The Video Dead is a 1987 American horror film written and directed by Robert Scott and starring Roxanna Augesen.

[1] Despite unplugging the television, it reactivates and spawns the film's zombies, (Jack, The Bride, Ironhead, Jimmy D. and Half-Creeper), who attack and kill the writer.

The next day, the delivery men arrive to claim the set, realizing it was meant to go to the Institute for Paranormal Research; they find only the body of the writer, bound in his front hallway and dressed in party clothes.

Three months later, teenagers Zoe and Jeff arrive at the house ahead of their parents, who are moving back to the United States after years abroad.

That afternoon, a man named Joshua Daniels comes looking for the television set, claiming he bought it at a yard sale and mailed it to the Paranormal Institute after it killed his wife.

Jeff, Zoe, and April barricade themselves inside of their own home, along with Joshua, who has returned to reclaim the television set.

They unwittingly bring her the possessed television set from the house, hoping a familiar item will aid her recovery.

[6] Adam Tyner of DVD Talk called it "essential viewing for fanatics of off-kilter '80s horror".

[7] Patrick Naugle of DVD Verdict wrote, "The only thing The Video Dead has going for it are above average make-up effects for a film of this ilk.

"[10] In 2010, Bloody Disgusting included the film in their list of Top Ten Most Awesome Chainsaw Scenes.