Dead Next Door, The (1989)

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Hurry, father... they're coming...

Oh God.

That's it... that's all we can do.

Come on out, Bow...

My father would like a word with you.

Go away, Jason... before they get you!

Go away...

Before they eat you.

We'll get you, Bow...

Just you wait.

Oh, sh*t!

Dear Lord... forgive me
for what I have done...

"...and the big news in Akron tonight
is the unexplained appearance..."

"...of grotesque, flesh-eating
humans..."

"...at first thought to be the publicity stunt of local
movie producers Anso Studios' THE ZOMBIE DOCTORS."

"Channel 5 has now learned that
this grotesque happening is..."

"...in fact, a reality..."

"...and one that is quickly spreading as more and more
of these human cannibals appear throughout this area."

"Word from Civil Defense units
handling the situation..."

"...is that these creatures
are, in fact, dead."

"Uh, well... not dead, perhaps,
but rather undead."

"And the Mayor has issued
a state of emergency..."

"...but wants to assure us that
the situation is under control."

"We'll be right back after
these messages."

Oh, get the seat belt!

"...the number you have reached
has been disconnected."

"No further information is available..."

"Are we on?"

"Uh, this news just in..."

"...it seems that the Mayor has been...
attacked by these creatures...

"Washington, D.C. has been notified
of these proceedings..."

"...and the President is preparing to arm the city with
the military force necessary to return to normalcy."

"This broadcast will be extended..."

"To repeat, THE JEFFERSONS and SANFORD & SON will not be
shown at their regularly-scheduled time this evening."

"Word at present..."

"...is that the creatures have now
penetrated this station..."

"Let's not waste our time with them..."

"Let's just get inside."

"Mercer... check out the
back of the house."

"Yeah, okay."

They've been in here...

Let's spread out...

...and be careful.

Richards...

Come on.

Damn it!

Have a nice day.

Richards... out the window!

You alright?

Y-yeah... yeah, sure.

Damn things...

...look at it!

Why won't they die?

The thing's head's off its
body for Christ's sakes!

Doesn't it know that??

No, Richards... I guess they don't
know much of anything.

Not anymore, anyway.

But look at it!

It's trying to eat us, but it
doesn't have a mouth!!

Why?

Why??

How's the rest of downstairs look?

We were too late here...

...as usual.

Looks like just the two
people lived here.

No sign of any struggle, though.

Richards, what's taking so long?

Nothin', captain...

...nothin'.

Ow, sh*t...!!

b*stard!!

We've got to go... they're coming.

Kuller, help Raimi bring Richards.

We have to get him to a med unit.

Yeah, right!

You name one and we'll
take him there.

There hasn't been a med unit between
here and Richmond in months.

Now listen, Raimi, what
do you suggest we do?

Leave him here for those things to eat?

Yeah...

What?

Make him leave me here, Raimi...

I'm infected now...

...and I'd be one of them by the
time we reach a med unit.

I'd rather be a zombie meal than
become one of those...

No...

...maybe Moulsson has found a cure!

Yeah, right.

Moulsson's about as useful as the
government he's working for.

All right.

If that's the way you want it.

Kuller, go find Mercer and
tell him we're leaving.

Richards, I...

Oh, sh*t!

Mer-cer!!

Oh sh*t...

Where's Mercer, Kuller?

I dunno...

...wasn't my turn to watch him.

Wonderful.

What's wrong, Mercer?

Zombies... hundreds of 'em...

...they're coming through the field!

Let's get out of here.

It's time to report in to Washington and
get a replacement for Richards.

Replacement?

Yeah.

Well, at least we're home.

Yeah... four of us anyway.

Why won't they go home?

If those zombies come around,
they're gonna get eaten.

Ah, they've been here ever since
those things got the President.

They actually want us to
protect the zombies.

Come on.

Wow, this is some good sh*t, man!

Hey Randalls...

You're still alive?

I thought those zombies would have
escaped from your cheap cages by now!

Hey Raimi, you gotta come
catch this flick, man...

...it'll help you with
your zombie-k*lling!

Yeah, we'll see Randalls!

I'll be back up later.

Alright, later dude.

You guys up for a visit to Doctor
Moulsson's t*rture chamber?

Let's go.

Not me... I'm gonna get some rest.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm okay. Just tired I guess.

Okay, we'll check in with you later.

I think Doctor J should
have a look at her.

Yeah... and the rest of us, too. I...

Did I hear my name mentioned,
soldiers?

What's up, doc?

J, I'd appreciate if you'd take a look
at our girl Kuller when you can.

That's what they don't
pay me for, Captain!

I think she went down
to the resting rooms.

I'll check her out for you.

Oh, by the way, Doctor Moulsson
wants to see you guys!

We were just on our way down there.

You two go ahead... I'll go with
Doctor J and check on Kuller.

Okay.

Tell her I'll be up to see her in a bit.

Bye!

Bring the window down.

Not that much... not that much!!

Hey, it's about time! We got
us a feisty bunch here!

Hey, you roll it down this time.

You guys ready?

Close it! Close it!

Oh, sh*t!!

Come on Franklin, let's
go... come on...

Jeez, things are heavy!

Well, what have we here?

More cut-'em-ups, doc. Squad


One of 'em got bit moving the b*stards.

Thanks, doc. I gotta go...

This lady gets dragged through the woods
and split in half in this movie we got on.

These look like some good
specimens, Doctor.

Yes, very good, Franklin.

Well, Doctor Savini! Late again I see.

I wish you'd please return these
samples on time from now on.

I'm extremely busy, Doctor Moulsson.

The things you're asking
me to do take time.

Next time I'll have it...

The next time you'll have it here
on time, Doctor Savini... or else!

Don't kid yourself. We don't use you
for intelligent things around here!

We have zombies that can do the
things I ask of you in half the time!

Now please leave, you're
making me nauseous.

Bye-bye.

How's the blood and guts
business, Moulsson?

Oh, I should ask you the
same, Mister Raimi.

What's with this one, doc?

Ah, that is Vox, one of
our research zombies.

Vox is something that Franklin
and I have been toying with.

This computer board in his throat
enables him to form words.

You mean this thing can talk?

In a way, yes.

He seemed to form words with his mouth, miming
us talking, so we gave him that ability.

Watch.

Hel-lo.

Woah!

Feed me, I'm hung-ry.

Quiet, Vox!

If you took away Vox's lips
and tongue, however...

Speaking of tongues, come here.

You know, we've found a way to
counteract the zombie virus.

It'll take a trip to Akron,
Ohio, however.

So it is the serum Bow created.

Precisely.

Rather than bringing the dead to
limited life like Bow intended...

...the serum reactivated the dead
cells, then began to feed on them.

After it fed on the flesh and blood it needed to
survive, the virus caused the corpse to act as a sl*ve...

...to find more food for the virus.

And if the corpse didn't keep
feeding the virus...

...it would eventually be entirely
consumed by it...

...and then the virus would
have to devour itself.

In a way, sort of committing
its own suicide.

If the corpse went unfed, it would
die off, k*lling the virus.

Yeah, but that takes too long.

Right... the average person
takes about a month.

But with all the corpses
that die off every day...

...the remaining ones infect new people,
making things a bit more difficult on us all.

But with this new serum change...

...well, we can k*ll a corpse
in as little as... two hours.

That's not going to help
us militarily, you know.

True...

...it is about as useless as a squirt
g*n in hand-to-hand combat.

You see, the virus is the only
thing alive in the corpse...

...it is separate from its dead carrier.

That's heavy.

Yes. Here's a demonstration
of what I mean.

This human tongue was injected
about an hour ago...

...with some of Vox's blood.

Far out.

Yes.

As you can see, it is still alive although
it's been separated from its corpse.

Now what we must do
is go to Akron, Ohio...

...to find Bow's original serum.

With it, we can change its structure
and create an anti-viral serum.

Oh boy...

...the Captain's gonna love this.

Oh, I'm sure he will.

I think we should leave
tomorrow morning.

The sooner we get there, the
sooner we can end this mess.

I'll start organizing our supplies.

Wha...??

More food...

...feed me...

Franklin, get a tourniquet... quickly!

Franklin, hurry!!

Well, Mister Raimi...

If we don't find that serum
in the next few days...

...our Mister Mercer's going to develop
an insatiable appetite for flesh and blood.

Will do. Thanks, Commander.

That's it then.

We leave on Moulsson's
excursion at 6 AM.

We pick up the keys to the Bow
house at the Columbus station.

What about Mercer?

Perry's letting him go.

I hope we don't lose him like
we did Romero and King.

Here's the paperwork.

What's going on?

Ah, the zombies are attacking
those stupid protestors.

I don't know why people want
to protect those things.

So this is where it all began, eh?

Nice place.

Yeah.

Grass could use a cut, though.

Maybe we can get Moulsson to cut it.

I doubt that.

What's the deal, Captain?

I dunno... must be this key.

Typical government crap.

I wonder where Bow kept his lab.

I think I got it...

Whatever it is, don't give it to us.

I think I got it...

I think I...

...got it!!

sh*t, get them off me!!

No... no...

Wait! Wait!!

Who the hell is that?

Help me... don't close the door, please!

Okay...

...so who's our new arrival?

Electricity's still on.

I'm not one of them... my
name is Vincent.

I-I work for a church not
far away from here.

I-I was just out scouting the
area, you see, that...

...that's my job at the church.

It's a good church...

My girlfriend Anna sings there,
she's... she's a great singer.

She's really good, and... and...

I'm one of the assistants to our
pastor, Reverend Jones.

Maybe you've heard of him?

You see, we're the only people
around in the whole city...

Maybe we can help you out, depending
on what you're looking for.

Captain, I think we should
check out this house.

Right.

You and Kuller go downstairs.

Mercer, come with me and check
out the rest of this place.

Okay.

Moulsson, you and Franklin keep our
newcomer here and see if he can help us.

Certainly.

Shall we go into the kitchen
for some coffee?

Be careful, Raimi.

Creepy place.

Just right for some zombies.

Yeah.

Oh sh*t.

Nothing here...

Yeah...

Who is it?

It's Doctor Bow.

What's that?

It's a diary that belongs to
Bow's daughter, Anna.

That must be Anna.

I wonder what happened to her...

...or to Bow for that matter.

According to Moulsson, Bow wasn't
k*lled by his zombies.

Yeah...

...pretty strange.

Maybe he was hiding from someone.

I'll read Anna's diary and
see what I can find out.

Hey...

What are you doing?

Nothing... nothing.

Lloyds, come in. This is
Commander Carpenter.

Go ahead, Commander.

I found Vincent, he's here
at the Bow house.

He's got other people with him...

...they look like soldiers.

Tell the Reverend I'm gonna
watch 'em for awhile.

Okay. Lloyds out.

So you say you have a church colony
around here, eh, Vincent?

Uh, yes, it... it belongs
to our Reverend Jones.

What kind of work do you do there?

I noticed that Akron is cleaned
out of zombies...

...did your people do that?

Our church is involved in strictly
religious work as set forth by our Reverend.

We're aiding God in his attempts
to rid the sins of the earth.

How's that?

Isn't it obvious, Mister Raimi?

The dead are coming to life...

...it's God's way of annihilating
all living forms.

This is our punishment, as
it was for Doctor Bow.

Vincent, Bow was a victim
of his own stupidity.

We just all get to pay for his mistakes.

No, that's not true! It is my
religion that is right!

Well, does your religion include
eavesdropping on Raimi and Kuller last night?

He what?

I was just seeing if anyone
was still awake.

Yeah...

I'll bet.

Franklin...

Franklin!

What? What is it?

This is it!

Bow's viral compound... I've found it!

My God, you're right!

Why didn't we think of these
additives before?

I don't know... but I've got to tell them!

Hey!

It's here, we found it!

Wonderful!

We're going to get started on it!

Good...

...maybe now we can get rid
of those damned things.

No... you can't... you musn't
destroy them...

What did you say?

No!

Son of a b*tch!

What the hell was that?

Dammit!!

That little weasel...

Here's looking at you, kid...

Dammit!

I knew we shouldn't have trusted
that son-of-a-b*tch!

Come on, Mercer...

...let's go get the son-of-a-b*tch...

Be careful, Mercer!! You're injured!

He's dead.

Damn it!

What is the Reverend going
to do with all these guys?

Well, we're saving them, Powers...

...only the Reverend knows
what we will do with them.

Carpenter, what's going on?

It's those intruders at the Bow
house that I told you about...

...they shot Vincent!

Good boy, Jason...

You're not like the others,
are you? Hmm?

Of course he's not like the others,
father! He's my brother!

True, Anna, he is.

But, I only meant that...

Come in.

Reverend Jones!

Yes, Lloyds.

Commander Carpenter just brought
Vincent back from his patrol, sir...

...and he's been shot!

What? Shot?!

How?

He found a group of government
people over at the Bow house...

...they're here to find Doctor Bow's
serum to destroy the living corpses...

...they shot him...

Where is he?

He's down in the infirmary...

May I go see him, father?

Yes... yes, of course, my dear.

Lloyds...

Anna musn't find anything
out about Doctor Bow.

Is that understood?

Yessir.

Good. Now let's go see Vincent.

Well, Powers... I guess this is it...

No, no...

Reverend Jones will be
able to heal you...

He can't heal me...

No one can heal me now.

Protect Anna...

There's a g*n in his desk...

...get it for her...

Ssssh...

Hey, hey... a soldier... run!!

Hey... wait!!

A dog collar?

You can't die, Vincent...

I love you.

I love you too, Anna...

How are you doing, Vincent?

Not well, Reverend...

Those soldiers...

...they're tampering with Doctor
Bow's serum, to k*ll the dead...

Sssh, Vincent, I know, I know... they're tampering
with Doctor Bow's serum, to k*ll the dead...

Sssh, Vincent, I know, I know...

Commander Carpenter explained
everything to me.

You said they were at
the Doctor's house?

Y-yeah... yeah...

You know what to do with him.

Have Powers assist you.

Hush, my child. Everything
will be alright.

It's a damned cult...

Vincent would have wanted it this way.

Holy sh*t...

Father, who is the Doctor Bow
that everyone is talking about?

Please father, tell me.

He was someone important
in my life, wasn't he?

Don't I have a right to know?

Doctor Bow was a scientist in
the community, that's all.

No, that's not true...

...there's something you're
not telling me!

Why is everyone trying to act
as if nothing is going on?

Anna, just forget it!

It was a long time ago!

I don't care!

Anna...

Why are you trying to
hide him from me?

There's something you're
not telling me, father!

Raimi... where the hell have you been?

I found Vincent's little church... it's
a religious cult...

They're keeping zombies in the
basement, and in cages...

They fed Vincent to them...

They were sacrificing some girl, too...

...and there's a girl resembling
Bow's daughter...

...named Anna...

Powers, what are you doing in here?!

I... uh... Vincent told me...

Vincent?!

Come in, Columbus.

This is Zombie Squad
Unit 205 in Akron.

Come in, Columbus. Over.

That's it.

It's done.

Yes it is.

But we need a specimen to try it out
on, before we use it on Mercer.

Mister Raimi, I believe that is your job!

Well, you're not going to find
a zombie around here.

I'm going to have to steal
one from Jones's church.

Do what you must.

Let's go, Kuller.

What are you doing?

It could take them hours
to get a zombie.

I'm going to give Mercer
the serum now.

Doctor Moulsson, but...

Doctor, what if you..

...we made a mistake with the serum?

What would happen to Mercer?

Nothing will happen to Mercer,
Doctor Franklin.

I would stake my hat and my life on it!

The sons-o' b*tches are stealing Jason!

We better tell the Reverend.

Yeah, let's fry the b*stards...

Do you think Jones's people
will come after us?

I hope not.

This one appears to be Jones's pet.

I think Jones k*lled Doctor Bow.

Why do say that?

Because of Anna's diary.

She says her father was having
some sort of conflict with him.

And in Bow's log book, he mentions
Jones didn't like his experiments.

Well, seeing what Vincent did to the
Captain, that doesn't surprise me.

We'll be alright.

If Jones decides to pull something...

...we'll be ready for him.

There you go.

Lloyds, what's going on?

We're going after the people
who k*lled Vincent.

Have you seen Powers?

Huh-uh, no... why?

She said she was going
to get a g*n for me...

...that I needed to protect myself
against someone in the church...

...but I can't find her!

You don't need a g*n. I'll see you.

Moulsson...

Did you give Mercer something?

Huh? Yes. Yes I did.

I gave him the serum.

You what??

I had to.

I had no idea how dangerous
Jones's people were.

For all I knew, you would
have never come back!

Besides, I'm sure it will
work... no doubts.

You son of a b*tch...

If anything happens
to him, I swear I'll...

You'll do nothing, soldier.

Nothing will happen!

C-Come on...

Find those people!

C'mon, let's go get them!

Who the hell...?

What?

What is it?

It's Jones's people.

Come on, we gotta move.

Holy sh*t!

C'mon, Luther... find them solders!

Get Moulsson and Franklin.

sh*t!

Moulsson...

Where's the duffel bag you
and Franklin brought?

Right here, the serum's in it!

Yeah... so is our escape route!

Reverend Jones!!

What is it, Carpenter?

T-T-They shot some people...

What?

Heel, heel boy!

What is it, Luther? You smell
some soldiers in there?

Well go in there, flush 'em out and bite
their little you-know-what's off!

Carpenter...

It is imperative that your people
find those soldiers!

What the...?

Agh! 'Nam flashbacks...
'Nam flashbacks!

sh*t!

Carpenter... find out what's going on!

No!

C'mon, let's go!

Get them!

Raimi, the trees...!

Reverend Jones!

Jason's back here...

...and they left one of
their soldiers behind!

Dammit!

How in the hell could we
have forgotten Mercer?

Can't we go back and get him?

It's too risky with the cult back there.

I don't know, Moulsson's serum will
probably k*ll him before that cult will...

Now wait a minute, Raimi...

Shut up, Moulsson!!

They probably will take
him back to the church.

We'll go there at dawn,
it's too risky now.

You and Franklin just wait here.

Not on your life, Raimi...

...we're responsible for this mess.

Have it your way.

Yeah... they're in.

Excellent.

Make sure your men stay
away from them.

I want them led to the altar room.

You got it.

You may rise.

Revelations...



"And I saw the dead..."

"...small and great..."

"...stand before God..."

"...and the books were opened,
and another book..."

Welcome to Sunday School...

"...and the dead were judged out of those things which
were written in the books, according to their works."

It is our day to judge,
brothers and sisters.

To follow the calling set forth
by our Lord God above.

Several sl*ves of the heathenous
government...

...have infiltrated the serenity and
peace of our church, my children.

They have violently attacked
and m*rder*d my aides...

...Vincent and Lloyds...

...activities which the Lord Himself saw
fit to endow myself and our people with.

And in our attempts to deal
with these people...

...many of our dear brothers
and sisters were lost.

They used witchcraft...

...originated by Doctor Bow...

...to ruthlessly decay Jason...

My son, Jason!

However, God saw fit for these sinners
to leave behind one of their cohorts...

...for he has been subjected
to their witchcraft!

And he himself...

...is now one of the dead...

...which God has risen from the grave!

Welcome, murderers!

It's about time!

Anna... no!

Father...

...they k*lled Vincent!

It is Bow's daughter...

I'll get Mercer down, Raimi.

Yeah, okay.

Who are the real heathens
here, Jones?

You, some quack Reverend who nails
an innocent man to a board...

...and keeps hundreds of zombies
in your basement...

feeding them with people
like Vincent...

We are protecting our
dead from you people!

If it is God's wish to destroy
us with our own kind...

...then so be it!

Do not touch him!

Good Lord, the serum is working!

Thank you for removing
that, Franklin...

Mercer?

Raimi... the natives are getting restless!

Did you see Mercer?
He's a zombie now!

Yeah, your damned
serum didn't work!!

No, no, it worked...

Didn't you see the other zombie?

With Mercer...

...with him it just mixed in with his
flesh cells that were still living...

He wasn't dead when I gave it to him!

Parts of him are infected by
the virus, but the rest...

...the rest of him is still human!

That's why he can talk!

Yeah... chalk one up for science...

Father!!

No...

Not your real one, anyway.

I must fulfill the prophecy...

Get out...

No, father...

In your office, I found Powers...

She's dead!

Sssh-sssh...

I know...

I k*lled her...

I k*lled her just like I
k*lled Doctor Bow...

Leave the church quickly, Anna...

Wake up, my children...

It's feeding time!

sh*t...

God damn it!

What's that?

I dunno, but it can't be good.

Here...

Take these and go wait in the wagon.

Give Moulsson one of your pistols.

What are you going to do?

Get Mercer back!

Come on!

Be careful!

Keep going, Raimi, I'll
meet you outside!

Raimi, go!!

Moulsson...

This is your fault.

Get off me, you b*stards!

See what you did to me, Moulsson?

I'm going to rip you to shreds for this.

The telephone...

b*stard...

Aren't you going to bite me?

No, but I'm going to get Moulsson.

Where is he?

Down the hall...

I think the cult got him.

You wanna come with us?

No, man...

I'm a zombie now.

Whatever you do, don't
use Moulsson's serum...

Don't use it on someone unless
they're really dead.

I'm gonna k*ll you for what
you did to Vincent.

No, Anna, wait...

How do you know who I am?

You're Doctor Bow's daughter, Anna.

No, I'm Reverend Jones's daughter!

No, you're not!

Look here!

That's you, with Doctor Bow.

No...

You're lying!

No, I'm not.

Jones kidnapped you when he and
his cult m*rder*d your father.

No...

Reverend Jones is my father, soldier!

Yes, get me Doctor Savini!

Are you sure you don't want
to talk to Doctor Moulsson?

No, this is Doctor Moulsson,
for God's sakes!

Get Savini!

This way...

There's someone bigger to k*ll.

Oh sh*t...

There we go...

No, Savini, no!!

No, eight grams! EIGHT!



Listen to me... for once in your life,
get something right, Savini!

Eight?

Yes, eight grams.

NO, FOR GOD'S SAKE, SAVINI,
GET IT RIGHT!!

He's in here...

Oh God.

What?

What was it, goular?

No, no, not goular!

That's not what I said, Savini!

Listen to me, I'm about
to get k*lled here!

Do you have the serum?

Yeah...

Good.

There's one very important thing:

You can't give that to
someone unless...

What? Unless what?

sh*t!

Man, I'm really busy and I don't have
any time for you pushin' me around.

You wanna know something?

You and Franklin don't acknowledge
my work, and I'm kinda sick of it.

Savini?

Now there's just one important thing...

Savini?

Dammit!

Knock it off, b*stards!

Stop it!

We're gonna get in there, Moulsson...

...and when we do...

...I'm gonna shut you up...

Ha! What are you going to
do? Rip out my tongue?

Yeah...

Something like that.

Come on, Raimi...

You son of a b*tch...

No, dammit... dammit!!

Dammit!

Stop it, you b*stards!

Mercer, you as*h*le!

Give me back my hat!

No, not the tongue... not the tongue...

You talk too much.

Mercer?

I copied the serum down
word for word.

I know I didn't make any mistakes!

I don't know... he doesn't look too well.

He looks like Mercer did when
Moulsson gave him the serum.

I hope whatever you gave him
worked, Doctor Savini.

How do you feel?

I don't like this at all.

Well, did Moulsson's
serum work on you?

Oh God...

You gave him Moulsson's serum?

Can't you do anything right, Savini?

Kuller?

You mean that's it?