Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam (1996) is a horror-comedy you can watch online on iFILM, directed by William Lustig from a screenplay by Larry Cohen. The body of Sgt. Sam Harper comes home from Desert Storm in a sealed coffin. His nine-year-old nephew Jody treats him as a hero. Everyone else in town is glad to move on.

On the Fourth of July, the corpse disagrees. Dressed in full Uncle Sam regalia, Harper climbs out to punish anyone he finds insufficiently patriotic. Lustig and Cohen — the duo behind the Maniac Cop series — turn the holiday slasher into pointed satire about what America does with its veterans. The cast includes Isaac Hayes, Robert Forster and P.J. Soles. Watch Uncle Sam (1996) online on iFILM.