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The Return of the Living Dead

1985

Dan O'Bannon

Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews ...

6.2

4,182

Horror. Comedy. Sci-Fi. Fantasy Morgue attendant Frank tells Freddy, the new guy on the job, that the story of ‘Night of the Living Dead’ was a fictionalization of events that actually happened and shows him a canister of the military gas that supposedly caused the dead to revive. Hitting the canister to show how secure it is, he succeeds in rupturing it and the gas spreads throughout the morgue re-animating several exhibits and a dead body. But as the body comes ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Chris Hewitt Empire	"Essential, enormous fun."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"It's kind of a sensation-machine, made out of the usual ingredients, and the real question is whether it's done with style. It is. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Jeremiah Kipp Slant	"Suffice to say, this small offering from the horror genre is a hoot to watch, with never a dull moment"	POS
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"It's definitely not for all audiences, but its visceral effects and old-fashioned scare tactics make it a real scream for chiller fans"	POS
Canada	Jay Scott The Globe and Mail	"'The Return of the Living Dead', a parody of George A. Romero's unforgettably frightening Night of the Living Dead, is not for everybody, but it's one of the funniest films of its kind ever made. "	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Any film which features a dead, bald and very hungry punk lurching towards the camera screaming 'More Brains!' gets my vote."	POS
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"Dan O’Bannon deserves considerable credit for creating a terrifically funny first half-hour of exposition, something in which he is greatly aided by the goofball performance of James Karen"	POS

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