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Old 6th August 2014, 06:53 PM
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Alien Zone (1978)


I knew nothing about this film going in other than it seemed to have two conflicting titles: 'Alien Zone' and 'The House of the Dead', therefore I was expecting either a sci-fi invasion thriller or a zombie film. Or a mix of both.

It's actually neither; in fact it is a mildly entertaining anthology film revolving around an old house and it's creepy resident 'The Mortician', who after admitting a man seeking shelter in out of the rain one night, begins to tell him four stories each of which involves one of the 'inhabitants' of the various caskets he has within the house and the less than natural way in which they arrived there.

Despite a thread-bare budget the tales manage to be fairly interesting and imaginative, albeit a little disjointed at times. Plus, as with most anthology horror films there is always a little sting in the tail.
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