Comedy ·Horror ·Science Fiction · United Kingdom · 1985 · 1h 31m

The Return of the Living Dead

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Director
Dan O'Bannon
Cast
Clu Gulager as Burt James Karen as Frank Don Calfa as Ernie Thom Mathews as Freddy Miguel A. Núñez Jr. as Spider Brian Peck as Scuz
Crew
Jules Brenner — Director of Photography Robert Gordon — Editor Matt Clifford — Original Music Composer Dan O'Bannon — Screenplay Rudy Ricci — Story John A. Russo — Story
Tagline

They're Back From The Grave and Ready To Party!

Synopsis

When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.

Trailer The Return of the Living Dead — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
cemeterydark comedycrematoriumpunk rockundeadzombieparamedicatticwarehousenight of the living deadwalking deadfemale stripping
Key Collaborators
Dan O'Bannon Director Jules Brenner Director of Photography Robert Gordon Editor Matt Clifford Original Music Composer Dan O'Bannon Screenplay Rudy Ricci Story John A. Russo Story Russell Streiner Story Tom Fox Producer William Stout Production Design
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