Product Details

• Actors: Jeremy Slate, Cheryl Lawson, Stephen Gregory Foster, Danny Gochnauer, Geha Getz
• Format: NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: First Look Home Ente
• VHS Release Date: January 29, 1990
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301560779
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #313,684 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a zoned out mental institution, May 19, 2008

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Bartok Kinski "A casual stroll through the lu... (Prague) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dead Pit (DVD)

This is the darkest, gloomiest zombie flick I have ever seen. From beginning to end, just totally creepy. It's like a beautiful nightmare. The main character in the movie, Jane Doe, is played by Cheryl Lawson, and I think she does an excellent job of overdramatic, but not bad, acting. Especially when she freaks out or is being hypnotized by the doctor. Not a whole lot of gore, but a lot of really cool looking zombies out for brains. Basically, a hopelessly zoned out woman is stalked by an undead doctor at a mental institution. Very creeped out music. I like this movie. The box for the movie has a zombie on the cover with little light bulbs for his eyes. When you press a button, the eyes start blinking! Over the top movie.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Zombie movie fans will enjoy this!, April 15, 2004

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Elohymn (Morgan Hill, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dead Pit [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Ok, so this is no 'Dawn of the Dead' but I found it a welcome installment into the Zombie genre. I'm a fan that's endlessly searched for cool new zombie movies and I've seen the worst of the worst in my efforts. 'The Dead Pit' is not that bad. It does have some slow parts in the middle, but the last 20-25 minutes is zombie hoard city! If you're like me and have to see anything zombie, rent this! With all the garbage out there nowdays, this film looks pretty good. Also, there is an uncut version of this movie out there somewhere that is said to be much more gory. I'm sure that version would be alot better, but if you can't find it, give this copy a try. It's a good little zombie flick.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing because it had promise., November 20, 2004

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Robert Meeks (Winchester, KY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Pit [VHS] (VHS Tape)

'The Dead Pit' is one of those movies which makes you wish they had done more. The direction and cinematography are well done. Quite frankly there are several scenes in this movie that are very well done and look like they should be in a much better movie with a story and acting that are equal. Unfortunately it is the story and acting and a few poorly done effects that drag it down. This is the story of a doctor at a mental asylum, 20 years ago, who performed experiments on the brains of patients in an underground lab (where did you expect his lab to be) for the purpose of resurrecting the dead. Another doctor discovers his heresies and in the ensuing fight the lab ends up being sealed shut. Fast forward 20 years later where an attractive young woman is committed to the same mental asylum where her father was a doctor who disappeared 20 years ago. She then spends a good amount of time running around in her underwear and being tormented by a female warden (dang; I just made it sound interesing). In the mental asylum there are the usual assortment of patients that inhabit most asylums in horror movies. Although well directed, there is not much a director can do with a story that drags as this does through about 40 minutes of the middle of the movie as misdirection is used to an annoying degree. There is a certain level of humor that creeps in, as well some scenes obviously aimed at guys. The zombies in this movie look more like the colorized version of 'Night of the Living Dead', but they do like to read car repair manuals (there is a joke in that which refers to a specific humorous scene in the movie). The climax of this movie is in a category of seriously bad movie climaxes. If you like b-movies you may well enjoy this since this is a b-movie script, but with a very good film crew. If you are looking for a Romero or Fulci type of movie, it will not be found here.-Bob