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Return of the Living Dead (1985)
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Reviews Counted: 25
Fresh: 22
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Do you wanna party? The freshly risen undead certainly do in this horror-comedy that finds two employees of a medical supply company unwittingly releasing several zombies from cylinders in which... Do you wanna party? The freshly risen undead certainly do in this horror-comedy that finds two employees of a medical supply company unwittingly releasing several zombies from cylinders in which they have been trapped for many years. The nasty brain-eating creatures are as hungry as ever, and eager to make up for lost time. Soon, the local citizenry is forced to deal with a large-scale zombie epidemic. The writer of ALIEN helmed this punk/horror pastiche. [More]
Starring: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Jewel Shepard
Starring: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Jewel Shepard, Thom Mathews, John Philbin, Miguel A. Nunez, Brian Peck, Linnea Quigley
Director: Dan O'Bannon
Director: Dan O'Bannon
Screenwriter: Dan O'Bannon
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Reviews for Return of the Living Dead
Equal parts horror and comedy, Return of the Living Dead finds success on both fronts.
Effectively announces itself as a horror movie deliberately pitted against customary cinematic values.
A tongue-in-cheek, splatter-laden homage to George A. Romero's zombie pictures.
It's a shame that the franchise went straight to Campsville, because it had a good start.
The definitive splatterpunk movie. Takes perverse delight in being disgusting. Dan O'Bannon's screenplay hits your funny bone with a meathook and doesn't let go.
Great re-interpretation of the Romero series. Scary in its hopelessness, funny in its extremity.
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