a must-see for Dead Alive fans

I believe it should get a proper DVD release but noone seems to know who has the rights to it these days... I KNOW that an updated remake would be KILLER... it definately needs that... especially with these famous movies that show the same things as TVD like Thr Ring, with "Samara" coming out the T.V. and Like someone said about Dead Alive... so, it deserves a remake!!!!

Hard to compare this to Shock Waves. That is a great little-known zombie film. This is a little-known laughable film. I normally don't enjoy this type of terrible film (so-bad-it's-good) but I did get some minor enjoyment. I love how people defend this film - "It's supposed to be that way. You just don't get it!". Actually, I do get that much of the film is supposed to be funny. The fact of the matter is that it isn't actually humorous on it's own grounds...it's laughably bad. A friend made me a copy of the tape he owns and I will keep it for some enjoyment at a much later time. I could easily watch a film like Shock Waves often. This film, while not painfully bad, is still bad. Anyway, there will probably never be a character as great as "Jeff". Oh, poor Rocky Duvall. Why did your career end here? IMDB really needs more of his lines in the memorable quotes section. Some of them are truly classic examples of great dialogue. As for a connection to Braindead / Dead Alive...sure, it's possible... but there are thousands of zombie films out there! I doubt Peter Jackson singled this film out as a major inspiration for some of his characters. Also, how is this a must for Dead Alive fans?! That film is an intelligent, hilarious zombie comedy classic. This is, well, The Video Dead.