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Shadow: Dead Riot: Special Edition

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Well, I had watched the trailer for this film on the Anthropaphagus DVD, and to tell you the truth it looked weak. Needless to say, I went to the store today to check out the new releases. I had already four movies picked out,a nd needed one more. So I went back to the horror section and happened to see this one, the packaging caught my attention, plus it was really cheap. I looked at the cover and immediately recognized it from the trailer I had watched. I tought it was going to suck, but I bought it anyway not expecting much. I watched it tonight and man it surprised the hell out of me. It was pretty entertaining if you like horror movies. I don't think there was any boring part to it. It definetely delivered. Plenty of naked girls, plenty of blood and gore, and even some zombies. I will admit this movie surprised me and turned out a lot better than I had anticipated, I'm glad I bought it out of impulse. If you like horror movies, then give this one a try. I redeemed myself with this one after having bought Anthrapophagus, that was a let down.

There are shelves full of horror films superior to this one. It is not even in the same category as 28 Days Later, for example, and barely allowable on a list including the low budget 2000 Maniacs. That said, Shadow: Dead Riot nevertheless is better than one might expect. It has a watchable mix of mayhem, sleaze, and dark humor. If much of the cast seems plucked off a Jerry Springer Show, this is appropriate for the inmates of the run-down women's prison in which nearly the entire action takes place. Carla Greene makes her rough-edged character Solitaire sympathetic enough to build suspense when she is put in danger. Most horror fans will find this movie sufficiently entertaining.

I'm straight with this one. Tony todd is in this one, he really played a damn good role in this one! Out of sight! And that fine female,"salitare", she really know how to kick butt! And on top of that, she is fine! Gotta give this one a play, five stars that is! Thanks Amazon for this movie, because i couldn't find this one at Best Buy!


De'Vear Small (AKA Dee Smalls)
Representing Decatur GA

I was completely STUNNED by how intense this thing is! Its a wild over-the-top action gorefest in a women-in-prison setting with scenes that will shock even the most jaded cult movie fan! I highly recommend this to cult movie fans looking for sheer entertainment and that 'grindhouse' movie vibe (the trailer for 'Shadow' is even made to look like a 70s grindhouse trailer). The 'Damnation' feature is outrageously non-PC with a woman getting kidnapped by a female cop, drugged by injection and taken to an underground female prison where she is forced to endure all kinds of humiliation and torments. She also has a run in with a doctor who practices the rudest abortion technique you're likely to see in a cult movie! This is really outrageous stuff that took some real guts to make! Sure to be controversial once enough people get around to watching it, this is one of those rare ones that slipped through the fence!

Well, you'd think this had the makings of a cult classic ala "Manos" or "Plan 9"...they've even advertised martial arts. How can you go wrong with all these elements? Oh yeah, don't write any type of script, get the worst actors you can possibly find (even Tony's horrible in this) and shoot the whole mess on video. This movie is so awful it can't even be enjoyed in that "Mystery Science Theater 3000" way.
"Shadow: Dead Riot" is, hand's down, the worst movie I've seen in a decade. Stay very far away from this. I'd give it a zero rating if allowed.

I bought it only because (Candy Man) was in it and I thought it would be a great movie. Boy was I wrong. There is plenty of pretty women in it, but the acting......I could have been in this movie and won an oscar. Even when the "heads" was rolling off the bodies it looked really fake. WWE does a better way of acting then these people. Don't waste you money and wait until it comes on the SciFi channel, then change the channel to the something else.

The film begins with Tony Todd as Shadow in prison awaiting to be put to death for countless crimes of murder and rape. His teeth are honed into points. During his execution some supernatural stuff happens and a prison riot ensues. Todd and the corpses of his inmates are place in a mass grave....

We now flash forward 20 years to the present. It is now a woman's prison complete with a sadistic lesbian guard (Andrea Langi), shower scene, horny doctor and the new tough girl, Solitaire. Solitaire ends up in solitaire where she touches a carving in the floor made by Todd. She has visions of the ghastly images of his crimes including the torture and killing of a pregnant woman. Misty Mundae (credited as Erin Brown) plays Crystal, the prison girlfriend of Mondo, Solitaire's nemesis.

When blood is spilled on the ground where Todd is buried...all zombie hell breaks loose.

occasional f-bomb, minor sex, lesbian themes, full frontal nudity (only when tasteful and necessary for the plot), girls with tramp stamps, a baby from "It's Alive" (they wanted to make sure everything was covered) excessive blood and gore. Grindhouse cult classic. Deleted scenes include tasteful extended shower scenes. Not for everyone. A Misty Mundae prison girl zombie film, a must for discriminating collectors.

I'm a big Tony Todd and horror fan and I seen this movie when it first came out. I really enjoyed it. Especially since it is a low budget movie. Not a lot of good one but this is one. Special effect are done very well along with story line. I give it 5 zombie stars for the money.

What's to say??? Took some time with character building but during that time is a bunch of lady immates. And how about the shower scenes? Lotz of boobage... Why ya got Zombies Demons Ya got karte lady prisoners and ya have Camdyman.
Some pretty starge death scenes all very origal.
Well if ya like Good Gore and just being entertained bu all means check it out.

One would think that Fangoria editor Michael Gingold would have seen enough crappy horror movies to know when he was contributing to the problem, but Shadow: Dead Riot stands as testament to the opposite. It's a good thing that a healthy fraction of the horror fan population seems to relish any movie with bare breasts, gore, and heavy metal tunes, because those are the only people who will give this picture's investors a return on their money.

Skip this flick and go with one of the half-dozen GOOD zombie movies released in the last ten years: 28 Days Later, Dawn of the Dead, something else besides this.