

Dead Heat
You can't keep a good cop dead.
Detective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies: until he's brought back from the dead with a chemical company's secret re-animation technology. Now he has twelve hours to solve the case of his own death before he dies: And stays dead.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5M
- Box office
- $3.6M
- Language
- English
- police
- undead
- resurrection
- zombie
- campy
- zombification
- buddy cop
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR6 May 1988
FranceFR
- Theatrical1224 Jun 1988
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1824 Jun 1988
SpainES
- Theatrical124 Nov 1988
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Dead Heat was released on 6 May 1988.
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2- J7/10
JPV852
1/29/2022
A bit goofy for sure but a fun horror-comedy, in the vein of Evil Dead 2. The performances from both Treat Williams and Joe Piscopo were fun. Think this is one with some good replay value. **3.5/5**
- F3/10
Finetunes
2/11/2022
I love 80's movies but this one would be worth passing on except there is one horror make up scene (Randi dying)that might be worth the view. The dialog is clunky and the acting is pretty poor and that includes Treat Williams, who I normally like, but you can tell he was going through the motions on this one. Personally, I never cared for Joe Piscopo in any movie. But if you enjoy an 80's movie with it's vibe - the m…
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