Dead End (lost zombie comedy film; 1985): Difference between revisions

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Director Emerson Bixby.

Status: Lost

Dead End is a splatter-horror surreal-slapstick zombie comedy film from 1985. ^[1] The film was directed by Emerson Bixby and concerns a documentary filmmaker going out to investigate a UFO crash, which leads to a zombie apocalypse. The movie reportedly features real animal blood and guts taken from a local slaughterhouse, which apparently caused one or more crew members to get sick on set.

Bixby has said that his personal copy of the film was lost in 1987, and he has since lost contact with cast and crew members, who may or may not possess their own personal copies. One person on the IMDb message board for the film claims that they saw a vendor at an early 90s horror convention selling bootleg copies. Additionally, there are a couple reviews on the site, meaning it presumably exists in one format or another.^[2] ^[3]

References

↑ IMDb page Retrieved 17 Mar '16.
↑ Blog post about the film. Retrieved 17 Mar '16.
↑ Forum about the film. Retrieved 17 Mar '16.

[1] IMDb page Retrieved 17 Mar '16.

[2] Blog post about the film. Retrieved 17 Mar '16.

[3] Forum about the film. Retrieved 17 Mar '16.

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-[[File:Emersonbixby.jpg|thumb|215px|Director Emerson Bixby.]]
+{{InfoboxLost
-During the 1970s and 1980s, zombie films were very popular. Films like ''Dawn of the Dead'' and ''Zombi 2'' were successful moneymakers. While many independent zombie movies appeared over the years (such as ''Shatter Dead'' and ''I, Zombie'') one simply just disappeared without a trace. This film was 1985's zombie-splatter-slapstick-comedy '''''Dead End'''''. The film, directed by Emerson Bixby (son of famous television writer Jerome Bixby, known for ''Star Trek'' and ''The Twilight Zone'') concerns a documentary filmmaker going out to investigate a UFO crash, which in turn causes your basic zombie apocalypse. The movie reportedly features real animal blood and guts taken from a local slaughterhouse, which apparently caused one (or several) crew members to vomit and get sick.
+|title=<center>Dead End (1985)
+|image=Emersonbixby.jpg
+|imagecaption=Director Emerson Bixby.
+|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
+}}
-According to director Bixby himself, his own personal copy of the film was lost in 1987, and he has since lost contact with cast and crew members, who may or may not possess their own personal copies. One person on the IMDb message board for the film claims that they saw a vendor at an early 90s horror convention selling bootleg copies; additionally, there are reviews on the site (albeit only 2), which means it does/did presumably exist in one format or another. However, until a copy surfaces, we will have no real proof.
+'''''Dead End''''' is a splatter-horror surreal-slapstick zombie comedy film from 1985. <ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131260/ IMDb page] Retrieved 17 Mar '16.</ref> The film was directed by Emerson Bixby and concerns a documentary filmmaker going out to investigate a UFO crash, which leads to a zombie apocalypse. The movie reportedly features real animal blood and guts taken from a local slaughterhouse, which apparently caused one or more crew members to get sick on set.
+Bixby has said that his personal copy of the film was lost in 1987, and he has since lost contact with cast and crew members, who may or may not possess their own personal copies. One person on the IMDb message board for the film claims that they saw a vendor at an early 90s horror convention selling bootleg copies. Additionally, there are a couple reviews on the site, meaning it presumably exists in one format or another.<ref>[http://obscurityandbeyond.blogspot.com/2012/07/lost-movie-detective-dead-end-1985.html Blog post about the film.] Retrieved 17 Mar '16.</ref> <ref>[http://forum.homepageofthedead.com/showthread.php?t=17191 Forum about the film.] Retrieved 17 Mar '16.</ref>
+==References==
+<references/>
 [[Category:Lost films]]