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.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.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.
- Awards
- 4 nominations
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
- Spider
- (as Miguel Nunez)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe filmmakers had to get approval from Lysol to have Frank spray away the stench of death with their product. "They liked the idea that Lysol would kill any conceivable odor."
- GoofsWhen Frank is explaining how the original Night of the Living Dead is based on a true story, he states that the true story occurred in 1969. However Night of the Living Dead (1968) was released in 1968, a year before the incident happened. In the original script Frank said the event happened in 1966, but Dan O'Bannon changed the line because he felt it would be better if the character was unreliable.
- Crazy creditsThe following phony disclaimer precedes the movie: "The events portrayed in this film are all true. The names are real names of real people and real organizations."
- Alternate versionsThe MGM 2002 DVD releases (UK and US) has had some changes in the audio compared to the original version:
- The Damned song Dead Beat Dance has been replaced with another song
- The Tar Man's voice has been re-recorded. However, the original Tar Man voice can be heard briefly during the closing credit sequence.
- The line "send more cops" has also been re-recorded
- The song "Take a walk" has been removed, now you only hear it for a few seconds with no vocals.
- The song "Burn the flames" has also been shortened.
- ConnectionsEdited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012)
- SoundtracksThe Trioxin Theme
(Main Title)
Performed by Francis Haines
Composed by Francis Haines
Produced by Simon Heyworth
Plays during the opening credits and at other points throughout the film.
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Gives Brains to the Zombie Genre
This is one of the most fun, light-hearted zombie flicks ever made. Besides opening the door to all sorts of different depictions of zombies post George A. Romero's prior landmarks in the subgenre, by making the zombies talk, run, think intelligently and eat brains, I also appreciate how "The Return of the Living Dead" references Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" (1968)--even if one character mixes up its dating--while largely ignoring the template set by that first modern zombie film. Instead of the classic-horror-cinema-inspired, black-and-white straightforward gore and equally grizzly racial subtext of Romero's picture, this return is more of a punk-rock comedy. Of course, it's still gory, too, and Linnea Quigley plays one of the punks nude for most of the proceedings. Obviously, the soundtrack stands out, as well.
Besides being funny and stylish, this is a well-paced picture. There's nary a dull moment. It jumps right into the two main concurring plots of the warehouse workers and the punks, as the zombie-causing fumes are inadvertently and repeatedly released by the former and as the latter's party in a graveyard is subsequently interrupted by the resulting acid rainfall and reanimated corpses emerging from the ground. There's also the military operation that, temporarily at least, defeated the last zombie outbreak that Romero's film was supposedly based on. Thereafter, it becomes a battle of minds: the living trying to keep theirs, and the zombies trying to eat them.
Besides being funny and stylish, this is a well-paced picture. There's nary a dull moment. It jumps right into the two main concurring plots of the warehouse workers and the punks, as the zombie-causing fumes are inadvertently and repeatedly released by the former and as the latter's party in a graveyard is subsequently interrupted by the resulting acid rainfall and reanimated corpses emerging from the ground. There's also the military operation that, temporarily at least, defeated the last zombie outbreak that Romero's film was supposedly based on. Thereafter, it becomes a battle of minds: the living trying to keep theirs, and the zombies trying to eat them.
- Cineanalyst
- May 1, 2020
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- El regreso de los muertos vivientes
- Filming locations
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA(one exterior shot only)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,237,880
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,403,169
- Aug 18, 1985
- Gross worldwide
- $14,241,577
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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