THE DEAD PIT is a low budget zombie splatter movie given the high definition treatment by the Code Red DVD company. They've got their hands on the unrated version which is full of extra gore scenes including graphic scenes of brain surgery and the like. The setting is a creepy mental hospital where a mad doctor was entombed in the basement after doing illegal experiments on his patients. In the present day, an earthquake sees him released to carry on his crazy business once more. Sure, this low budget production is rough around the edges and highly cheesy, with ham acting throughout, but it's also quite amusing. The exploitation value is high, as evinced in a scene in which a woman is sprayed with a water hose which manages to rip off her top. She also spends half the running time running around in her underwear. The emphasis, however, is on the bloodshed and it flows quite freely here. There are slasher-style murders (seemingly inspired by DRILLER KILLER at times), zombie attacks, and the aforementioned mutilation and surgery. It's too cheesy to be affecting, but it is fun.
Review of The Dead Pit
