After Death
Shriek Show DVD Cover
Directed by	Claudio Fragasso
Produced by	Franco Gaudenzi
Written by	Rossella Drudi
Starring	Jeff Stryker Candice Daly Massimo Vanni Jim Gaines Don Wilson Adrianne Joseph Jim Moss Nick Nicholson
Music by	Al Festa
Cinematography	Luigi Ciccarese
Editing by	Maurizio Baglivo
Distributed by	Shriek Show
Release date	1988 November 26, 2002 (U.S. DVD release)
Running time	84 min
Language	Italian (English dub)
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This article refers to the film, After Death. For the dating convention, see Anno Domini

After Death is an Italian zombie movie made during the height of the zombie craze. Released in the United States under the title Zombie 4: After Death, the movie has no connections to the other official or unofficial Zombi films. It was directed by frequent zombie writer/director Claudio Fragasso under the pseudonym Clyde Anderson. Image File history File links Afterdeathdvd. ... Claudio Fragasso (born 2 October 1951) is an Italian screenwriter and film director of mostly exploitation films. ... Jamie Summers , Jeff Stryker (1987) Jeff Stryker (Birth name Charles Casper Peyton) (born August 21, 1962 in Carmi, Illinois, USA) is an American pornographic actor (porn star) who has starred in gay, heterosexual, and bisexual adult films. ... Candice Daly (January 4, 1963 - December 14, 2004) was an American film and television actress. ... Don Wilson may refer to any of the following individuals: Don Wilson (baseball player), Major League Baseball player and 1971 National League All-Star Don Wilson, former English cricketer Don Wilson, member of the surf rock band The Ventures Don W. Wilson, Archivist of the United States (1987-1993) Don... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Shriek Show is a subsidiary of Media Blasters DVD releasing company, specalizing in obscure horror and exploitation films. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... Dionysius Exiguus invented Anno Domini years to date Easter. ... Claudio Fragasso (born 2 October 1951) is an Italian screenwriter and film director of mostly exploitation films. ...

Plot Overview

A group of researchers at a remote jungle island outpost discover the natives are practicing voodoo and black magic. After killing the local priest, a voodoo curse begins to raise the dead to feed on the living in retribution. The researchers on the island are killed by the newly risen zombies, except for Jenny (Candice Daly), the daughter of a scientist couple. She escapes, protected by an enchanted necklace charm given to her by her mother shortly before her death. DEFINITION OF VODOUN Ewe Vudusi, Togo West Africa The Vodoun (Vudu Voodoo Vodou Vodun Vaudou Vaudaux) religion at its cosmological, theological, ritual and philosophical core, is an African ancestral religion, practiced today largely in West Africa, Haiti and througout the Diaspora. ... Candice Daly (January 4, 1963 - December 14, 2004) was an American film and television actress. ...

She returns years later as an adult with a group of mercenaries to attempt to uncover what happened to her parents. Shorty after arriving at the island their boat's engine dies, stranding them. Meanwhile elsewhere on the island a trio of hikers discover a cave, the same cave leading to the underground temple where the original curse was created. After accidentally reviving the curse, the dead once again return to kill any who trespass on their island. The mercenaries encounter their first zombie, who injures a member of the team.

Taking shelter in the remains of the old research facilities medical quarters they are soon joined by Chuck (Jeff Stryker), the only surviving hiker. Arming themselves with weapons left behind by the long dead research team, they make their stand as the dead once again rise. One by one they are injured or killed, one of whom sacrifices himself to blow up the medical facility and his newly undead team members. Jenny and Chuck flee, the only survivors remaining. They stumble upon the cave once again, where the zombies appear and attack. Chuck is killed, and Jenny apparently becomes an advanced zombie. The ending remains somewhat ambiguous. Jamie Summers , Jeff Stryker (1987) Jeff Stryker (Birth name Charles Casper Peyton) (born August 21, 1962 in Carmi, Illinois, USA) is an American pornographic actor (porn star) who has starred in gay, heterosexual, and bisexual adult films. ...

Cast

• Jeff Stryker (as Chuck Peyton) — Chuck
• Candice Daly — Jenny
• Massimo Vanni (as Alex McBride) — Davic
• Jim Gaines — Dan
• Don Wilson — Tommy
• Adrianne Joseph — Louise
• Jim Moss — Mad
• Nick Nicholson — Rod

Jamie Summers , Jeff Stryker (1987) Jeff Stryker (Birth name Charles Casper Peyton) (born August 21, 1962 in Carmi, Illinois, USA) is an American pornographic actor (porn star) who has starred in gay, heterosexual, and bisexual adult films. ... Candice Daly (January 4, 1963 - December 14, 2004) was an American film and television actress. ... Don Wilson may refer to any of the following individuals: Don Wilson (baseball player), Major League Baseball player and 1971 National League All-Star Don Wilson, former English cricketer Don Wilson, member of the surf rock band The Ventures Don W. Wilson, Archivist of the United States (1987-1993) Don... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Zombies

The zombies in After Death are technically not zombies, but rather demons. Through a voodoo curse demons take control of human corpses and use them to avenge the murder of the voodoo priest. They are fast moving, unlike traditional zombies. Biting a human being still transfers the curse, eventually transforming them into similar zombies. However, when bitten a zombie seems to retain abilities not present in the more generic risen dead.

External links

• After Death at The Internet Movie Database
• Film review at Surfin' Dead