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The Return of the Living Dead(Movie, 1985)

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| 1h 31min | Genres: Horror, Comedy
The Return of the Living DeadRating: 3.6/5 (with 872872 votes)
The Return of the Living Dead is a 1985 American comedy horror film written and directed by Dan O'Bannon (in his directorial debut) from a story by Rudy Ricci, John Russo, and Russell Streiner, and starring Clu Gulager, James Karen, Thom Matthews, and Don Calfa. The film tells the story of how a warehouse owner, accompanied by his two employees, mortician friend and a group of teenage punks, deal with the accidental release of a horde of unkillable, brain-hungry zombies onto an unsuspecting town. The film, described as a "mordant punk comedy," is known for introducing multiple popular concepts to the zombie genre: zombies eating specifically brains, as opposed to eating any form of human flesh; and zombies being invulnerable to a gunshot to the head. Additionally, the film's soundtrack was noteworthy, as it featured several Los Angeles-based deathrock and punk rock bands of the era. The Return of the Living Dead released in the Uni... ()
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Available subtitles: English
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About The Return of the Living Dead

When foreman Frank shows new employee Freddy a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, the two klutzes accidentally release a gas that reanimates corpses into flesh-eating zombies. As the epidemic spreads throughout the town, and the creatures satisfy their hunger in gory and outlandish ways, Frank and Freddy fight to survive with the help of their boss and a mysterious mortician.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Shot in: California
Plays in: Kentucky
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 26 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 08/16/1985 (World premiere: 04/25/1985)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"El regreso de los muertos vivos"
"Návrat živé smrti"
"Return of the Living Dead - Verdammt, die Zombies kommen!"
"Τα Ζόμπι δεν Είναι Χορτοφάγα"
"Battalion"
"バタリアン"
"Ze Zijn Terug en Hebben Honger"
"Powrót Żywych Trupów"
"Return of the Living Dead"
"Return of the Living Dead I"
Budget: 4,000,000 USD
Revenue: 14,237,880 USD (= 356%)

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