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When was the first time I saw this film? For the life of me cannot recall if I first saw this on TV with Rhonda Shear when she hosted Up All Night or maybe Gilbert Gottfried but it would be early 90s for sure. And I am not going to go into too much detail about this flick, but I will give you a quick breakdown. A mad albino scientist ( Blade Runner ‘s Brion James) injects a substance into the water supply of Canyonland, an isolated town in nowhere Utah. The albino does this with the help of a shadowy, unknown agency. Anybody who drinks the water eventually turns into a rabid zom bie. A few visitors from outside the town believe they saw this poisoning take place, and are going to report it to the sheriff and his deputy. Of course, the scientist with the help of this agency “APE” cut off this town from the rest of the world, and that leaves our 4 heroes to resolve. Tell me that doesn’t sound awesome. Now let’s namecheck the cast: the sheriff is played by the amazing and always insanely large-looking George Kennedy. Winner of a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Cool Hand Luke and of course as Captain Ed Hocken from Naked Gun . His daughter (the deputy) is played by Kimberley Beck. She was on a ton of tv but I know her from Friday the 13th the Final Chapter. The two out of towners are Ken and Reilly. Ken is played by the great Wings Hauser. This guy was in just about every show you can imagine. I loved him as Arklon in Beastmaster 2 . Wow, was that a bad flick. But who doesnt want more Beastmaster ? Sorry, back to this. The other out of towner, Reilly, is played by Bo Hopkins. Yup, that guy. Go look at a picture of him if the name does not ring a bell because he is in everything. From the Killer Elite, White Lightning, The Getaway, he was a staple in films for 2 decades. A super cool cast. And then the villain. Did I mention it was a mad albino scientist? I did. Good. Did I mention that it is played by the late B-Movie acting god Brion James. Yeah Blade-Runner -Leon Brion James. I will

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