The Return of the Living Dead
“They're back from the grave and ready to party!”
1985•R•1h 31m•7.2•Released
ComedyHorrorScience Fiction
Two employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a toxic gas from a misplaced top-secret U.S. Army shipment, causing the dead to rise from a nearby cemetery with an insatiable hunger for human brains.
Director
Dan O'Bannon
Writer
Dan O'Bannon
Budget
$4M
Revenue
$14M
Languages
English
Studio
Hemdale Film Corporation
Cast
Clu Gulager
Burt
James Karen
Frank
Don Calfa
Ernie
Thom Mathews
Freddy
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Spider
Brian Peck
Scuz
John Philbin
Chuck
Linnea Quigley
Trash
Beverly Randolph
Tina
Jewel Shepard
Casey
Mark Venturini
Suicide
Jonathan Terry
Colonel Glover
Cathleen Cordell
Colonel's Wife
David Bond
Radio Corpse #2
Derrick Brice
Gunnery Sergeant
Production
Company
Hemdale Film Corporation
Company
Fox Films Ltd.
Company
Cinema 84
Producer
Tom Fox
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