The Return of the Living Dead [1985]

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The Return of the Living Dead

1985
Movie
R
IMDb7.3/ 10(75k)
70%
7.2/ 10
ComedyScience-FictionHorror

Overview

Two clumsy workers, Frank and Freddy, accidentally unleash a zombie-creating gas during a tour of a secret military experiment in a Louisville supply warehouse. As the ensuing flesh-eating epidemic escalates with gruesom...

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Cast & Crew

Michael Crabtree

Michael Crabtree

Riot Cop #2

Miguel A. Núñez Jr.

Miguel A. Núñez Jr.

Spider

Don Calfa

Don Calfa

Ernie

Linnea Quigley

Linnea Quigley

Trash

John Philbin

John Philbin

James Karen

James Karen

Hugh Sloan's Lawyer

Clu Gulager

Clu Gulager

Book Store Man

Brian Peck

Brian Peck

Scuz

Thom Mathews

Thom Mathews

Major Rich Numbers

Beverly Randolph

Beverly Randolph

Tina

Jewel Shepard

Jewel Shepard

Casey

Mark Venturini

Mark Venturini

Suicide

Jonathan Terry

Jonathan Terry

Van Nuys Policeman

Cathleen Cordell

Cathleen Cordell

Colonel's Wife

Drew Deighan

Drew Deighan

Paramedic #1

James Dalesandro

James Dalesandro

Paramedic #2

John Durbin

John Durbin

Marshall

David Bond

David Bond

Slave (uncredited)

Allan Trautman

Allan Trautman

Tarman

Robert Craighead

Robert Craighead

Mitchell Mahoney (voice)

Leigh Drake

Leigh Drake

Dispatcher

Derrick Brice

Derrick Brice

Gunnery Sergeant

Terrence Houlihan

Terrence Houlihan

Yellow Cadaver

John Stuart West

John Stuart West

Riot Cop #1

Ed Krieger

Ed Krieger

Riot Cop #3

Paul Cloud

Paul Cloud

Cop #2

Jerome 'Daniels' Coleman

Jerome 'Daniels' Coleman

Legless Corpse

Cherry Davis

Cherry Davis

Woody Woodpecker (voice)

ABOUT THE movie

DIRECTOR

Dan O'Bannon

RATING

IMDB Icon7.3(75k)
70%
7.2

Genres

Comedy, Science-Fiction, Horror

Runtime

1hr 31min

Age Rating

R

Production Countries

United Kingdom, United States

RELEASE DATE

Apr 25, 1985

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