The Return of the Living Dead

19851985
RR
1h 31min

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

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Comedy Horror Sci-Fi

When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.

Director
- Dan O'Bannon
Writers
- Rudy Ricci(story)
- John A. Russo(story)
- Russell Streiner(story)
Stars

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Awards
- 4 nominations

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When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage through Louisville, Kentucky seeking their favorite food, brains. —Todd A. Bobenrieth <TAB146@PSUVM.EDU>

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Taglines
- They're Back From The Grave and Ready To Party!
Genres
Certificate
- R
Parents guide

Trivia
Some of the zombie extras were paid bonus to eat real calf brains in the film. Dan O'Bannon didn't want the actors to do anything he wasn't willing to do and ate some raw calf brains first in front of them, to show that he wouldn't ask them to do anything he wasn't willing to do himself.

Goofs
When Frank is explaining how the original Night of the Living Dead is based on a true story, he states that the true story occurred in 1969. However Night of the Living Dead (1968) was released in 1968, a year before the incident happened. In the original script Frank said the event happened in 1966, but Dan O'Bannon changed the line because he felt it would be better if the character was unreliable.

Quotes
Suicide: You think this is a fuckin' costume? This is a way of life.

Crazy credits
The following phony disclaimer precedes the movie: "The events portrayed in this film are all true. The names are real names of real people and real organizations."

Alternate versions
The MGM 2002 DVD releases (UK and US) has had some changes in the audio compared to the original version:
The TSOL song has been replaced with another song
The Tar Man's voice has been re-recorded. However, the original Tar Man voice can be heard briefly during the closing credit sequence.
The line "send more cops" has also been re-recorded
The song "Take a walk" has been removed, now you only hear it for a few seconds with no vocals.
The song "Burn the flames" has also been shortened.

Connections
Edited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012)

Soundtracks
The Trioxin Theme
(Main Title)
Performed by Francis Haines
Composed by Francis Haines
Produced by Simon Heyworth

Top review

10/10

The best $10 dollars I ever spent was buying The Return of the Living Dead on DVD!

This is such a kick ass zombie movie its my favorite I enjoy this movie more than "Dawn of the Dead" the best thing about this flick is the outstanding cast I love everyone in this movie they made it all happen with Dan O'Bannon and the crew Return of the Living Dead is a classic point-blank!

Overall IMO this is the best horror/comedy movie of all time I think its tops Evil Dead everything this movie is a must see it still kicks ass after so many years.

10/10

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Release date
- August 16, 1985 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official sites
- MGM
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Language
- English
Also known as
- Return of the Living Dead
Filming locations
- Sylmar, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $14,237,880
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,403,169
- Aug 18, 1985
Gross worldwide
- $14,237,880

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Runtime
- 1h 31min
Sound mix
- Mono

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