solitaire ( carla green ) go to an all female prison . too bad for her ( and everyone else ) that a notorious serial killer know a shadow ( tony todd ) be about to come back along with some zombie . also and it seem that solitaire and shadow be somehow connect . shadow represent dead riot be really three kind of movie cram into one a an tribute to old school exploitation represent gory kung fu flick ( story of ricky ) and woman in prison flick ( the big bird cage ) and italian zombie flick ( burial ground . ) while it look great on paper and it sadly doesn not add up . this be partly due to the fact that none of these element feel like they go far enough . sure and there decent gore gag and martial art mayhem and and lesbian action and but it all feel somewhat restrain and a if the people behind it felt nervous about go too far . also problematic be the act . erin brown actually do a pretty good job ( i would have like to see more of her character ) and and tony todd be decent enough ( even though he look too much like an evil version of lee scratch perry not exactly something that will strike fear into men heart ) and but everybody else seem unrehearsed or bore and spew forth terrible dialog and bad one liner . finally and some of the tribute and reference to past european horror movie like cannibal holocaust and burial ground be too obvious ( though it nice to see a horror movie that doesn not reference the texas chainsaw massacre and phantasm for a change . ) shadow represent dead riot be a movie that could have be a really fun tribute to the exploitation movie of old . sadly and it refusal to go that extra mile end up give off that sizzle without the steak feeling . if you want to see a great tribute to old school grindhouse movie and you would be good off watch grindhouse .