Night Life (film)
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| Directed by | David Acomba |
| Produced by | Charles Lippincott |
| Written by | Keith Critchlow |
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| Music by | Roger Bourland |
| Cinematography | Roger Tonry |
| Edited by | Michael John Bateman |
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Creative Movie Marketing |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Night Life is a 1989 American zombie comedy film directed by David Acomba and starring Scott Grimes, John Astin, and Cheryl Pollak. It centers around a high school nerd named Archie Melville who is harassed from beyond the grave by the zombie corpses of his former high school bullies (recently deceased) after they are brought back to life by a freak lightning storm. It is also known under the name Grave Misdemeanors.
Plot
Archie Melville takes a job with his Uncle Verlin at the mortuary. When the local bullies die in a car crash, they are taken to the mortuary, where they become reanimated. The bullies, now zombies, become even nastier and begin to torment Archie and his friend Charly.
Cast
- Scott Grimes as Archie Melville
- John Astin as Uncle Verlin
- Cheryl Pollak as Charly
- Anthony Geary as John Devlin
- Alan Blumenfield as Frank
- Kenneth Ian Davis as Rog Davis
- Darcy DeMoss as Roberta Woods
- Lisa Fuller as Joanie Snowland
- Mark Pellegrino as Allen Patumbo
- Phil Proctor as Randolph Whitlock
Reception
Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle called the film "a routine and laborious living-dead exercise".[1] Glenn Kay, who wrote Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide, called it a "rather minor teen effort".[2]
References
- ↑ Dendle, Peter (2001). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia. McFarland & Company. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-7864-9288-6.
- ↑ Kay, Glenn (2008). Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide. Chicago Review Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-55652-770-8.