Writer-director Kenny Blank centers this horrific festival of fright on the character of Dan Cain, a medical student with good grades and a great girl. But everything changes when Dan's creepy new roommate starts bringing dead animals back to life with a green-glowing serum. Chaz Lamar Shepherd (who later played a recurring role on the WB's family-friendly drama "7th Heaven") appears in a bit part as a college student.