Memorable quotes for
The Return of the Living Dead (1985) More at IMDbPro »

Casey: Chuck, I never did like you. Oh, but God, hold me tight.
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Trash: Do you ever wonder about all the different ways of dying? You know, violently? And wonder, like, what would be the most horrible way to die?
Spider: I try not too think about dying too much.
Trash: Mm. Well for me, the worst way would be for a bunch of old men to get around me, and start biting and eating me alive.
Spider: I see.
Trash: First, they would tear off my clothes...
Chuck: Hey, somebody get some light over here, Trash is taking off her clothes again.
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Frank: Watch your tongue, boy, if you like this job!
Freddy: Like this job?
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Burt Wilson: I thought you said if we destroyed the brain, it'd die!
Frank: It worked in the movie!
Burt Wilson: Well, it ain't working now, Frank!
Freddy: You mean the movie lied?
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Zombie: Send... more... paramedics.
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Frank: International treaty, all skeletons come from India.
Freddy: No kidding, how come?
Frank: How the hell do I know how come? The important question is, where do they get all the skeletons with perfect teeth?
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Ernie Kaltenbrunner: What the hell are in those bags?
Burt Wilson: Uh... rabid weasels.
Ernie Kaltenbrunner: What? What the hell are you doing with a bunch of rabid weasels?
Burt Wilson: That's what I was trying to explain to you here, Ernie. They came in as part of a shipment. Of course, they weren't supposed to be rabid.
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Casey: Hey, is that Freddy?
Chuck: Where?
Casey: Over there, going into that building.
Chuck: No. That is NOT Freddy.
Casey: How would you know?
Chuck: Because, why would Freddy be going into a mortuary?
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Spider: What do you want to do, Scuz, turn over gravestones?
Scuz: No, I just want to look around the graveyard - I never seen one before.
Spider: Haven't you ever been to a funeral?
Scuz: I never knew anyone that died.
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Paramedic #1: You have no pulse, your blood pressure's zero-over-zero, you have no pupillary response, no reflexes and your temperature is 70 degrees.
Freddy: Well, what does that mean?
Paramedic #1: Well, it's a puzzle because, technically, you're not alive. Except you're conscious, so we don't know what it means.
Freddy: Are you saying we're dead?
Paramedic #2: Well, let's not jump to conclusions.
Freddy: Are you saying we're dead?
Paramedic #2: No conclusions.
Paramedic #1: Obviously I didn't mean you were really dead. Dead people don't move around and talk.
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Suicide: How come you guys only come around when you need a ride someplace?
Spider: 'Cause you're one spooky motherfucker, man.
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Freddy: [to Tina] See? You made me hurt myself again! I broke my hand off completely at the wrist this time, Tina! But that's okay, Darlin', because I love you, and that's why you have to let me EAT YOUR BRAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIINS!
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Ernie Kaltenbrunner: You can hear me?
1/2 Woman Corpse: Yes.
Ernie Kaltenbrunner: Why do you eat people?
1/2 Woman Corpse: Not people. Brains.
Ernie Kaltenbrunner: Brains only?
1/2 Woman Corpse: Yes.
Ernie Kaltenbrunner: Why?
1/2 Woman Corpse: The PAIN!
Ernie Kaltenbrunner: What about the pain?
1/2 Woman Corpse: The pain of being DEAD!
Ernie Kaltenbrunner: [laughing in surprise to his friends] It hurts... to be dead.
1/2 Woman Corpse: I can feel myself rotting.
Ernie Kaltenbrunner: Eating brains... How does that make you feel?
1/2 Woman Corpse: It makes the pain go away!
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Tarman: BRAINS! Live brains!
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Ethel Glover: How was your day, dear?
Col. Horace Glover: The usual. Crap.
Ethel Glover: Oh. Well, I'm sorry... I made your favorite: lamb chops!
Col. Horace Glover: I had them for lunch.
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Col. Horace Glover: [on a secure military line] Sir, this is Colonel Glover. I'm sorry to disturb you at this hour, sir, but we're at Q-2 status. It looks like we've found that lost consignment of Easter eggs. Yes, sir, pretty sure. They've turned up in Louisville. I'm getting confirmations on this from the Louisville Police Department. Louisville, Kentucky, sir. Well, sir, it would be good news, except that the eggs have hatched.
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Col. Horace Glover: [on the telephone] Yes? Yes, Captain. I see. Very well. Put the call through to me. Yes, yes, put him on. Mister Wilson, where are you calling from? I see. When did this take place? And when was the tank first breached? Why didn't you call this number immediately? I see. It's understandable. What happened next? Oh, you did? And what effect did that have? I see. So what did you do then? And what did they do? I see. Really? How many did you say? And how many acres does this cemetery cover, sir? Yes. I see. Yes, I see. Of course. Thank you for your assistance, Mister Wilson. I'm going to switch you back to Captain Turner. He'll talk to you.
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Spider: What're they doin', man?
Burt Wilson: [over the telephone to the Military Intelligence] Hang on a second, will ya?
[to Spider]
Burt Wilson: It's weird. These people seem to say they've been waiting for this to happen. Apparently, they've got some sort of contingency plan to deal with it.
Casey: That's great!
Spider: [suspiciously] What is this plan?
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Burt Wilson: [as a missile heads towards Louisville] Hey, listen! You hear something?
[cuts to Freddy breaking through to Tina and Ernie]
Freddy: Tina.
[word echoes as it pauses, cuts to zombies staring at the missile, the missile explodes]
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Burt Wilson: What about the bones?
Ernie Kaltenbrunner: Bones are no problem. The hardest part to burn is the heart.
Burt Wilson: Why's that?
Ernie Kaltenbrunner: It's one big muscle.
Burt Wilson: Well, Ernie, we don't want the heart hanging around!
Ernie Kaltenbrunner: Then I'll turn it up hotter for the heart.
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Burt Wilson: Put that gun away, Ernie! Before you shoot somebody!
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Spider: [to Burt] Come on, you stupid honky!
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Freddy: I can finally see, the one thing... the only thing that will relieve this horrible suffering.
Tina: What, Freddy? What?
Freddy: Live... BRAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIINS!
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Freddy: [to Tina] It was wrong of you to lock me up. I had to hurt myself to get out. And I know you're in here, because I can smell your brains.
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Suicide: You think this is a fuckin' costume? This is a way of life.
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[Burt is on the phone to the police squad captain]
Burt Wilson: Listen, there's a bunch of people from the cemetery who are stark, staring, mad, and they'll kill you and eat you if they catch you. It's like a disease. It's like rabies, only faster, a lot faster. That's why you've got to come and get us out of here now... right now!
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Spider: I ain't in no mood to die tonight.
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Chuck: Hey, Casey, do you like sex with death?
Casey: Yeah, so fuck off and die.
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Burt Wilson: One question, Frank: this guy screaming in here... are you sure it's a dead cadaver?
Frank: Why don't you open the door and find out?
Burt Wilson: [hesitates] Uh... no, that's okay! I'm sorry Frank, I'll take your word for that.
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Spider: Coward!
Burt Wilson: Fuck you!
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[referring to Suicide]
Casey: Well, look who it is! Your friend and mine.
Suicide: Hey, fuck you, ballbuster!
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Burt Wilson: You did what? You opened it? You stupid moron! You idiot! What's the matter with you Frank? Haven't I already told you never to even go near those goddamn tanks?
Frank: What are we gonna do, Burt?
Burt Wilson: I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to be sued by the Darrow Chemical Company. I might even be investigated by the government. I might become very famous. I might even lose my business. I might even go to jail, goddamn it! That's what I'm going to do!
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Burt Wilson: If that is a re-animated body, we're gonna have to kill it.
Freddy: How do you kill something that's already dead?
Burt Wilson: How do I know, Fred? Let me think!
Frank: It's not a bad question, Burt.
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Freddy: What do doctors use to crack skulls with?
Frank: [miming a screwing motion] Surgical drills!
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Frank: Let me ask you a question: did you ever see that movie, "Night of the Living Dead"?
Freddy: Oh, yeah, yeah - that's the one where the corpses start eating the people, right? What about it?
Frank: Did you know that story was based on a true case?
Freddy: [chuckles] Aw, c'mon, you're shitting me, right?
Frank: I ain't never been more serious in my life.
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Tina: Why don't we go to the park?
Scuz: Oh we can't, the cops said they'd shoot us if we go back to the park.
Spider: Yeah, and I ain't in no mood to die tonight.
Trash: I like death.
Chuck: I like death with sex. Casey, do you like sex with death?
Casey: Yeah so fuck off and die.
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Frank: The army came in and closed it all off.
Freddy: So how come you know about it?
Frank: A typical army fuck up, the transportation department got the orders crossed. They sent those bodies here!
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Tarman: [Spotting the other survivors] More BRAINS!
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Zombie: Send more cops!
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Ernie Kaltenbrunner: What is that? What is that?
Spider: It's dead people screamin'!
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Spider: [after gang pulls up to warehouse] Man, what a hideous, ugly place!
Trash: I like it! It's a statement.
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