Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill

Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill

Year: 2004

Runtime: 82 mins

Language: English

Director: Byron Werner

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Stranded in a desolate stretch of desert, a group of college friends accidentally discovers the ghost town of Sunset Valley. Trapped with no escape, they are forced to battle a horde of zombies commanded by a vengeful Confederate soldier who returns from the grave seeking payback for his brutal execution.

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1

Darrell's desert pursuit ends in Sunset Valley with a zombie bartender

Darrell leads a chase through the desert and flings a brick of cocaine out the window, which bursts on the windshield. His car breaks down, forcing him to walk into Sunset Valley. In the saloon, a zombie bartender attacks him, and as he flees the town reveals itself as a full zombie town. Bloody Bill appears and tears out his throat.

Sunset Valley – Saloon
2

Earl's hijacking and arrival to Sunset Valley

An improv debate team is carjacked by Earl, Darrell's partner, and held at gunpoint as they head toward Phoenix. He drives them to Sunset Valley. They arrive to find the town's population sign reading 100, hinting at the undead state of the place.

Sunset Valley
3

Darrell reappears as a zombie and warns of Bloody Bill

Darrell reappears as a zombie and warns Earl that Bloody Bill is coming before he fully reanimates and attacks Jerry. Earl shoots him to end the threat. The group realizes they are trapped in a town overrun by the undead.

Sunset Valley
4

Bloody Bill's invasion and Sondra's encounter

Bloody Bill and his zombies descend on Sunset Valley. Sondra encounters a young girl zombie and follows her into a house where zombies are feasting on human parts. She is eaten, and the population sign reads 101.

Sunset Valley
5

Survivors shelter and legends of Bloody Bill

The survivors take refuge in a house while Jerry recounts the legend of Bloody Bill Anderson, a Confederate war criminal who supposedly gained supernatural powers. They hear Sondra's cries, then discover her mutilated body outside. Buck panics and runs; Avery fights Earl; Bill's zombies overwhelm the house and the population sign rises to 102.

Sunset Valley – House
6

Mary Anderson photo and Jerry's rough turn

Mandy, Gwen, and Jerry discover a picture of Mary Anderson with a note to Bill, hinting at Bill's history. Jerry starts showing delusions and seems to be succumbing to the bite. Earl and Avery rejoin the group and propose moving Jerry toward a hospital to slow the infection.

Sunset Valley – House
7

Avery killed; the siege intensifies

Avery opens a door and Bloody Bill stabs him with a rapier, flooding the house with zombies. The survivors retreat upstairs and barricade themselves; Jerry fully zombifies and attacks Earl. The situation becomes a brutal, desperate struggle.

Sunset Valley – House
8

Grenade escape and 106 population

Gwen and Mandy fight as zombies break through the barricade. Earl uses the last of his cocaine to stage a final stand and detonates a grenade, buying time for the women to escape. The population sign jumps to 106 despite three lives being lost.

Sunset Valley – House
9

Earl disguised as Bill and Mandy's demise

Mandy and Gwen are confronted by an attacker dressed in Bill's clothes; he stabs Mandy with Bill's rapier. The disguise collapses as Earl's face falls away to reveal Bloody Bill.

Sunset Valley – Street
10

Gwen's church escape and Mary's impersonation

Bill chases Gwen to the town church, where he keeps a shrine to Mary. Gwen pretends to be Mary to get close, then seizes Bill's rapier and decapitates Bloody Bill, ending his reign of terror and the zombie threat.

Sunset Valley – Church
11

Final aftermath and surviving town

With Bloody Bill dead, the remaining zombies fall away. The town's population sign reads 107 as Gwen leaves Sunset Valley, the nightmare seemingly over.

Sunset Valley

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