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Return of the Living Dead (1985)

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Reviews Counted:38

Fresh:15

Rotten:23

Average Rating:1.2/10

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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Sep 9, 2008

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Here's a bit of saucy punk dialogue that sums up the movie. Boy: "Hey Casey, do you like sex with death?" Girl: "Yeah, so **** off and die."

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09/27/07
Jeremiah Kipp
Jeremiah Kipp
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07/01/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Gore, laughs and a kick-*** rocking soundtrack!

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07/04/04
Alan Simpson
Alan Simpson
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01/24/04
David Annandale
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03/11/03
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11/23/02
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08/28/02
Rich Rosell
Rich Rosell
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Livelier and more resourceful than any current horror-comedy with five times its budget

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08/24/02
Jason Clark
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