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The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

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Movie"They're Back From The Grave and Ready To Party!"
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R 1 hr 31 minAug 16th, 1985Comedy, Horror, Science FictionReturn of the Living Dead Collection PosterPart of Return of the Living Dead Collection
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When foreman Frank shows new employee Freddy a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, the two klutzes accidentally release a gas that reanimates corpses into flesh-eating zombies. As the epidemic spreads throughout the town, and the creatures satisfy their hunger in gory and outlandish ways, Frank and Freddy fight to survive with the help of their boss and a mysterious mortician.
StarringClu GulagerJames KarenDon Calfa
DirectorDan O'Bannon

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:August 16th, 1985 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:August 27th, 2002 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$4,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$14,241,310 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:John Daly, Derek Gibson
Production Companies:Hemdale Film Corporation, Fox Films Ltd., Cinema 84, Orion Pictures
Movie Tags:
zombiepunk rockhorror comedycemeteryundeadatticwarehouseparamediccrematoriumwalking dead

Return of the Living Dead Collection

The series came about as a dispute between John A. Russo and George A. Romero over how to handle sequels to their 1968 film, Night of the Living Dead. The two reached a settlement wherein Romero's sequels would be referred to as the Dead movies, and Russo's sequels would bear the suffix Living Dead.