The Return of the Living Dead
“They're back from the grave and ready to party!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 67, rated by 1 admin.
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A warehouse accident turns a routine night into a punk-rock zombie emergency. The dead are alarmingly resourceful, the living are excellent at making things worse, and the comedy is entirely intentional. Superb practical monsters and escalating panic make this an easy crowd-night anchor.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 6/10
- Plot
- 8/10
- Effects
- 2/10
- Dialogue
- 8/10
- Rewatchability
- 9.5/10
“The emergency services have become part of the menu.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 67
Synopsis and movie facts
Two employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a toxic gas from a misplaced top-secret U.S. Army shipment, causing the dead to rise from a nearby cemetery with an insatiable hunger for human brains.
- Released
- 1985
- Directed by
- Dan O'Bannon
- Running time
- 91 min
Starring
- Clu Gulager as Burt
- James Karen as Frank
- Don Calfa as Ernie
- Thom Mathews as Freddy
- Miguel A. Núñez Jr. as Spider
- Brian Peck as Scuz
- John Philbin as Chuck
- Linnea Quigley as Trash
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: The Return of the Living Dead (1985), directed by Dan O'Bannon. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · badmovies.org
The reviewer enjoys the lively soundtrack and increasingly hopeless situation, particularly the zombies' resourceful use of emergency communications. Full review text retained from earlier catalogue research and consulted again on 2026-11-10; no claim of a fresh page download.
Make this part of a movie night
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