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• Actors: Jon Tenney, Thea Gill, Wanda Cannon, Terry David Mulligan, Robert Picardo
• Directors: Joe Dante
• Writers: Dale Bailey, Mick Garris, Sam Hamm
• Producers: Adam Goldworm, Andrew Deane, Ben Browning, Bo Altherr
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• DVD Release Date: July 11, 2006
• Run Time: 59 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FA57WG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,641 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Masters of Horror: Joe Dante - Homecoming" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Made for Showtime, the Masters of Horror series features films by renowned horror film directors, such as Homecoming by Joe Dante (The Howling, Gremlins). This satire about Bush's War On Terrorism is a one-liner, in which soldiers killed in Iraq rise from the dead to vote the president out of office as their last effort to end the war. Zombies fight for peace as the politicians concoct deadly schemes in this comedic film about the idiocy of our current government. Political consultants Jane Cleaver (Thea Gill) and David Murch (Jon Tenney) meet during a talk show panel, then watch in horror as the news begins to air footage of soldier zombies wandering the streets towards their local voting booths. Top political officials, unable to slay the undead, discover that the zombies die on their own after dropping their voting cards into the boxes. Zombies spark a small revolution by denouncing WMDs on television, urging citizens to follow suit. Though weak compared to Romero's great sarcastic zombie film, Dawn of the Dead, Homecoming features enough body parts squirting green blood to entertain. Over-the-top humor throughout recalls Re-Animator, yet the political message goes deeper. Dante's warped rendition of America’s recent history seems more relevant than ever. --Trinie Dalton

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MASTERS OF HORROR:HOMECOMING - DVD Movie

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35 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Masters of Hilarious Horror, June 27, 2006

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Bad Johnny (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Masters of Horror: Joe Dante - Homecoming (DVD)

I'm amused by the reviews here--from either political side--that take this as anything more than what it is. IT IS A HIGHLY ENTERTAINING SATIRE! I do not ascribe to the political beliefs put forth by this piece, that has never been a prerequisite to good entertainment. But is it funny?--oh, YES! Highly recommended as one of the finest Masters of Horror segments. Whether your Republican, Democrat, or completely uninterested in politics--this is an amusing poke at the political process taken to absurd proportions. I swear it won't corrupt or subvert you.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Joe Dante-Master of Horror, December 22, 2006

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Joplin John (Midwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Masters of Horror: Joe Dante - Homecoming (DVD)

I can't follow the bandwagon of congratulations for Joe Dante's MOH episode; this is unfortunate because Joe is one of my heroes. I respect that it sets out to do exactly what Joe and co. wanted it to do, but in the end it comes off as more of an indictment of Anne Cultor than it does the Iraq War. But it isn't the politics that left me wanting in this particular film, it was the fact that Dante was able to make a balls-to-the-wall horror movie again (THE HOWLING being a particular favorite of mine), but that isn't at all what we get. In some ways it seems silly to complain, given that the war is true horror; but Dante is a monsterkid, and I was really hoping for something else. Again, I respect his decision and his choices with this particular story, I was just hoping for something a little more fun. Shallow perhaps, but I'm a B-movie maven all the way. I'm happy that he has received good notices for this episode (Dante is super underrated), and definitely recommend it to those who are not really horror, or B-movie, fans, who are looking for something with a little more substance. The film is well made, and very humorous (only Dante would crank the gag of having famous "zombie" directors names' littering a group of headstones up a notch by adding Del Tenney!), and I recommend it to those not looking for a "horror" movie.

19 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anyone that wrote a review of this movie just proved its point, July 27, 2006

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Hans Laursen "gatordoc99" (Long Beach, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Masters of Horror: Joe Dante - Homecoming (DVD)

I find everyone's statements on here equally moving. That is the whole point of making a movie is to entertain. Even those who say they hated were still moved enough by it to put their dissent in writing. Any movie, love it or hate, if it moves you in any way, was successful in that mission.

Those of you who don't like it - don't watch it. I've always thought that Jerry Springer and shows like it would go away if the people criticizing it would simply change the channel. We changed the channel with Dan Quayle - and he went away.

My biggest surprise after seeing this movie is why the national media haven't been raising holy hell on this one. The dissenters will say it's because the movie sucked so badly, the fellow dissidents will say it's because of suppression or something like that.

To those who say this movie is despicable and not honoring our troops are relating more smokescreen poppycock for our naive consumption.

1) The reason our troops are fighting for us is for the very reason this movie is allowed to be made. "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism." - Thomas Jefferson Those of you who think it's wrong for someone to make something like this needs to go back and read a history book and then the Constitution again. I find it very disturbing when people, especially those with political power, start saying what should be considered appropriate speech. Ever heard of inalienable rights? Where do you think those come from, Washington, D.C.? or the Almighty?

Someone who "hated" this movie will say that free speech doesn't give you the right to dishonor our country or our troops. If that's true, please let me wash your feet, because only a power beyond us meer mortals can decide what rights we have and in what way we are allowed to practice them.

2) One can concede that the troops probably voted more for Bush than Kerry. Lincoln did probably win reelection because of the soldiers vote.

While officers tend to be Republican, keep in mind that enlisted men tend to be Democratic. After all, the military is more ethnically diverse than our own country at times - probably because they started 20 years before the rest of us thanks to integration with Harry Truman. And, besides, when you make 12,000 a year, well I guess pocket book issues might matter a little more than to people than those who legitimize selfishness like Ann Coulter.

3) The movie never states who the soldiers are voting for, although it clearly implies it's not the Republicans. The movie shows a bumbling nominee - presumably Kerry (although this one states to not have served in the military - which should make the conservatives happy because they can't fathom a real patriot or American for that matter that isn't a registered Republican). To claim that this movie is disrespectful to our soldiers because of who they'd vote for implies that those folks believe they could have only voted Republican. A truly scary omen in a democracy.

If you think the movie doesn't like our veterans, simply go back and watch the entire movie. You must have missed that scene with the Af-Amer. couple and the soldier they take in. They might be Democrats, well at least there's an 89% chance they didn't vote for Bush.