Night Life
Night Life
R | 18 September 1989 (USA)
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Archie works part-time at his uncle's mortuary and is harassed by a few of the popular kids because of it. His harassers die in an automobile accident, and the bodies are taken to his uncle's mortuary. Archie is pulling a late night at the mortuary when he sees a storm brewing. Lighting strikes! They're alive! The preppie bullies continue to torment him...as zombies!

Reviews
Maidgethma Wonderfully offbeat film!
SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction
Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.
Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
gwnightscream This 1989 horror film stars Scott Grimes and John Astin. Grimes (Critters) plays Archie, a nerdy teen who works at a mortuary for his uncle, Flanders (Astin). Archie gets picked on by 2 jocks from school who soon die in a car accident with their girlfriends. One night during a rainstorm, they're resurrected by lightning and Archie becomes terrorized by them. This isn't bad and Grimes is good in it along with the make-up effects. Give this a view at least once horror fans.
texasarcane Another poster called it the Citizen Kane of zombie movies. They were right. It's got some magic in it.If you heard the premise you'd judge this film in advance and in doing so you'd be missing a real horror classic. There's something about it that follows you out of the end. It's scored in a very interesting way, shot in a very interesting way and the whole thing has a dreamlike quality. Scott Grimes was superb in the lead. The very last bit really makes the film. Clever. The whole thing is well written. The dialogue is not hackneyed or trite, it's literate. Watching it I thought the director must have been really hungry because he spun this simple story into something gold.
Backlash007 Night Life is something I stumbled upon one night while haunting old video stores in search of a descent flick. I found something better. I found Night Life. Scott Grimes of Critters fame stars as the underdog hero is this unheard of horror comedy. I have never even heard anyone talk about this film, which really surprised me after watching it. In it, four super jackasses turn into four super zombies by a mixture of electricity and chemicals. It sounds like the usual, but it's definitely got it's own flare. The scene of the accident is bizarre stuff, it's weirdly shot. It feels more like a dream than a movie. It's my favorite of the film. There are some truly grotesque parts in the mortuary too. If you've never seen this movie, find it. You'll be in for a treat.
Tampon Blimey. This one turned out to be a real surprise! Its got a half decent story, characters you care about, nice make up effects. It's scary, isn't overly gory, the funny bits never get in the way of the serious stuff. What a film!