Return of the Living Dead

UPC: 027616085474

Studio: MGM

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Graphic Violence, Nudity, Not For Children, Profanity, Gore]

Summary: Middle-aged family man Frank (Jim Karen) trains teenaged Freddy (Thom Matthews) for his new job at a medical supply warehouse. In an effort to impress and frighten his young charge, practical joker Frank reveals that the warehouse basement contains a cannister full of a mysterious chemical capable of bringing the dead back to life. It seems that the cannister fell off the back of an army truck during an accidental outbreak of zombiedom. Frank and Freddy unwittingly inhale the chemical and release it into the warehouse. Turning to the operator of a nearby crematorium for help in destroying the suddenly undead specimens that surround them, they unwittingly awaken the residents of a nearby cemetary just as Freddy's pals arrive to party amidst the headstones and wait for their friend's shift to end. Meanwhile, Col. Glover (Jonathan Terry) waits for the call that his missing chemical weapon has been unleashed. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

Category: Horror

Features: Audio Commentary With Cast, Crew and Undead
Audio Commentary With Director Dan OBannon and Production Designer William Stout
The Decade of Darkness Featurete
Return of the Living Dead - The Dead Have Risen Featurette
Zombie Subtitles For the Film
Designing the Dead Featurette.

Return of the Living Dead

Format: DVD

Release Date: 09/11/2007

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo, DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 91 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Spanish,French

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Return of the Living Dead
1. Perfect Teeth [:09]
2. Army Secret [3:55]
3. Vapor/Main Titles [3:30]
4. On Call [3:03]
5. A Little Problem [4:28]
6. Dark Fantasy [:44]
7. Let Him Out [3:18]
8. A Big Favor [1:33]
9. Dust to Dust [5:13]
10. Getting Soaked [6:51]
11. Hungry [:35]
12. Technically Speaking [4:23]
13. They're Out There [2:02]
14. Under Siege [3:27]
15. Rigor Mortis [3:27]
16. Zombie Prisoner [4:35]
17. Send More Cops [1:05]
18. Transformation [2:50]
19. Escape Attempt [2:59]
20. Surrounded [2:57]
21. Call For Help [3:40]
22. In Case of Emergency [5:01]
23. Contingency Plan [:11]
24. Spectacular Results/End Titles [3:39]

Brian J. Dillard

Like George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, whose central premise it loosely reworks, this seemingly standard-issue gore-fest offers more than meets the eye. It's not a genre-defining masterpiece like the source of its inspiration, but it is a relatively clever popcorn flick with more gruesome imagery and self-aware humor than most such films that glutted the mid-'80s marketplace. The punk rock trappings of its young cast were years out of date by the time of release -- just like in the John Hughes movies that ruled the multiplexes at the time. And in many ways, Return of the Living Dead comes off like The Breakfast Club, dressed up, or down, in dingy horror movie threads. Played with a knowing wink and a splash of special effects, juvenile-delinquent stereotypes provide a convenient framework for the inevitable escalation of cannibalism and thrills. By positing that the original Night of the Living Dead was based on a real incident involving a chemical that turns human corpses into brain-thirsty monsters, director/co-screenwriter Dan O'Bannon gets to thread in a slyly humorous subplot about a vigilant army officer. Even better is the campy dialogue of the titular zombies and the queasily funny set pieces. One sequence involving a warehouse full of medical specimens suddenly come to life gives rise to the indelible image of a "half-dog" and an angry butterfly collection -- surely worthy twists on a concept Romero himself revisited again and again. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

Cast and Crew: John Stuart West  Actor 
Robert J. Bennett  Actor 
John Durbin  Actor 
James Dalesandro  Actor 
Drew Deighan  Actor 
Michael Crabtree  Actor 
Thom Matthews  Actor 
Paul Cloud  Actor 
Terrence M. Houlihan  Actor 
Alexandre Trauner  Actor 
Robert Craighead  Actor 
Jerome "Daniels" Coleman  Actor 
Stanzi Stokes  Actor 
Ed Krieger  Actor 
Derrick Brice  Actor 
Cherry Davis  Actor 
Leigh Drake  Actor 
David Bond  Actor 
Bob Libman  Actor 
Matt Clifford  Composer (Music Score) 
John Daly  Executive Producer 
John Daly  Producer 
Tom Fox  Producer 
Derek Gibson  Executive Producer 
Derek Gibson  Producer 
Barry Goldberg  Composer (Music Score) 
Dan O'Bannon  Director 
Dan O'Bannon  Screenwriter 
Clu Gulager  Actor 
James Karen  Actor 
Don Calfa  Actor 
Beverly Randolph  Actor 
John Philbin  Actor 
Linnea Quigley  Actor 
Jewel Shepard  Actor 
Miguel A. Nuñez Jr.  Actor 
Brian Peck  Actor 
Mark Venturini  Actor 
Jonathan Terry  Actor 
Cathleen Cordell  Actor 

Country: USA