Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)

Curious kids unearth the barrels that helped revive the dead of the first film, which proves the second time's an undead charm.

Director:

Ken Wiederhorn

Writer:

Ken Wiederhorn

Stars:

Michael Kenworthy, Thor Van Lingen, James Karen

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Kenworthy	...	Jesse Wilson
Thor Van Lingen	...	Billy Crowley
Jason Hogan	...	Johnny
James Karen	...	Ed
Thom Mathews	...	Joey
Suzanne Snyder	...	Brenda
Marsha Dietlein	...	Lucy Wilson
Hanala Sagal	...	Aerobics Instructor (as Suzan Stadner)
Jonathan Terry	...	Col. Glover
Dana Ashbrook	...	Tom Essex
Sally Smythe	...	Mildred Crowley (Billy's Mom)
Allan Trautman	...	Tarman
Don Maxwell	...	George Crowley (Billy's Dad)
Reynold Cindrich	...	Soldier
Philip Bruns	...	Doc Mandel

Storyline

In this first sequel to The Return of the Living Dead, a group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxen gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.

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Plot Keywords:

army | living dead | sequel | undead | gore | 

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Taglines:

Got an appetite for horror? This is your dish.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Official Sites:

MySpace

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 January 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Revenge of the Living Dead

Filming Locations:

Kersting Court at Sierra Madre Boulevard, Sierra Madre, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$6,200,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$9,205,924 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Greenfox

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

'Brian Peck' is the only person to have a role in the first 3 movies in the 'Return of the Living Dead' franchise. Playing the role of 'Scuz' in the first, many of the closeup zombies in the second ('Pussface', ''Thriller', 'Jaw', 'Eye-Pop', 'Zombie on Car Roof') and finally 'Ballistics Technician' in the third.

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Goofs

When the zombies are being electrocuted, the shot of the last zombie standing alone in the back there is a crew member watching on.

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Quotes

Tarman: Brains! Brains! I want, live brain! Brains! Brains!

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Connections

Referenced in 28 Days Later... (2002)

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Soundtracks

"Spacehopper"
by Julian Cope

User Reviews

'Return of the Living Dead Part II'

In this sequel to 'The Return of the Living Dead', three neighborhood kids stumble upon one of those army drums and accidently release the gas that revives the dead. What follows is basically the same horror mayhem as its predecessor. Zombies rise from the graveyard and remarkably manage to eat the brains of everyone except for the few people within which the movie revolves around. The two movies are pretty much similar in terms of content, but what is lacking this time around is freshness.

The first movie took a satirical approach to George Romero's 'Night of the Living Dead', and it worked in terms of humor and creepy fun. In this film, which is basically a carbon copy of the first, it is not quite as much fun. Rather, it seems to be more silly than funny. The script strains for humor throughout the movie, particularly in a scene in which the movie mocks Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' video. But its flaws don't really matter because this is not the kind of movie to be taken seriously. I guess that it can be a decent movie to watch on a Halloween night.

Rating: (5/10)