Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Kent McCord | ... | Colonel John Reynolds | |
James T. Callahan | ... | Colonel Peck | |
Sarah Douglas | ... | Colonel Sinclair | |
Melinda Clarke | ... | Julie Walker (as Mindy Clarke) | |
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Abigail Lenz | ... | Mindy |
J. Trevor Edmond | ... | Curt Reynolds | |
Jill Andre | ... | Chief Scientist | |
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Michael Decker | ... | Science Technician |
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Billy Kane | ... | Sentry |
Mike Moroff | ... | Santos | |
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Julian Scott Urena | ... | Mogo (as Fabio Urena) |
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Pía Reyes | ... | Alicia (as Pia Reyes) |
Sal Lopez | ... | Felipe | |
Dana Lee | ... | Store Owner | |
Michael Deak | ... | Cop #1 (as Michael S. Deak) |
Colonel Reynolds and his group of government scientists continue their work on re-animating the dead for military use. His son Curt and his girlfriend Julie use Dad's security pass to sneak in and watch the proceedings. Later when father and son have a disagreement, Curt and Julie take off on a motorcycle and Julie is killed in an accident. Grief-stricken, Curt takes her body to the lab and brings her back to life. Curt must help Julie deal with her new existence as military agents and local gang members try to find them. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
Teen army brat Curt (J. Trevor Edmond) is so in love with wild, sexy punkette Julie (Mindy Clarke) that he decides not to let her untimely death in a motorcylce accident keep them apart. Thankfully his father (Kent McCord) works at a top-secret military lab experimenting on bringing the dead back to life. Curt sneaks in and uses the "Trioxin" gas to revive Julie, then spends the rest of the movie watching helplessly in horror at her mental and physical deterioration and increasing hunger for human flesh!
Having very little to do with the two previous comic RETURN titles helps Part III overcome familiarity, while director Brian Yuzna delivers loads of brain-munching horror without losing sight of the compelling, tragic central romance. Excellent FX work by Steve Johnson and many others, including Julie's amazing transformation from whimpering ghoul to multi-pierced, S&M femme fatale zombie queen.
This film was released in R and unrated versions. Shoot for the latter.
Score: 7 out of 10