Strictly Dead Dancing! Hard to imagine but director Gregg Bishop takes tired zombie splatter to giddy, deft and innovative heights with a comedy horror gem that hits the gore ground running and never loses its hilarious sparkle or marvelous momentum. Working from a consistently clever screenplay by first-timer Joe Ballarini, a toxic leak from a nearby nuclear plant causes the dead to rise just as Cosa High School pupils get ready for their Hawaiian Hula themed prom night. And the only ones who can save the day are the geeks, outcasts and weirdos who weren't cool enough to score a date. Owing joyful debts to George Romero’s Dead, Dan O’Bannon’s Return and John Hughes’ smart teens, the carnage is spectacular, the grave bursting sensational and the sly performances a delight. Everything you want from uproarious scares to bloody mayhem in a blast of an experience you won’t quickly forget.