Dead Heat (1988)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1988
Running Times: 86 mins
Format: Technicolor
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: New World Pictures
Producers: Michael Meltzer, David Helpern
Associate Producer / Production Manager: Allen Alsobrook
Production Controller: Kenneth I. Mancebo
Production Coordinator: Abbee Goldstein

SCRIPT
Script: Terry Black

DIRECTION
Director: Mark Goldblatt
2nd Unit Director: Patrick Read Johnson
Assistant Directors: Mike Topoozian, Joseph Shelton Camp III, Michelle Panelli, Ken
Brewer

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Robert D. Yeoman
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Randall Sellars
Jewellery Store Photography: David Goldner
Gaffer: Jack English
Key Grip: Les Percy
Grip: Charles Smith
Best Boy Grip: Willie Mann
Video Technician: Roger Schweitzer
Lab: Technicolor

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Harvey Rosenstock
Associate Editor: Danny Retz
Post Production Coordinator: Sarah James Arbeid

MUSIC
Music: Ernest Troost
Music Recorded By: Phil Magnotti, Johnny Monagnese, Peter Hodgson, Soundtec Studios
Song: John W. Huckert Jr, Patrick Read Johnson, Philip J. Settle (Dead Heat)
Performed By: Phil Settle(Dead Heat)
Synthesizer Programmer / Performer: Paul Mariconda
Orchestrator: Barb Luby
Music Editor: Barbara Pokras

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Walt Martin
Supervising Sound Editor: Mike Le-Mare
Re-Recordists: Wayne Artman, Tom Beckert, Tom E. Dahl
Foley Supervisor: Karola Storr
Foley Walkers: John Post, James Dean Fisher
Sound Transfers: Lion's Gate Studios

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Key Make Up: Kathryn Miles Kelly
Treat Williams' Make Up: Kenny Myers
Costume Designer: Lisa Jensen
Costume Consultant: Terri King
Wardrobe Supervisor: Andrea Phillips

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Prosthetics: Steve Johnson's XFX Inc
Prosthetic Deteriorisation Designer /Creator: Steve Johnson

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Sabre Special Effects
Special Effects Assistants: Jeffrey Frink, James Thomson, Bill Thruman (Thurman?), David Wood
Special Mechanical Effects: Steve Johnson's XFX
Special Mechanical Effects Shop Foreman: Eric Fielder
Special Mechanical Effects Project Coordinator: Christina Birkmayer
Special Mechanical Effects Technicians: Lennie Macdonald, Nick J. Benson, Roberto Carlos, Craig
Caton, Roberto Depalma, Gunner Ferdinandsen, Bill Foertsch, Steve Frakes, Christopher Goeh, Emilio Gonzales, Bob Marino, Tony Rupprecht, Andy Schoneberg, Russell Seifert, Michiko Tagawa, Bruce Zahlava
Butcher Shop Project Head: Todd Masters
Chicken Animatronics: Rick Lazzarini

VISUAL EFFECTS
Special Visual Effects Supervisor: Patrick Read Johnson
Visual Effects: Ernest D. Farino
Video Graphic Animators: Scott Alexander, Patrick Read Johnson
Titles: Annette Buehre, Rich Fernalld, Cameron Striewski, Opticam
Opticals: Ray Mercer Co.

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Craig Stearns
Art Director: Jon Gary Steele
Set Decorator: Greta Grigorian
Set Dressers: Bryan Utman, Thom Magana
Sculptor: Amanda Flick
Storyboard Artist: Peter Von Sholly

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Jane Goldsmith
Key Set Production Assistant: Carolyn Pham Johnson
Production Assistants: Jamie Glantz, Michael Glotzer, Mitch Goddard, Chas Hansen, Anne
Harmon, Jeffrey January, David Kohan, J.B. Rogers

LOCATIONS
Location Manager: Buddy Enright

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Dan Bradley
Stunts: Rick Barker, May Boss, Dan Bradley, Geoff Brewer, Brian Carson, Chuck Clarke, Scott Allen Cook, LaMont Cox, Chris Doyle, Andrew Epper, Glory Fioramonti, Andy Gill, Loren Janes, Al Jones, Wayne A. King, Lane Leavitt, Gene LeBell, Ray Lykins, Troy Melton, Noon Orsatti, Mario Roberts, Ed Ulrich, Steve Vandeman, George Wilbut

CASTING
Casting: Steve Jacobs
Casting Associate: Rosemary Weldon
Extras Casting: Creative Casting

CAST
Treat Williams (Roger Mortis)
Joe Piscopo (Doug Bigelow)
Lindsay Frost (Randi James)
Darren McGavin (Dr Ernest McNab)
Vincent Price (Arthur P. Loudermilk)
Clare Kirkconnell (Rebecca Smythers)
Keye Luke (Mr Thule)
Ben Mittleman (Bob)
Peter Kent (Smitty)
Cate Kaplin (saleswoman)
Monica Lewis (Mrs Von Heisenberg)
Peggy O'Brien (jewellery store owner)
Robert Picardo (Lieutenant Herzog)
Mel Stewart (Captain Mayberry)
Martha Quinn (newscaster)
Chip Heller (Wilcox)
Steven R. Bannister (the thing)
Professor Toru Tanaka (butcher)
Lew Hopson (Whitfield)
Tom Nolan (Jonas)
Steve Itkin (fireman)
Shane Black (patrolman)
Mike Saad (1st guard)
Monty Cox (2nd guard)
Monty Ash (Walter)
H. Ray Nuff (cop)
Pons Mar (pool zombie)
Ivan E. Roth (end zombie)
Ron Taylor (shoot-out zombie)
Yvonne Peattie (Gertrude Bellman)
Clarence Brown (Harry Latham)
Pamela Vansant, Beth Toussaint (lab technicians)
Dick Miller (cemetery security guard (uncredited))
Linnea Quigley (zombie go-go girl (uncredited))

PLOT SUMMARY

Cops Roger Mortis and Doug Bigelow pursue villains that have been brought back from the dead. Mortis is killed and resurrected as a zombie cop to tackle the undead crooks.

AVAILABILITY

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Entertainment

USA
Theatrical Distributors: New World Pictures
Video Distributors: New World Home Video
Laserdisc Distributors: Image Entertainment Inc
DVD Distributors: Anchor Bay (DV12244)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: M

France
Rating: -12

Norway
Rating: 18

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R (with cuts)

AWARDS

1990
Fantasporto, Portugal
International Fantasy Film Award Best Film (Mark Goldblatt) - nominated

TIMELINE

1988
May
Day Unknown: USA – theatrical release

June
29: France – theatrical release

1990
February
Day Unknown: Portugal – shown at the Fantasporto Film Festival

2004
January
27: USA - DVD release (Anchor Bay (DV12244))

POSTER TAGS

These cops are on the biggest murder case of their lives... their own.

You can't keep a good cop dead.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Död eller levande – Swedish television title
Dödlig hetta - Swedish title
Estamos muertos... ¿o qué? - Spanish title
Flic ou zombie - French title
Sbirri oltre la vita - Italian title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Première August 1988 p.16 (France)
review (by Stella Molitor)

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.92
credits, review

The Illustrated Frankenstein Movie Guide by Stephen Jpnes p.111
credits, review

KEYWORDS

human experiments, laboratories, police, scientists, splatter, spoofs, voodoo, zombies

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009