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or staying in the seemingly safe home of Karl (George Newton) but the closer Lily gets to the pair

QUEEN OF DIAMONDS and THE BLOODY CHILD in new 4K restorations courtesy of the The Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation

Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas

all of which is related in the violent and blood-splattered opening sequence to the film

The Alien Dead showtime or staying in the seeminglyFilmed over a period of two years starting in 1973 deep in the swamps of Oviedo, Florida, THE ALIEN DEAD (1980) barely squeezed by on its meager shoestring budget of $12,000. Graduating to 16mm color film from his earlier B&W effort, THE BRAIN LEECHES (1978), burgeoning filmmaker Fred Olen Ray crafted an astonishingly crude tale of aquatic zombies and the characters who would become their victims. In what would later become a trademark of Ray's work,