Children of the Living Dead is a 2001 American direct-to-video

Direct-to-video

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 zombie

Zombie

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 film written by Karen L. Wolf and directed by Tor Ramsey. Executive produced by John A. Russo

John A. Russo

John A. Russo , sometimes credited as Jack Russo or John Russo, is an American screenwriter and film director most commonly associated with the 1968 horror classic Night of the Living Dead. As a screenwriter, his credits include Night of the Living Dead, The Majorettes, Midnight, and Santa Claws....

, the film serves as a sequel to Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition, a recut version of the original film that Russo produced without the involvement of George A. Romero

George A. Romero

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This film is notable only for Tom Savini

Tom Savini

Thomas Vincent "Tom" Savini is an American actor, stuntman, director, award-winning special effects and makeup artist. He is known for his work on the Living Dead films directed by George A. Romero, as well as Creepshow, The Burning, Friday the 13th, The Prowler, and Maniac. He directed the 1990...

's appearance as a zombie killer in the beginning and for its near-unanimous poor reviews; the film itself is generally regarded as a bad imitation of the original, though many of the zombie rules are not followed.

Plot

Serial murderer and rapist Abbot Hayes disappears from the morgue and becomes the leader of several waves of zombies that attack his home town. Fourteen years after the last zombie attack, a businessman relocates bodies from a local cemetery to pave the way for progress, but sets in motion Abbot's next undead assault.

Cast

• Tom Savini
  Tom Savini
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   as Deputy Hughes
• Marty Schiff as Deputy Randolph
• Damien Luvara as Matthew Michaels
• Jamie McCoy
  Jamie McCoy
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   as Laurie Danesi
• Sam Nicotero as Dusty
• Heidi Hinzman as Candy Danesi
• Philip Bower as Joseph Michaels
• Tom Stoviak as Gregg Peters
• A. Barrett Worland as Abbott Hayes
• Justin Krauss as Steve
• Macey Schiff as Young Laurie

External links

• Apology from the director, Tor Ramsey at Homepage Of The Dead