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In the horror flick DEATHDREAM (1972/1974), director Bob Clark and screenwriter Alan Ormsby borrow the basic concept from author W.W. Jacobs’ famous short story “The Monkey’s Paw” and remold it into a low-budget but effective statement against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. DEATHDREAM tells the story of a U.S. soldier (Richard Backus) who is killed in Vietnam but nonetheless returns home exhibiting some semblance of life. However, unbeknownst to his family–happily surprised to see him after having been informed by the Army that he was killed–he has become a vampiric zombie who must ingest human blood to maintain the pretense of being alive. The problems that his undead state causes for himself and his loved ones are really intended as allegorical reflections of the devastating effects of the Vietnam War on returning vets and their families.
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As a horror film, DEATHDREAM is clearly a product of its time. In spite of the compelling plot and the presence of accomplished thespians among the cast–e.g., actor John Marley, here playing the soldier’s father, made cinema history with his Oscar-nominated performance as the businessman who wakes up next to a severed horse’s head after refusing Marlon Brando’s offer in THE GODFATHER (1972)–the dialog is often inordinately histrionic and the acting therefore very melodramatic at times. To be fair, though, these qualities add a sense of surrealism that mostly compliments rather than detracts from the film’s creepiness, and such histrionics and melodrama actually comprise an aesthetic that is common to many horror greats of the ’70s such as Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974), Larry Cohen’s IT’S ALIVE! (1974), and Richard Donner’s THE OMEN (1976), to name just a few. So DEATHDREAM is not really a bad film. But the fact that its primary theme revolves around the era’s counter-culture attitudes towards the Vietnam War, in combination with its palpable 1970s cinematic aesthetic, make it a bit dated, and it therefore hasn’t aged quite as well as its better-known contemporaries.
Regardless of its trivial flaws, DEATHDREAM’s infamously disturbing and graphically macabre climax could alone elevate the flick to its status as a minor genre classic. The unique and grisly scene is arguably as chilling as any in the history of horror cinema, and the imagery stays with the audience long after the closing credits have rolled. DEATHDREAM is also notable for marking the first professional film credit for makeup FX legend Tom Savini–just back from a tour in Vietnam himself–who would later do FX work for George Romero on the legendary DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) and DAY OF THE DEAD (1985) in addition to many other genre classics.
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The DVD release of DEATHDREAM from Blue Underground offers a very good digital transfer, made from a recently discovered negative, in the movie?s original widescreen aspect ratio (enhanced for 16×9 TVs). It has been wonderfully restored, though a few filmic artifacts and some color shift are occasionally noticeable. The film was released at various times over the years bearing several different titles, and though it was more commonly known as DEATHDREAM in the U.S. (hence the DVD title), the negative used for this transfer–which is apparently the only complete copy known to exist at this time–uses the title DEAD OF NIGHT in the opening sequence. Interestingly, DEAD OF NIGHT was the title under which the film originally premiered.
Also on the disc are some pretty cool extras, including two feature commentaries–one with the director; one with the screenwriter–alternate opening titles, a recent interview with actor Richard Backus, a featurette profiling FX man Savini, and more. DEATHDREAM is definitely worthy of a place in the DVD collections of all serious horror fans.
Deathdream is one of Bob Clarks first films from the early seventies, it’s an original and interesting take on the zombie genre and one of my personal favorite zombie flicks.
After a family recieves notice that they’re son Andy has died in the Vietnam war, you can imagine they’re shock when he returns home presumamably normal, but he is far from normal, Andy is now a blood-fiend that must inject himself with blood in order to stay alive. Muhahaha!!!!!……….Muhahahaha!!!!!
Special Effects are handled by Tom Savini and this is some of his earliest work, even though on the box it says that this is his first film doing effects, it was actually his second after his first job on Deranged (come on Blue Underground?!?!). Bob Clark shows his direction skills as always, Deathdream has a great screeplay, acting, and social commentary on the effects of war (that is just as relevant now that it was then) reminiscant of Romero films. Check it out, if you have the balls.
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