

Return of the Living Dead
Middle-aged family man Frank trains teenaged Freddy for his new job at a medical supply warehouse. And when the duo accidentally releases a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.
















3 January 1958, Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA


29 July 1960

30 September 1946, St. Louis, Missouri, USA


3 December 1939, Brooklyn, New York, USA

1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

10 January 1961, Illinois, USA

10 August 1964

13 November 1914, New York City, New York, USA

28 November 1923, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

27 April 1960, California, USA



September 19, 2010
Ed O'Bannon and John Russo may have intended The Return of the Living Dead as a comedy, but it's just too damn gory, too scary and too good to be dismissed as a zom com.
October 13, 2007
Equal parts horror and comedy, Return of the Living Dead finds success on both fronts.
January 18, 2014
an icon of the 80s
September 27, 2007
A tongue-in-cheek, splatter-laden homage to George A. Romero's zombie pictures.
June 08, 2012
this overnight zombie apocalypse is a tongue-in-cheek brainload of hard-rocking fun.
July 18, 2016
Dan O'Bannon's The Return of the Living Dead is a classic of the zombie genre that delivers a good laugh with its silly, over-the-top nature, while also giving you several thrills along the way.
March 30, 2011
Bastard Son of a Prodigal Son: Interview on The Complete History of The Return of the Living Dead
October 14, 2012
For pure eighties, punk rock, walking dead, brain eating mayhem, this is the film to watch.
July 12, 2008
An amusing, punk variation on the familiar zombie theme.
February 28, 2017
[Return of the Living Dead] stood the test of time because it blended real scares and a few honest-to-goodness, heart-wrenching moments in with its humor.
October 05, 2007
Effectively announces itself as a horror movie deliberately pitted against customary cinematic values.