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Dead Heat (1988)

Directed by Mark Goldblatt

Horror

Most recently watched by sensoria, sleestakk, jenerator

Overview

Detective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies: until he’s brought back from the dead with a chemical company’s secret re-animation technology. Now he has twelve hours to solve the case of his own death before he dies: And stays dead.

Rated R | Length 84 minutes

Actors

Treat Williams | Joe Piscopo | Lindsay Frost | Darren McGavin | Vincent Price | Robert Picardo | Martha Quinn | Keye Luke | Clare Kirkconnell | Mel Stewart | Shane Black | Pons Maar | Professor Toru Tanaka | Tom Nolan | Lew Hopson | Chip Heller | Monica Lewis | Peter Kent | Ben Mittleman | Cate Caplin | Peggy O'Brien | Steven R. Bannister | Steve Itkin | Michael Saad | Monty Cox | Monty Ash | H. Ray Huff | Dawan Scott | Ivan E. Roth | Ron Taylor | Clarence Brown | Yvonne Peattie | Pamela Vansant | Beth Toussaint | Linnea Quigley | Peter Kent | Loren Janes | Gene LeBell | Michael Lindström

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Viewing Notes

Dead Heat is completely hilarious. Treat Williams and Joe Piscapo are cops who investigate a group of bad guys who are bringing things bad to life. Treat Williams ends up dead continues to work the case.

This is classic 80s cheese that perfectly mixes horror and comedy. One of those great, under appreciated films that I was lucky to get pointed to by Brian Kelley.

Highlight for me was not only the great dialogue but the scene of them going to bust this Chinese man in the back of his restaurant when he turns on the lift giving machine and they have to fend off all the dead animals now come to life. Watching Treat Williams wrestle with an ox/cow corpse and Joe Piscapo fend off duck and chicken carcasses is something I’ll never forget.

A total watch if you get the chance!

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