Tales from the QuadeaD Zone

Tales from the QuadeaD Zone
Original VHS cover
Directed by	Chester Novell Turner
Produced by	Chester Novell Turner
Written by	Chester Novell Turner
Music by	Chester Novell Turner
Cinematography	Chester Novell Turner
Edited by	Chester Novell Turner
Production company	Erry Vision Film Co.
Distributed by	BC Video (VHS) Massacre Video (DVD)
Release date	1987 (VHS) 2013 (DVD)
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Tales from the QuadeaD Zone, also stylized TALES From The QuadeaD Zone, is a 1987 Blaxploitation anthology horror film and cult classic that was written, directed, and produced by Chester Novell Turner. The movie was originally released straight to VHS and was given a DVD release in 2013 through Massacre Video. Since its release Tales From the Quadead Zone has received several public screenings, one of which was a 2016 symposium at the Yale University Library, Terror on Tape.

VHS copies of the film have become collector's items due to their difficulty to locate and extremely limited quantities, with one copy selling for almost $700 on eBay. Turner has expressed interest in creating a sequel and began writing the film's script in 2013.Tales from the QuadeaD Zone was the only film produced by Erry Vision Film Co.

The film is composed of two stories, "Food For" and "The Brothers", both of which are narrated by a mother (Shirley L. Jones) reading the tales to her deceased son Bobby. "Food For" centers upon a family that is so poor that they are unable to afford food for every family member. Their only solution is to get rid of some of their family in order to increase the amount of supper for everyone else. "The Brother" follows two brothers who have hated each other their entire lives and have each made cruel jokes and attacks against the other. When one of them dies, the living brother tries to have the last laugh by stealing his brother's corpse and making him look like a circus clown. Little does he know that his brother's spirit has returned to his body, unhappy with his brother's plans.

Work on Tales from the Quadead Zone began three years after Turner completed his first film, Black Devil Doll From Hell, which was initially intended to be one of the anthology's stories. Two of the film's stories, "Food for" and the wraparound story "Unseen Vision", were shot in Alabama while "The Brothers" was shot in Chicago.

As Turner released the video on his own, along with star Shirley L. Jones, Tales from the Quadead Zone was released in an extremely limited amount, estimated to be at or less than 100 copies. The copies were only circulated in the Chicago area due to the cost of gas and travel required by Turner and Jones and it is believed that many of these copies have been lost.