{"id":10940,"date":"2015-12-08T23:07:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T07:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=10940"},"modified":"2015-12-08T23:08:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T07:08:16","slug":"review-zombiehigh-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2015\/12\/review-zombiehigh-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Zombie High BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>While it\u2019s an interesting title and Virginia Madsen is one fine actress in more ways than one, the actual execution of this 1987 horror film doesn\u2019t come close to living up to its title and instead is a frankly dull film and has nothing to do with zombies in the classic sense (flesh eating types).<\/p>\n

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Zombie High<\/span>
\n(1987)<\/strong><\/p>\n


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\nThe Movie<\/a> | Special Features<\/a> | Video Quality<\/a> | Audio Quality<\/a> | Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre(s): <\/strong>Horror
\nShout Factory | R \u2013 90 min. \u2013 $29.99 | December 15, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/u>MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Ron Link
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Elizabeth Passarelli, Tim Doyle and Aziz Ghazal (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Virginia Madsen, Richard Cox, James Wilder, Sherilyn Fenn, Paul Feig, Kay E. Kuter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/u>DISC INFO:
\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Trailer
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 1.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>NA
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 1.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>It seems to Andrea Miller (VIRGINIA MADSEN) that the upperclassmen act like robots. They\u2019re the perfect students \u2013 dedicated, involved and loyal. Their clothes are perfectly pressed and their hair is perfectly styled. It seems the teachers have something to do with this ingratiating behavior. And when Andrea, the new kid at school, sees her friends turning into clones, she starts to suspect the worst.<\/p>\n

Quick Hit Review: Zombie High<\/em><\/strong> is such a misleading title and should\u2019ve been called Stepford Children<\/em> but even with the dumb title which has a story that has nothing to do with the walking dead, it\u2019s a rather dull and boring flick that only picks up during the final act and even then it\u2019s not very well done. Virginia Madsen at least is fine but she\u2019s not given much to work with, the suspense is limited and the horror elements were tapped down and fairly mundane.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

The only feature included is the film\u2019s Trailer (1:05; HD)<\/u><\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Zombie High<\/em><\/strong> arrives on Blu-ray through Shout\u2019s Scream Factory line and the 1080p high-definition transfer, presented with a 1.85 widescreen aspect ratio, doesn\u2019t look the best. Some scenes colors aren\u2019t too bad but others have a yellow-ish tint; I don\u2019t know if this was due to poor film preservation, no blame considering the film at hand, but it doesn\u2019t lend itself to a great transfer. Detail isn\u2019t great but at least adequate enough and there weren\u2019t many major instances of dust marks or scratches.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

The movie comes with a decent enough DTS-HD Master Audio Mono track providing good dialogue levels throughout and the score\/soundtrack comes through well enough. It\u2019s not a dynamic track or anything yet it\u2019s impressive considering the film\u2019s limited budget and age (going on nearly 30 years).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Overall, while it\u2019s an eye catching title and Virginia Madsen is one fine actress in more ways than one, the actual execution of this 1987 horror film doesn\u2019t come close to living up to its title and instead is a frankly dull film and has nothing to do with zombies in the classic sense (flesh eating types) and instead is more akin to Invasion of the Body Snatchers or, albeit made 10+ years later, Disturbing Behavior<\/em>. The Blu-ray released by Shout is rather basic with only a trailer and so-so video and audio transfers.<\/p>\n

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Published: <\/strong>12\/08\/2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
\nThese are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n