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Title: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: nada on December 18, 2006, 06:53:14 AM
From what I can remember this movie was a comedy about two medical students who discover a zombie making chemical. One dose of the chemical turned people into zombies and the second made them human again. At the end they're sitting around eating lunch with one of the zombies and he asks them how long the antidote lasts before turning and attacking them.

I thought this one might have been a reanimator movie but can't find it on imdb.


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: Andrew on December 18, 2006, 01:04:08 PM
I come up with two possibles, though I have not seen the end of them.  Indeed, I have only seen a part of one and know of the other by reputation.

I Was A Teenage Zombie
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0093238/

Ghoul School
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0099657/



Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: nada on December 19, 2006, 12:30:18 AM
No ... pretty sure it's neither of those.


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: Shadow on December 19, 2006, 11:11:00 PM
Wild stab in the dark here:

How about C.H.U.D. II - Bud the Chud?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097001/


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: Ryanjvs.godzilla on December 20, 2006, 12:03:12 AM
Wild stab in the dark here:

How about C.H.U.D. II - Bud the Chud?

[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097001/[/url]


That could be it, but in that movie they dont discover a potion, they bring Bud back to life with electricity in the bathtub. That movie is pretty bad, great to laugh at.


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: nada on December 20, 2006, 02:58:32 AM
No not that one either. I'm going to have to track chud 2 though. According to the imdb page it was meant to be a return of the living dead movie.


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: Andrew on February 28, 2007, 11:58:23 AM
I have two slim possibles for this now.  The first involves surfers.

Surf II
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088207/

Brain Blockers
http://german.imdb.com/title/tt0372184/


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: Joe on March 01, 2007, 06:56:39 AM
definetly isnt re-animator or chud 2 , although i dont know what it could be off the top of my head.


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: nada on March 03, 2007, 05:22:22 AM
Cheers for reviving this thread Andrew.

Definitely not Brain Blockers because I saw this movie like 15 years ago. IMDB says Brain Blockers was made in 2004.

I suspect it isn't Surf II either. The chemical was something that the two main characters discovered.

I think my previous description was incorrect. There were two chemicals, one that brought dead people back to life as zombies and another that could be given to the zombies to make them human. The second chemical was discovered towards the end of the film and the main characters became rich from it. The twist at the end was that the second chemical wears offs after a while.



Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: JaseSF on March 03, 2007, 11:44:02 AM
I'm pretty sure I saw this movie too or in part but I can't remember what movie it was either. Most likely I saw it on Scream (Canada's Horror/Thriller channel).  Actually thought it was one of the Re-Animator films....but I'm not at all certain.  It may just have aired along with those.


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: robot-monster on March 29, 2007, 08:23:25 AM
It wouldn't be Return of the Living Dead would it? It sounds like it might be the first movie which is 1985 - here's the IMDB entry on it:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089907/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089907/)


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: Puzzled on March 29, 2007, 11:22:01 AM
It wouldn't be Return of the Living Dead would it? It sounds like it might be the first movie which is 1985 - here's the IMDB entry on it:

[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089907/[/url] ([url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089907/[/url])


No it's definitely not. There was no chemical "discovered" either for creating or returning to normal, the zombies. There was a chemical released, but it was by the mortuary workers not some sort of students.

It's vaguely possible that it might be RotLD part III, since that does feature an "inteligent" zombie that retain's it's humanity (well mostly), but it doesn't contain a scene even vaguely resembling the key scene the OP mentions and has no chemical that "restores" humanity.


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: robot-monster on March 29, 2007, 03:27:03 PM
Well it won't be part three then either, I happened to watch that a couple of nights ago.


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: Evan on April 08, 2007, 09:46:13 PM
Hers some that might be it off the top of my head

Chopper Chicks in Zombietown

Mutant (not the roger corman one)

Zombie High

hope thats it


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: Puzzled on April 26, 2007, 01:39:24 PM
Just found this web site and it seems pretty exhaustive (though it includes a lot of movies that seem to be somewhat questionable as zombie films), but there are a LOT of movies listed. Descriptions also seem to be on the short side, which won't help, but it might at least be a good reference point. I'll try working my way through it, but if someone wants to help out that would be good.

link to the 1980 end of the list
http://www.trashvideo.org/zmdb/view/index.php?page=list&type=movie&mode=Year&key=&start=2370

Link to the 1999 end of the list
http://www.trashvideo.org/zmdb/view/index.php?page=list&type=movie&mode=Year&key=&start=1250

I'm working my way backwards from the 1999 end of things. I've found a possible match called "Dead is Dead"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228191/

It references two drugs one of which heals and the other which turns the person into a zombie. It's so far the only movie that I've managed to find which does reference two drugs. There is also a sequel called <SHOCK> "Dead is Dead 2 : Incarnation". The synopsis for the second movie does mention something about "before the drug destroys them both?", so it's possible that there is a "wearing off" effect as mentioned by the OP.

http://www.moviesunlimited.com/musite/product.asp?sku=739450


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: nada on April 26, 2007, 06:24:07 PM

I'm working my way backwards from the 1999 end of things. I've found a possible match called "Dead is Dead"

[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228191/[/url]

It references two drugs one of which heals and the other which turns the person into a zombie. It's so far the only movie that I've managed to find which does reference two drugs. There is also a sequel called <SHOCK> "Dead is Dead 2 : Incarnation".


This may be it! Thanks! I'll put an order in and let you know.


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: Puzzled on April 26, 2007, 10:42:44 PM
This may be it! Thanks! I'll put an order in and let you know.


Found a better summary of the first film and it looks like there may actually only be one drug. Still it might be worth checking out.

http://www.hometown.aol.com/scvp/3006.html

Quote
A man named Eric is out to avenge his brother's death at the hands of drug dealers. Along the way, Eric is attacked and partially dismembered by a mutant creature and left for dead. A beautiful young woman named Laura finds him and uses an experimental drug on him known as Doxital. The drug grows back Eric's severed limb within a twenty-four-hour period. And if administered soon enough, Doxital can also revive the dead!

Eric uses his supply of the drug to pay off a large debt to his brother's killers, but unknown to him, the Doxital he gives away is a bad batch... a batch that can turn those who use it into the walking dead! Eric's search for the spoiled Doxital leads him to New York City, where he discovers that the drug is hidden in an abandoned school mere miles from his home. Can he get back to it in time... before it falls into the wrong hands?

Dead is Dead will have you on the edge of your seat in anticipation of the next moment of suspense!


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: Andrew on June 05, 2007, 06:48:18 PM
I emailed nada, asking if this was the film.  Unfortunately, the response is negative.  This film is still not identified.


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: Puzzled on June 07, 2007, 09:23:08 AM
I emailed nada, asking if this was the film.  Unfortunately, the response is negative.  This film is still not identified.


So that was the "Dead is Dead 2" movie then? Only thing I can suggest is for Nada to try posting in the Zombie Movie Database forums. They might be better able to help there. Especially a guy called Verhoskan, who seems to have done a large chunk of the synopsis.

http://www.trashvideo.org/zmdb/forum/


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: Despote on June 16, 2007, 01:31:48 AM
The description fits, but i'm nut quite sure... Whatever, tell me if it rings a bell...

There a movie called the Dead Next Door. It features a squad of zombie killers that discovers the existence of a religious cult that are for the zombies because they think the flesh eaters are godsent, here to destroy the sinned humans.

There's a scientist affiliated with that squad that creates a serum to make zombies humans. The problem is that it was injected to a member of the squad that was not quite dead, turning him into a not quite-zombie zombie. He's intelligent, but he still likes flesh, and wants the doctor dead.

The movie is from 1988, here is the zombie-human guy:
(http://www.ohmygore.com/reviews/film_the_dead_next_door/05.jpg)


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: nada on June 25, 2007, 08:07:18 AM
Maybe this one is too obscure ...

It was definitely a comedy. Possibly a Weird Science clone.

I've been watching a new tv series on Dr Jeckle and Mr Hyde. It's got me thinking maybe it's not a zombie movie after all. Dunno though...


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: frank on October 10, 2007, 06:06:51 AM
I think itīs "Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers", released 1989 and starring Vic Tayback, Frank Gorshin, Rodney Eastman, Warren Selko, Brooke Bundy, Seth Jaffe....

best regards
frank


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: nada on October 12, 2007, 02:47:15 AM
I have a feeling this is it! Thanks.

Trying to find a copy for sale or even a review now to verify.


Title: Re: 80s/90s Zombie Movie
Post by: paula on October 01, 2009, 02:25:51 AM
Wild stab in the dark here:

How about C.H.U.D. II - Bud the Chud?

[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097001/[/url]


lol, my ex husband's name is Bud....too funny and very accurate (I know, I know, I was in a bad place at the time!  :lookingup:)