DEAD HEAT

Details

• Release Year: 1988
• Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Science-Fiction
• Plot: You Can't Keep A Good Cop Dead; ; The Buddy Cop Zombie Comedy Now Loaded with All-New Extras!; ; Violent criminals who can't be killed are shooting up Los Angeles, and the investigation leads LAPD detectives Roger Mortis (Treat Williams) and Doug Bigelow (Joe Piscopo) to a mysterious pharmaceutical firm. But when Mortis is suddenly murdered, his coroner girlfriend and loose cannon partner discover the company's 'resurrection machine' that turns Roger into the walking dead. Now the department's most unstoppable cops must battle zombie hit men, a butcher shop gone berserk and the deceased industrialist (the legendary Vincent Price in one of his final film roles) who may hold the key to it all. But can Mortis solve his own homicide case before he completely decomposes?; ; Darren McGavin (The Night Stalker), Lindsay Frost (The Ring) and Keye Luke (Gremlins) co-star in this wild combination of explosive action thriller and gory zombie comedy directed by Mark Goldblatt (The Punisher) and featuring grisly make-up effects and monsters by Steve Johnson (Species).
• Cast: Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo, Lindsay Frost, Darren McGavin, Vincent Price, Clare Kirkconnell, Keye Luke, Robert Picardo, Mel Stewart, Professor Toru Tanaka, Martha Quinn, Ben Mittleman, Peter Kent, Cate Caplin, Monica Lewis, Peggy O'Brien, Chip Heller, Steven R. Bannister, Lew Hopson, Tom Nolan, Steve Itkin, Shane Black, Michael Saad, Monty Cox, Monty Ash, H. Ray Huff, Pons Maar, Dawan Scott, Ivan E. Roth, Ron Taylor, Yvonne Peattie, Clarence Brown, Pamela Vansant, Beth Toussaint, Stephen Jacques, Loren Janes, Gene LeBell, Dick Miller, Linnea Quigley, Mark Goldblatt, Terry Black
• Director: Mark Goldblatt
• Runtime: 1:26
• Company: New World Pictures, Anchor Bay Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie