movies} and comedian Joe Piscopo, known for his years on Saturday Night Live and stand-up comedy impersonating the likes of Frank Sinatra and David Letterman among others. The two play cops, Williams is Roger and Joe is his partner, Doug. the back of the VHS gives a detailed description of the film, plus two pictures of some of the scenes in the movie. Lindsay Frost plays the stereotypical "innocent" woman caught up in everything that's going on around her...but the corpse of the situation deals with Roger getting shot and coming back to life. he must solve a case within so many hours or he'll turn into ashes...and as the hours progress, naturally we start to see his body fall apart literally. Darren McGavin plays the part of an evil doctor. Vincent Price plays in a scene or two, and he's revealed to be the mastermind behind the Resurrection Room at the Dante Lab {he plays a guy named Loudermilk who everyone thinks is dead}. the movie is gory and off-beat, and it succeeds in being a good parody of the Lethal Weapon 'buddy cop' films even though it probably wasn't intended to be the first time around but that's the way i view it and on that point the movie is great. i give it four stars because of the gore and my personal dislike for gory/slasher films...but those who like that kind of film will LOVE this one. it's not so hard-core gore and so stomach turning it can't be seen several times...like many of the Texas Chainsaw films are...but "Dead Heat" IS gory compared to other action films of this era starring Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, or Mel Gibson. i give it 4 stars for the story, cast, and acting...minus 1 star for the gore factor.
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Summary: Even Resurrection Machine can't bring life to this Turkey
Review: This is a dead-come-back-to-life-and-kill-people movie. I was expecting a straight cops action movie from the cover before I watched it. When I noticed it was a comedy and seeing what a funny looking face Joe Piscopo has, I thought it had a good chance of being funny. But a funny face does not make a comedy. Joe Piscopo simply makes stupid comments to every situation and is otherwised straight-faced and uneffected by the unusual events around him. A scene where a cop drives a car full force into a criminal and a scene where a dead pig, chickens and sides of beef come to life and attack the cops are the only thing that brought any humor or interest. This movie is bad. It has only a few qualities that make it one of those so-bad-its-good movies, but it doesn't have enough. This one is bad and stays bad.
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Summary: Even Resurrection Machine can't bring life to this Turkey
Review: This is a dead-come-back-to-life-and-kill-people movie. I was expecting a straight cops action movie from the cover before I watched it. When I noticed it was a comedy and seeing what a funny looking face Joe Piscopo has, I thought it had a good chance of being funny. But a funny face does not make a comedy. Joe Piscopo simply makes stupid comments to every situation and is otherwised straight-faced and uneffected by the unusual events around him. A scene where a cop drives a car full force into a criminal and a scene where a dead pig, chickens and sides of beef come to life and attack the cops are the only thing that brought any humor or interest. This movie is bad. It has only a few qualities that make it one of those so-bad-its-good movies, but it doesn't have enough. This one is bad and stays bad.
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