The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $4,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $14,200,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 25.731 |
Directed By
Dan O'Bannon
Crew
Tom Fox
John Daly
Derek Gibson
Dan O'Bannon
Matt Clifford
Dan O'Bannon
Jules Brenner
Frederick B. Van Brunt
Bernie Pock
David Zellitti
John Gillespie
Scott Javine
Monty Cox
Fernando Celis
Kim Robert Koscki
Sara Lee Wade
Ed Nielsen
Robert Jackson
Hank Calia
Michael Bennett
Julio Macat
Ron Judkins
Kenny Myers
Alexander Hendrie
Erik Cord
Pattison Newberry
Wendy Hogan
Tony Rupprecht
Robert M. Amerian
Karen Altman Morgenstern
Clayton Hartley
Robert Randles
Jesse Tango
John Penney
Douglas J. White
Ronald J. Pure Jr.
Belinda Vidaurri
Erik Cord
Mark Helfrich
Bob McCarthy
Blair Burrows
Ethan Wayne
Barbara Benz
Michael Carr
Bruce W. Morgan
Brian J. Williams
Ray West
Richard Lorenzana
Dan Muscarella
Ralph Garrett
Gene Hartline
Paula Moody
Richard Mall
Gary Jensen
Lucien Jervis
Pete Kleinow
Timothy 'Guido' Magaraci
Gene Warren Jr.
Gardner Doolittle
Spiro Razatos
Ray Saniger
Marty Carrillo
Christena Alcorn
Richard Padgett
Robert L. Blatman
Yvette Bliss
Craig Caton
Gary Jensen
Barbara Pokras
Byron Quisenberry
Michael Gastaldo
Rory Flynn
Adam Johnston
Chris Carpenter
Emilie Robertson
Andreas Crawford
Joel Kramer
David M. Robertson
Josh King
Larry Odien
Lesley Levin
Julie Feiner
Dale Johnston
Bob Minkler
Vivian Hengsteler
Grahame Jennings
Bob Stephens
John A. Russo
Ken Kaufman
William Munns
Robert Lucas
Robin L. Neal
Graham Henderson
Russell Streiner
Stanzi Stokes
Allan A. Apone
Rudy Ricci
William Stout
Robert Howland
Robert Gordon
Bob McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
TOP CAST
Clu Gulager
Burt Wilson
James Karen
Frank
Don Calfa
Ernie Kaltenbrunner
Thom Mathews
Freddy
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Spider
Beverly Randolph
Tina
Brian Peck
Scuz
Jonathan Terry
Colonel Glover
John Philbin
Chuck
Linnea Quigley
Trash
Jewel Shepard
Casey
Mark Venturini
Suicide
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
Ed Krieger
Riot Cop #3
Robert Craighead
Cop #1
Paul Cloud
Cop #2
Derrick Brice
Gunnery Sergeant
Leigh Drake
Dispatcher
Terry Houlihan
Yellow Cadaver
Allan Trautman
Tarman
Robert J. Bennett
Headless Tarman (as Robert Bennett)
Jerome 'Daniels' Coleman
Legless Corpse
Cherry Davis
½ Lady Corpse
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