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Dead Heat (1988)

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Runtime: 86 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: While investigating some frightening crimes that lead a pharmaceutical company, officers Roger Mortis (Treat Williams) and his partner Doug Bigelow (Joe Piscopo) pay a visit to Dante Laboratories. What they find shocks them and... While investigating some frightening crimes that lead a pharmaceutical company, officers Roger Mortis (Treat Williams) and his partner Doug Bigelow (Joe Piscopo) pay a visit to Dante Laboratories. What they find shocks them and changes the course of their lives -- a high-tech "resurrection room" that has been churning out a weird band of recycled and indestructible criminals, and which eventually transforms Mortis into the undead! [More]

Starring: Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo, Lindsay Frost, Darren McGavin

Starring: Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo, Lindsay Frost, Darren McGavin, Vincent Price, Clare Kirkconnell, Keye Luke, Robert Picardo, Mel Stewart, Professor Toru Tanaka, Martha Quinn

Director: Mark Goldblatt

Director: Mark Goldblatt
Producer: David Helpern, Michael T. Meltzer
Composer: Ernest Troost

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A real stinker in 1988, and it hasn't improved with age.

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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
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Despite the overwhelming demand for Treat Williams/Joe Piscopo team-ups, this effort remains surprisingly hard to find.

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