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The Return of the Living Dead
“They're back from the grave and ready to party!”
7.2 / 10• 1985• 1h 31m•R• English
ComedyHorrorScience Fiction
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Clu Gulager
Burt
Lead
James Karen
Frank
Don Calfa
Ernie
Thom Mathews
Freddy
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Spider
Brian Peck
Scuz
John Philbin
Chuck
Linnea Quigley
Trash
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Dan O'Bannon's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Return of the Living Dead is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
