World Famous Comics: Drew Deighan The Return of the Living Dead
Drew Deighan The Return of the Living Dead
Starring: David Bond, Don Calfa, Cathleen Cordell, James Dalesandro, Drew Deighan Directed By: Dan O'Bannon Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 27, 2002 Running Time: 91 minutes Theatrical Release Date: August 16, 1985
Description: Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the cemetery'those brain-eating zombies are back and hungry for more tasty mortals. A fiendish mix of outrageous humor and heart-stopping terror, The Return of the Living Dead is a veritable smorgasbord of fun (LA Herald-Examiner) filled with skin-crawling jolts, eye-popping visuals and relentless surprise! On his first day on the job at an army surplus store, poor Freddy unwittingly releases nerve gas from a secret U.S. military canister, unleashing an unbelievable terror. The gas re-animates a corps of corpses, who arise from their graves with a ravenous hunger for human brains! And luckily for those carnivorous cadavers, there is a group of partying teens nearby, just waiting to be eaten!
Amazon.com: "Do ya wanna party?" challenges the soundtrack to this freaky and funny reworking of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. Paced to the beat of a pounding rock score, this comic flesh feast delivers both laughs and outlandish gore. No longer lumbering, moaning creatures, these lithe, feral, and cunning undead claw their way out of the cemetery and into the skulls of a human smorgasbord. They even master the art of home delivery: "Send more cops," croaks a corpse into a patrol car radio. Director Dan O'Bannon even takes pains to explain their motivation between the tributes to the granddaddy of zombie horrors ("Well, it worked in the movie!" screams James Karen when a pickax to the skull hardly phases a lively cadaver). Not that it really matters amid the gore and gallows humor, but it does add a kick to the cynically sinister climax. --Sean Axmaker
LOL this movie made me laugh so hard. not really scary at all but funny. the zombies could talk and run
One of the zombie genre's high points As great as zombie flicks are, they easily qualify as one of horror's most polarizing sub-genres. Movies such as Dawn of the Dead have gone on to be considered what great horror is made of, and others such as Oasis of the Zombies have quickly been filed away into most viewer's repressed memory. Return of the Living Dead, however, manages to rank up there with Romero's living dead flicks as far as classic zombie movies go, albeit in a very different way. In reality it's a horror/comedy spoof on all the whole zombie concept itself, and manages to be one of the fine examples of how it's done along the way.
We begin with Freddy who has landed himself a job at an enourmous medical supply warehouse. When co-worker Frank tells him the tale of the real "living dead" and how the corpses involved are being stored in the warehouse basement, he decides to take Freddy down to have a look at them. Unfortunately after tampering with one of the tanks storing the bodies, they release a powerful gas that brings the deceased back to life in full force. In a matter of hours the entire town is being ravaged by, contrary to tradition, running zombies that can talk and have the minds to execute attacks on the living. Not to mention that they have an undying hunger for brains!
Return of the Living Dead is a film that really doesn't require much in depth analysis since not much more can be said about it. It's an excellent example of 80's cinema, an excellent zombie movie, and perhaps most shockingly it's a horror/comedy that actually works most of the time. Not to mention the nifty punk rock theme it has going and its soundtrack to match. Gore, nudes, zombies, and cursing a-plenty, this is one to be seen at all costs!
not romero but a great one
Im a romero fan and i like classic slower moving zombies and serious movies but this movie is one of the four best zombie movies of all times,and is the only one in the group that is not from romero.Dan obannon realy did a great job when he wrote this,something special happened with this film that even is a different kind of zombie it make sense and it works great.This is realy a classic,the 80s were great for zombies,there is a lot of heart in these low budget films,thats why they are so good and timeless.By the way my 4 best of all time are night,dawn,day and of course rotld.
One for the cult movie lovers! The classic Return of the living dead has an equally classic soundtrack. Everyone will remember "Do you wanna party" from 45 Grave and you will find this and other gems on this vintage soundtrack. Cult classic, full stop.
Not bad at all Some of the same actors in this film also appear in part 2. This classic has good special effects for being released in the 1980's. This is a five star rated movie-
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