1985 Directed by Dan O'Bannon
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 seeking their favorite food: brains!
Clu Gulager James Karen Don Calfa Thom Mathews Miguel A. Núñez Jr. Beverly Randolph Brian Peck Jonathan Terry John Philbin Linnea Quigley Jewel Shepard Mark Venturini Cathleen Cordell Drew Deighan James Dalesandro John Durbin David Bond Bob Libman John Stuart West Michael Crabtree Ed Krieger Robert Craighead Paul Cloud Derrick Brice Leigh Drake Terry Houlihan Allan Trautman Robert J. Bennett Jerome 'Daniels' Coleman Show All…
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Do you want to party? No!? Too bad, it’s party time!
Another stupendous offering from the 80’s. The Return of the Living Dead is an exhilarating jaunt of undead fun. Dan O’Bannon (creator of Alien) delivered a one, two knock out punch of comedy and horror with endlessly quotable lines. The idea of an Unkillable zombie that runs is just shit your pants kind of scary, let alone a horde of them.
So many standout performances from the likes of scream queen Linnea Quigley, Clu Gulager and James Karen that had me running around screeching like a rabid weasel. When the Director offers to eat real calf brains with the actors, then you know you have something special.
Is it the best zombie film? I think arguably so. “ It’s not a bad question, Burt.“
Sublime. It just goes to show that when you put morticians and punks together the pieces just sort of fall into place. Nature’s Companions.
This movie is that started the obsession of horror for me. At the time when it came out I was in high school and had been watching horror for 10 years but I have seen this movie more than other horror movie. For me this is the best horror comedy. You may ask why is it not in my favorites. It was in my favorites for a year and a half and I recently changed my favorites and it will most likely be rotated back in sometime. The reason why I became obsessed was because of Linnea Quigley character Trash. In the early 80s I was a punk/metal fan and would have killed to have a gf like Trash.
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There’s about 7 or 8 movies that, during my teens, I watched endlessly—This was one of them. Return of the Living Dead is a perfect example of the phrase ‘the stars alligned’... I love everything about this movie and it brings me Pure joy. Not much I can add other than I think this is a perfect picture, and My previous review(s) for thispretty much sum up my thoughts and current status as I watch this:
::swirls around glass filled with whiskey and very little ice::
“Definitely time to party..”
James Karen was a national treasure.
Perhaps one of the most memorable, funniest, gruesome zombie films ever! A film chock-full of Zombie firsts!
I'm not a big fan of mixing comedy and horror as comedy tends to be either crappy at best or it dilutes the horror aspect of the film altogether! I'm happy to report neither one of those scenario's is the case! The comedy was spot on! And the horror held its own like a true champ! Easily in my top 10 Zombie Films of all time!
Part of it's success of course falls upon the shoulders of the actors! The chemistry between Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa and Thom Matthews was truly magical! The characters Frank and Freddy were freakin hilarious!
An instant cult classic that won't disappoint! It'll tickle your funny bone once it's finished gnawing on your brains!
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Surfin' dead.
Gosh, the nuance and detail of the characterization in this zombie comedy is way above the norm. It always takes me by surprise. Not to mention the *tremendous* gore effects, which lend a gross-out edge and an existential reckoning to its highlight reel of zany antics. Brains to keep the pain at bay.
This movie is like a refreshing beverage. It's easy going down and I could enjoy it any time. It's known for it's graveyard punks but it's the blue collar adults that interest me the most. They have the best lines and the most endearing relationships. They know who they are and their sincerity shines. I don't fully understand or care about Freddy, but I look at Frank and I know this man.
There's never been anyone better at training a person for a job than Frank. Please employ me, Frank. I don't care what the job is, I will do it. And when mortality strikes, Frank accepts his fate. He kisses his wedding ring because he loves his goddamn wife.…
“Do you ever wonder about all the different ways of dying? … You know violently?”
Repo Man with Zombies!
Warehouse workers Frank and Freddy accidentally break the seal of a canister from the army containing living dead causing the smoke from the canister to re-animate a dead body from a meat locker upstairs where along with their boss Burt decide to chop the body up and take the remains next door to the mortuary to be burned, where the smoke from the furnace and the rain then brings the dead back to life from the next door cemetery and that’s when all hell kicks off!
This 1985 punk rock zombie comedy is an absolute classic with an amazing soundtrack and…
Linnea Quigley naked, drenched in acid rain dancing on a gravestone openly wishing a bunch of zombies would start biting and eating her alive is a level of partying I can only strive for.
Watching this with someone who’s never seen a eyeball’d skeleton rise from the muddy grave and scream “Do You Wanna Party?!?” Is fucking glorious.
Just joyous camp punk cinema that shouldn’t work but does.
