After Death (1989)
Clyde Anderson aka Claudio Fragasso directs this zombie yarn in which a voodoo curse enables the dead to rise from their graves, borrow make up effects from Bava's Demons and become what look like zombies in Ninja gear as they hunt a group of island explorers. Oh and there's something about an amulet around a woman's neck that does something or other.
Daft, ever so slightly incompetent but ludicrously fun, After Death really is one of those films where you just sit back and go with the flow as any sort of critical analysis goes out the window in the first two minutes. Anderson shows a modicum of flare when directing the lengthy action sequences but this lacks a truly memorable 'water cooler' moment in the killing department.
Still for all it's flaws and yes, there are one or two, this is a minor masterpiece when compared to Fragasso's Troll 2.
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