

Night Life
1989-09-18 · 92 min · ★ 5.5
Archie works part-time at his uncle's mortuary and is harassed by a few of the popular kids because of it. His harassers die in an automobile accident, and the bodies are taken to his uncle's mortuary. Archie is pulling a late night at the mortuary when he sees a storm brewing. Lightening strikes! They're alive! The preppie bullies continue to torment him...as zombies!
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- Directors
- David Acomba
- Production companies
- Wild Night Productions, Creative Movie Marketing
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 2,500,000
Top Cast
Scott GrimesArchie Melville
John AstinVerlin Flanders
Cheryl PollakCharly Dorn
Anthony GearyJohn Devlin
Alan BlumenfeldFrank
Darcy DeMossRoberta Woods
Lisa FullerJoanie Snowland
Mark PellegrinoAllen Patumbo
Phil ProctorRandolph Whitlock
Biff YeagerParamedic #1
Erik CordCop #1
Mike ReynoldsPoliceman #5
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