# Dance of the Dead (2005)

> A sheltered teenage diner worker is pulled toward punk outsiders as post-apocalyptic horror invades her fragile domestic routine.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/200144

## Facts

- Runtime: 59 min
- Genres: Horror, TV Movie, Science Fiction
- Director: Tobe Hooper
- Cast: Jonathan Tucker, Jessica Lowndes, Ryan McDonald, Marilyn Norry, Lucie Guest, Robert Englund, Emily Anne Graham, Genevieve Buechner
- TMDB rating: 5.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0643102/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: nihilistic, unhinged, disturbing, late night horror viewing, cult film marathon

## Movies like Dance of the Dead

- [Diary of the Dead (2007)](https://ember.film/movie/7459)
- [Undead (2003)](https://ember.film/movie/4359)
- [The Return of the Living Dead (1985)](https://ember.film/movie/5966)
- [Reeker (2005)](https://ember.film/movie/8548)
- [Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005)](https://ember.film/movie/14756)
- [The Returned (2013)](https://ember.film/movie/130159)
- [Survival of the Dead (2010)](https://ember.film/movie/18125)
- [Planet Terror (2007)](https://ember.film/movie/1351)
- [The Cured (2017)](https://ember.film/movie/320988)
- [He Never Died (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/166223)

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