Surprisingly incoherent and boring

The acting in this movie is really good.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

An old television acts as a portal that enables zombies to enter our dimension and embark on a murderous spree. Boy, does this hilariously horrendous honey possess all the right wrong stuff to qualify as a definite four-star stinkeroonie: The ham-fisted (mis)direction by Robert Scott (who also penned the delightfully dopey script), poky pace, dodgy acting from a lame no-name cast (although the sultry Jennifer Miro manages to register well as a mysterious and seductive blonde babe), silly false scares, generic hum'n'shiver synthesizer score, and tacky gore all give this deliciously drecky darling a distinctly cruddy charm that's akin to a lovably low-rent episode of an enthusiastic amateurish version of "The Twilight Zone." Moreover, Scott deserves some props for not making the story 100% predictable -- a few character deaths are genuinely shocking and surprising -- as well as for providing several wickedly funny moments of inspired dark humor. Greg Becker's competent cinematography and the gnarly zombie make-up manage to rise above the general ineptitude. A real schlocky hoot and a half.

An unlabeled crate from an unknown source is delivered to a house in the woods. The homeowner unwisely accepts the delivery, only to discover it contains a TV set that starts spewing giggling zombies all over the place. When a new family moves into the now-abandoned house, the son discovers the haunted television and is soon told what he needs to do to send the zombies back where they belong. Knowing and doing, however, are two very different things, and the zombies are not likely to go quietly.Starts off kinda interesting but then it meanders quite a bit. Sometimes it's fun other times down right boring. Never really quite sure why the TV spews out zombies, or why they just hang out in the woods all the time after the first guy gets it.Still for the non-budget and it's a worthwhile watch if you are into the zombie fare.

First time watch.This had a little strange plot, well it new at the time, I liked the idea of Zombies come out of a TV set, The zombies did look a bit scary. (the make up effects were really good) at first but as the movie goes you will find more funny, as do some really funny killing.Were really funny death in scenes in this movie, This movie made me Jump in one scene lol, some so silly made me Jump. There were some bloody moments in this movie was nice, there were not many gory moment in this movie. The acting was really wooden for main lead boy, it felt like it was reading the link and not acting them out at all. I liked the ending of this movie, I thought that was really good way to end the movie. 5 out of 10

Strangely Effective.It's not great but there's something so memorable and basic about the film. The way the TV is laying down, it really skews your perception and gets right in your head. I thought it was a simple, effective, kinda silly, but strangely unforgettable movie. It's like a tiny grain of sand in a clamshell. The Video Dead is the poster child for "kill Your Television. It continues... in your mind... The zombies are memorable and have a practically anthropomorphous alacrity that digs in. Don't mistake this for some masterpiece, it's an obscure, grainy, simplistic zombie film, but somehow refreshing in that it doesn't try too hard to be anything more. In a way it's like a film right out of the Twilight Zone mind trip universe.