The Alien Dead

Filmed over a period of two years starting in 1973 deep in the swamps of Oviedo, Florida, THE ALIEN DEAD (1980) barely squeezed by on its meager shoestring budget of $12,000. Graduating to 16mm color film from his earlier B&W effort, THE BRAIN LEECHES (1978), burgeoning filmmaker Fred Olen Ray crafted an astonishingly crude tale of aquatic zombies and the characters who would become their victims. In what would later become a trademark of Ray’s work, the movie features serial icon, Buster Crabbe (FLASH GORDON), a marquee star from the director’s childhood. The film has, at times, a strange gauzy, nightmare-like quality about it. A surreal, netherworld of dream images that threaten to engulf the characters. Scratch your head in awe and wonder at THE ALIEN DEAD,available again as a 45th anniversary edition with limited slipcover while supplies last!

Also included here is the director’s first 16mm feature effort, THE BRAIN LEE