Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave (2005)

User Rating:

2.8/10   

Director:

Ellory Elkayem

Writers:

William Butler (writer)
Aaron Strongoni (writer)

Release Date:

31 August 2006 (Thailand)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

They will Eat your Brains Out!

Plot:

A college student creates and sells a drug called 'Z' on campus which resurrects the living dead, who wreak havoc at a Halloween rave.

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Rave | Zombie | Nudity | Hitchhiking

Cast

Aimee-Lynn Chadwick	...	Becky
Cory Hardrict	...	Cody
John Keefe	...	Julian Garrison
Jenny Mollen	...	Jenny
Peter Coyote	...	Uncle Charles
Claudiu Bleont	...	Aldo Serra
Sorin Cocis	...	Gino
Cain Manoli	...	Jeremy (as Cain Mihnea Manoliu)
George Dumitrescu	...	Artie
Maria Dinulescu	...	Shelby (credit only)
Catalin Paraschiv	...	Skeet
Radu Romaniuc	...	Brett
Sebastian Marina	...	Dartagnan
Violeta Aldea	...	Rainbow
Ricky Dandel	...	Coach Savini

Also Known As:

Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave (USA) (promotional title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence/gore, sexuality, nudity, drug use and language.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Denholm Trading Inc.

Trivia:

Both this film and the previous entry Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005) stray away from the series' rules that the Trioxin zombies are no longer the indestructible juggernauts of the first movie three movies, but instead much weaker and sometimes are seen to be dispatched with no more than a few body gun shots. Prior to this film, nothing short of incineration or electrocution with extreme high voltage would destroy a Trioxin zombie.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the first scene, the male "corpse" can clearly be seen breathing.

Quotes:

Stoner #1: You don't think that goofball ripped us off, do you?
Stoner #2: He better not have, because if he did, I'll ...
Stoner #1: What? You're gonna fart on him?

Movie Connections:

References Super Fly (1972)

Soundtrack:

Eclipsing

Director and writers: What did I ever do to you?

Why..........why............why..........were these two movies made? Why did you get Fangoria to write an article that made these movies seem worth watching? The article was better than the movies. What were you thinking being somewhat reputable as B-movie writers, directors, and actors claiming in Fangoria that "Bill (Butler) wrote the Rave script dealing with the fans directly." What fans? We zombie fans aren't such a hard-to-please bunch, but I think that "the fans" would be offended to be in any way linked with this piece of crap and that other Necropolis disaster. These two movies made me saddened in general, but fortunately, Land of the Dead was being re-released in an unrated director's cut a couple of days later and the interview with Mr.Romero reaffirmed my love for good directors committed to bringing us, the fans, quality zombie film entertainment. Thank-you for listening.