The Return of the Living Dead

They're Back From The Grave and Ready To Party!

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.

1985

Horror·Comedy·Science Fiction

1h 31min

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Top Billed Cast

Clu Gulager
Burt Wilson
James Karen
Frank
Don Calfa
Ernie Kaltenbrunner
Thom Mathews
Freddy
Beverly Randolph
Tina
Linnea Quigley
Trash
Brian Peck
Scuz
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Spider
Mark Venturini
Suicide
John Philbin
Chuck
Jewel Shepard
Casey
Jonathan Terry
Colonel Glover
Cathleen Cordell
Colonel's Wife
Drew Deighan
Paramedic #1
James Dalesandro
Paramedic #2
John Durbin
Radio Corpse #1
David Bond
Radio Corpse #2
Bob Libman
Tac Squad Captain
John Stuart West
Riot Cop #1
Michael Crabtree
Riot Cop #2

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