99 Words About … The schlock of Chiller’s Reno zombies

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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

December 15, 2011 - 2:03 am

Call it the Undeadest Little City in the World.

TV's latest zombie outbreak strikes Reno in "Steve Niles' Remains," debuting at 7 p.m. Friday on Chiller.

Yep, that's a channel.

The ultra-low-budget movie follows a blackjack dealer and a cocktail waitress who survive a radioactive blast while having sex in a casino bomb shelter.

Lance Reddick ("Fringe") turns up long enough to stick out like a talented thumb in the stinker so schlocky, even the "Super 8" kids would turn up their noses.

But it still musters more action in two hours than "The Walking Dead" has all season.

-- CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE

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