Hood of the Living Dead

Hood of the Living Dead
Directed by	Eduardo Quiroz Jose Quiroz
Produced by	Quiroz Bros.
Written by	Eduardo Quiroz Jose Quiroz
Starring	Carl Washington Brandon Daniels Jose Rosete
Release dates	August 30, 2005 (2005-08-30)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Hood of the Living Dead is a 2005 direct-to-video zombie movie about a regenerative formula bringing the dead back to life.^[1]

Synopsis

Ricky (Carl Washington) is a young scientist living in a poor and violent section of Oakland with his brother Jermaine (Brandon Daniels). Since his parents died, Ricky has been working hard at a laboratory trying to perfect a regenerative formula that could heal dead cells in animals. Ricky disapproves of Jermaine's friends Marco (Raul Martinez) and Kevin (Derek Taylor II) and tells his brother that they will be moving to a safer community at the end of the month. While out with his friends one night, Jermaine is threatened by a group of drug dealers that claim that his brother Ricky reported their illegal activities to the police.

That night Jermaine is killed in a drive by shooting. Ricky uses his regenerative formula on Jermaine's corpse. When nothing happens, Ricky enlists Marco and Kevin to exact his revenge against his brother's killers. Subsequently, Jermaine comes back to life and also pursues his killers.

The zombie infection then spreads through flesh wounds, turning the dealers, Ricky's girlfriend, and an ambulance crew into zombies. Once Ricky realizes the situation is out of control, he calls his boss, Dr. Richards (Victor Zaragoza) and tells him of the disaster. Dr. Richards, not wanting the virus to spread out of control, calls in a mercenary to deal with the problem. The group hunts down the remaining zombies, but the mercenary gets turned into a zombie in the process. Ricky returns home with Dr. Richards, who has been infected. The now-undead Dr. Richards attacks Ricky, but the also-undead Jermaine comes to Ricky's rescue by killing Richards. Jermaine's reanimated corpse then turns on Ricky, who is forced to shoot his own brother.

As the movie ends, a lone driver (Co-Director Eduardo Quiroz in a brief cameo) sees the abandoned ambulance and pulls over to help. He is attacked by the undead hospital crew, leaving the potential for a sequel open.

Cast

Ricky (Carl Washington)
Jermaine (Brandon Daniels)
Scott (Chris Angelo)
Romero (Jose Rosete)
Dr. Richards (Victor Zargoza)
Marco (Raul Martinez)
Kevin (Derek Taylor II)

References

↑ The New York Times

External links

Living Dead films

Romero's Dead series

Dead series remakes

Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Night of the Living Dead 3D (2006)
Day of the Dead (2008)
Day of the Dead (2017)

Russo's Dead series

Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition (1999)
Children of the Living Dead (2001)

Return of the Living Dead series

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993)
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005)
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave (2005)

Unofficial sequels

Zombi series	Zombi 2 (1979) Zombi 3 (1988) Zombi 4: After Death (1989) Zombi 5: Killing Birds (1988)

Other unofficial sequels	Day of the Dead 2: Contagium (2005) Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation (2012) Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn (2015)

Parodies

Night of the Living Bread (1990)
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)
Night of the Living Carrots (2011)

Homages

Flesheater (1988)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Fido (2006)
Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane (2007)
Dance of the Dead (2008)
Zone of the Dead (2009)
Juan of the Dead (2011)
Mimesis: Night of the Living Dead (2011)