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HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD: When the SWAT team arrives on a hellish island to investigate an accident at a chemical plant, they discover a plague of flesh-eating zombies as well as a beautiful female reporter who practices nude anthropology.

DEAD HEAT: Violent criminals who can't be killed are shooting up Los Angeles, and the investigation leads LAPD detectives Roger Mortis and Doug Bigelow to a mysterious pharmaceutical firm. But when Mortis is suddenly murdered and turned into the walking dead by the company's 'resurrection machine,' he must solve his own homicide case before he completely decomposes.

NIGHTMARE CITY: When a radioactive spill causes mass contamination, thousands of infected citizens are transformed into bloodthirsty undead fiends. The result is an all-out attack by fast-moving, flesh-ripping, ass- kicking maniacs that can only be stopped by a bullet to the brain.

CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD: The Seven gates of Hell have been torn open, and in 3 days the dead shall rise and walk the earth. A reporter and a psychic must race to close the portals of the damned.

LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE: Two traveling companions, George and Edna Simon, come across a small town infested with the "living dead" that are satisfying their cannibalistic hunger on anyone they come across.

HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY: A young family moves from their cramped New York City apartment to a spacious new home in New England. But this is no ordinary house in the country: someone or something - is alive in the basement, and home sweet home is about to become a horrific hell on earth.

I love Anchor Bay - they put out only the finest of "b" and film geek flicks and then they package up some of these fantastic gems into a "Fright Pack" - looking like a 6'er of delicious malt beverage, but instead of barley hops, containing 6 zombie-rific cinemasterpieces! Each hailing from the mighty 1980s, and most from Italy, they all take turns grossing you out with increasing amounts of gore, guts and blood. Woo-hoo!

"The House by the Cemetery" is a Fulci flick showcasing the Italian horror maestro in fine form. Set in New York, a curious professor moves into a home haunted by the ghost of a dude who used to perform nasty experiments on humans... and his passion for this has extended into the afterlife! (cue the gore)

"Let Sleeping Corpses Lie" is sort of like "Night of the Living Dead" set in dreary ol' England, with the main characters not only avoiding the living dead, but also the very living police (who think they're the bad guys). Good gore, but not a whole lot of it.

"City of the Living Dead" is another Fulfi installment, this one cranking up the gore factor to about a 15 on a scale of 10. Puking up internal organs, drills in the head - this one will make even the most hardened of gorehounds wince and watch through half-covered eyes. Very fun stuff.

"Dead Heat" stars none other than Treat Williams and Joe Piscopo as cops trying to figure out who killed Mr. Williams and turned him into the living dead. Interesting premise that is far more funny than it is scary. One of my wife's favourite childhood flicks, this one was a treat to watch again (if only to listen to her howl with delight!)

"Nightmare City" is pretty much just an excuse to show women with their tops off - there's gore, and there's gore with topless women, but the one constant throughout is the mammaries.

"Hell of the Living Dead" is my favourite of the bunch, because it's also the cheesiest. Weak story, lame acting, tons of stock footage of jungles and animals, but also some of the gnarliest gore seen in this collection (the eyes & brains being expelled was a special treat). Leave your discretion at the door, just sit back and enjoy the on-screen carnage in this one.

Video: How's it look?
The films are all presented in anamorphic widescreen transfers, with ratios of either 1.85:1 or 2.35:1. The quality of each varies wildly, from the superb ("House by the Cemetery") to the grainy & lousy ("City of the Living Dead"). However, the picture is always good enough to be enjoyed regardless of the film and ultimately that's all that's important.

Audio: How's it sound?
Dolby mixes across the board, ranging from 5.1 surround to 2.0 stereo to solid mono mixes. All in all, they're all solid mixes, with clear and/or decent dialogue and sound effects for each.

Extras: What all's on the DVDs?

• trailers
• poster & photo galleries
• interviews with directors
• some text biographies
• commentary, deleted scenes, screenplay, storyboard art ("Dead Heat")

Closing Thoughts
Collection of 6 zombie-rific flicks + lots of fun extras = excellent (and value-packed) package from the mighty Anchor Bay