The Return of the Living Dead

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The Return of the Living Dead

AKA Return of the Living Dead I

1985GB91 minDan O'Bannon

Zombie Sci-Fi Horror Comedic Gore-Heavy 80s Horror

“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.

PART OF

COLLECTION

Return of the Living Dead Collection

5 films

DECADE RANKING

Best Horror Movies of the 1980s

24 films

LIST

Shout Factory

66 films

CAST

Clu Gulager

Clu Gulager

Burt

James Karen

James Karen

Frank

Don Calfa

Don Calfa

Ernie

Thom Mathews

Thom Mathews

Freddy

Miguel A. Núñez Jr.

Miguel A. Núñez Jr.

Spider

MEDIA

Official Sizzle

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