Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005)

A group of teenagers, in an attempt to rescue their friend from an evil corporation, end up inadvertently releasing a horde of bloodthirsty zombies.

Director:

Ellory Elkayem

Writers:

William Butler, Aaron Strongoni

Stars:

Aimee-Lynn Chadwick, Cory Hardrict, John Keefe

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aimee-Lynn Chadwick	...	Becky
Cory Hardrict	...	Cody
John Keefe	...	Julian Garrison
Jana Kramer	...	Katie Williams
Peter Coyote	...	Uncle Charles
Elvin Dandel	...	Zeke Borden
Alexandru Geoana	...	Jake Garrison
Toma Danila	...	Carlos
Diana Munteanu	...	Mimi Romero
Serban Georgevici	...	Hector
Gelu Nitu	...	Boris
Claudiu Trandafir	...	Nicholai
Boris Petroff	...	Crusty
Constantin Barbulescu	...	Joey
Razvan Oprea	...	Darren

Storyline

The scientist of the powerful and evil corporation Hybra-Tech Charles goes to Chernobyl to buy some gallons of toxic waste to perform experiments with zombies. When a teenager has an accident with his motorcycle and vanishes, his teenager's friends, leaded by Charles' nephew, find that he was moved to Hybra-Tech. They break in the facility trying to find their friend and accidentally release a group of zombies starving for brains.

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Plot Keywords:

blood | punctuation in title | roman numbered sequel | numbered sequel | part of series | 

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Taglines:

They Will Leave you Brainless!

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence/gore and language

Details

Official Sites:

Aurora Entertainment MySpace

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 March 2006 (Thailand)

Also Known As:

Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis

Filming Locations:

Castel Film Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Denholm Trading Inc.,Aurora Entertainment,Castel Film Romania

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Both this film and the next entry Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave (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.

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Goofs

(at around 16 mins) When the severed arm is being re-animated in the chamber, the rubber mat on the bottom or the container can be seen lifting with the actors arm as he lifts it.

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Quotes

Becky Carlton: [runs over a zombie] Sorry!

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Crazy Credits

Behind-the-scenes takes are shown during the end credits.

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Connections

References The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

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Soundtracks

Voodoo Man
Written by Scott Wexton
Performed by Voodoo Organist
Courtesy of Voodoo Man Music/Dead Teenager Records

User Reviews

high-schoolers v zombies

Wow. Where should I start. I've seen quite a few zombie movies in my lifetime, and there is always a never ending supply of worthless garbage in the genre. Not to say worthless garbage cant be fun, i happened to enjoy much of the stupidity and plot holes of "Hard-Rock Zombies" (a movie where an 80's hard rock band goes up against Hitler and his horde of zombies). They can be good for a laugh, no doubt. But THIS particular movie, this just wasn't funny, scary, or entertaining at all.

ROTLD4 plays like one of the movies i've seen actual high-schoolers tape without knowing or caring how to edit.

The makeup, granted passed as acceptable, but the super-soldiers were like a cross between a nemesis (from Resident Evil) and what happens to a squirrel while you clean it, (it gets turned inside out for all of you city-dwellers.)

If i start to talk about the ridiculous and unbelievable plot, its very possible i could rant for far longer than i'm willing to devote to this movie. It was atrocious. 'Nuff said.

Listening to this movie is about as bad as watching it. The crappy generic rock music every time the local kids hop on their dirt-bikes gets old. And when you repeat that same music for every scene a zombie bursts out of a ventilation shaft, you're only making it harder for anyone wanting to find something worthwhile about this film.

As to the dialog, wha' happened? The kid cant shoot his friend because "I lost my virginity to her man!" is not only the most ridiculous and strange thing ever to appear in a film, but its not the worst. The guy from E.T. (Peter Coyote), when asked why hes creating these zombies replies with, "For world domination! What else?" How can you explain a gigantic facility and a "nursery" for zombies as a bout for world domination? Whats more interesting is, he DOESN'T EVEN EXPLAIN how he's supposed to dominate the world with zombies.

The main character was a total wuss, and one of the supporting characters was featured using numbchuks, rappelling from a skyscraper, fighting karate style, shooting high-powered smgs with perfect aim, and hacking computers.

Please, waste your time on this movie. It'll make you appreciate competent actors.