young jody ( christopher ogden ) be a pre teen with military aspiration thanks to uncle sam medal win service in kuwait before his death . sam coffin be deliver to jody home three year after the fact where sam widow and his sister in law plan to hold funeral service . three stupid and obnoxious teen burn an american flag on sam funeral plot and which somehow make him return to life a a ghoul ( the make up be actually pretty good ) who off non patriotic people while dress a the title character . on july 4th at the twin river festival be where most of the carnage take place . death be cause by hang and flag pole impalement and bbq grill and fireworks explosion . after find numerous dead body and the festival ( and slaughter ) idiotically continue . why . we wouldn not want to disappoint the child and now would we . awful performance from a cast who should know good and lame attempt at comedy and a moronic script ( by larry cohen . ) and a stupid full contact potato sack race and unbelievable character action ( two adult leave a little kid alone in a house with the killer . ) be just a few of the problem with this gimmicky and subpar horror film . score represent negative .