The gore flows freely in this fusion of Race With the Devil, Re-Animator and any number of zombie movies you’d care to name. The plot involves a mad scientist (Andrew Divoff) searching for a cure for cancer who instead creates a virus that turns people into bloodthirsty monsters. The film’s low budget becomes apparent during various process shots, but the pace is frantic for most of the picture, ensuring that average viewers will be thoroughly grossed-out—and gore (and projectile vomit) fans will be delighted.

Shelf Talk: Already having earned the benediction of positive press in Fangoria, The Rage boasts a number of names that will draw in genre fans. Director Robert Kurtzman is known for his special effects and makeup work (Scream, Army of Darkness) and for co-scripting From Dusk Till Dawn; star Divoff had a recurrent role on TV’s Lost; and Reggie Bannister starred in the Phantasm films. Female lead Erin Brown is better known as a late-night cable staple under her “scream queen”/softcore star moniker “Misty Mundae.”