The Return of the Living Dead
1985
They're back from the grave and ready to party!
Directed by Dan O'Bannon
User Rating
Intensity
Two employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a toxic gas from a misplaced top-secret U.S. Army shipment, causing the dead to rise from a nearby cemetery with an insatiable hunger for human brains.
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- Director
- Dan O'Bannon
- Written by
- Dan O'Bannon, John A. Russo, Rudy Ricci, Russell Streiner
- Produced by
- Tom Fox
- Composer
- Matt Clifford
- Cinematographer
- Jules Brenner
- Editor
- Robert Gordon
- Makeup FX
- Adam Jones, Craig Caton, Douglas J. White, Kenny Myers
- Origin country
- United States
- Production countries
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- Return of the Living Dead, Return of the Living Dead I
- TMDB
- 7.2/10 (2,343 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 71% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 66/100
- IMDb
- 7.3/10 (76,712 votes)
Awards
- NominatedSaturn Award— Best Horror Film(1986)
Cast
Clu Gulager
Burt
James Karen
Frank
Don Calfa
Ernie
Thom Mathews
Freddy
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Spider
Brian Peck
Scuz
John Philbin
Chuck
Linnea Quigley
Trash
Beverly Randolph
Tina
Jewel Shepard
Casey
Mark Venturini
Suicide
Jonathan Terry
Colonel Glover
Cathleen Cordell
Colonel's Wife
David Bond
Radio Corpse #2
Derrick Brice
Gunnery Sergeant
Paul Cloud
Cop #2
Michael Crabtree
Riot Cop #2
Robert Craighead
Cop #1
Crew
Dan O'Bannon
Director
John A. Russo
Story
Rudy Ricci
Story
Russell Streiner
Story
Tom Fox
Producer
Matt Clifford
Original Music Composer
Jules Brenner
Director of Photography
Robert Gordon
Editor
William Stout
Production Design
Derek Gibson
Executive Producer
John Daly
Executive Producer
Keywords
Links
Trailer
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — ZOMBIES Pt 10: Day Of The Dead (1985) & The Return Of The Living Dead (1985)
Return of the Living Dead Collection
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