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Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)

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

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Aerobics Instructor (as Suzan Stadner)
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George Crowley (Billy's Dad)
Reynold Cindrich ...
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Philip Bruns ...
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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. Written by Todd A. Bobenrieth <TAB146@PSUVM.EDU>

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army | living dead | sequel | undead | gore | See more »

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They're Back, And They're Not Happy! See more »

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Comedy | Horror

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15 January 1988 (USA)  »

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Revenge of the Living Dead  »

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$6,200,000 (estimated)

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$9,205,924 (USA)
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Trivia

James Karen's character, Ed, says "I'm gonna get me cremated." This is how his character eventually dies in the previous film, The Return of the Living Dead. See more »

Goofs

When Doc's car drives through the garage door and into the Zombies, a large crack is made in the windshield. The windshield is undamaged in all subsequent shots. See more »

Quotes

Jesse Wilson: Hello? Hello? Hello is there anybody out there? Come in, come in. Is there anybody out there? Can you tell us where to go?
Special Zombie: Come to the hospital.
Jesse Wilson: Sure, we'll be right there!
Doc Mandel: Whoa, hold it, hold it... uh pardon me but would you mind telling me who the President of the United States is?
Special Zombie: Um... hm... Harry Truman.
Jesse Wilson: Who's Harry Truman?
Tom Essex: They want brains... we'll give 'em brains.
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"Bad Case of Lovin You (Doctor, Doctor)"
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by Robert Palmer
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Where is the dvd to this film?
21 February 2004 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Well thats stupid you have Return of the living dead 1 and 3 but not 2. Thats very disapointing that this movie has no companies that wants to make the dvd edition. This sucks this is the best of the three Returns. Please, Please come out with the dvd edition soon. This will be a major seller.

p.s. come out with this on dvd. SOON!!!


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